import input_data MNIST tensorflow not working

Question

TensorFlow MNIST example not running with fully_connected_feed.py

I checked this out and realized that input_data was not built-in. So I downloaded the

Answer 1

I am using different version - following Install on Windows with Docker here - and had similar problem.

An easy workaround I've found was:

1.Into the Linux command line, figure out where is the input_data.py on my Docker image (in your case you mentionned that you had to download it manually. In my case, it was already here). I used the follwing linux command:

$ sudo find . -print | grep -i '.*[.]py'

I've got the files & path

./tensorflow/g3doc/tutorials/mnist/mnist.py
./tensorflow/g3doc/tutorials/mnist/input_data.py

2.launch Python and type the following command using SYS:

>> import sys
>> print(sys.path)

you will get the existing paths.

['', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PILcompat']

4.add the path of inputa_data.py:

>> sys.path.insert(1,'/tensorflow/tensorflow/g3doc/tutorials/mnist')

Hope that it can help. If you found better option, let me know. :)