Keras: “RuntimeError: Failed to import pydot.” after installing graphviz and pydot

Question

I\'m using Anaconda Python 2.7 on windows 10

I was planning on doing Keras visualization so (whilst spyder was open) I opened the Anaconda command prompt and pip ins

Answer 1

1. Install graphviz to the system. Download the package from here, or on Mac:

   brew install graphviz
   

2. Install python pydot-ng and graphviz wrapper.

   pip install pydot-ng graphviz
   conda install -c anaconda pydot-ng #Anaconda user
   

3. Use pydot-ng in your code

   import pydot_ng as pydot
   

4. If Keras visualization utils still uses pydot, try to change import pydot to import pydot_ng as pydot in visualize_util.py