# Error while initializing rasa

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447 "2021-07-06T18:55:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/1 "2021-07-06T18:55:26Z")

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I tried rasa init and this came up:  
I am using python version 3.8 and rasa version 2.6

(chatbots) C:\Users\muhammadhussain\Desktop\chatbot-rasa\>rasa init Welcome to Rasa! 🤖

```
To get started quickly, an initial project will be created.
If you need some help, check out the documentation at https://rasa.com/docs/rasa.
Now let's start! 👇🏽

? Please enter a path where the project will be created [default: current directory]
? Directory 'C:\Users\muhammadhussain\Desktop\chatbot-rasa' is not empty. Continue? Yes
Created project directory at 'C:\Users\muhammadhussain\Desktop\chatbot-rasa'.
Finished creating project structure.
? Do you want to train an initial model? 💪🏽 Yes
Training an initial model...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\muhammadhussain\Miniconda3\envs\chatbots\Scripts\rasa.exe\ __main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\ __main__.py", line 117, in main
    cmdline_arguments.func(cmdline_arguments)
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\cli\scaffold.py", line 235, in run
    init_project(args, path)
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\cli\scaffold.py", line 130, in init_project
    print_train_or_instructions(args, path)
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\cli\scaffold.py", line 69, in print_train_or_instructions
    training_result = rasa.train(domain, config, training_files, output)
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\api.py", line 106, in train
    from rasa.model_training import train_async
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\model_training.py", line 22, in <module>
    from rasa.nlu.model import Interpreter
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\nlu\model.py", line 14, in <module>
    from rasa.nlu import components, utils
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\nlu\components.py", line 7, in <module>
    import rasa.utils.train_utils
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\utils\train_utils.py", line 37, in <module>
    from rasa.utils.tensorflow.callback import RasaTrainingLogger, RasaModelCheckpoint
  File "c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\chatbots\lib\site-packages\rasa\utils\tensorflow\callback.py", line 5, in <module>
    import tensorflow as tf
  File "C:\Users\muhammadhussain\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\tensorflow\ __init__.py", line 41, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.tools import module_util as _module_util
  File "C:\Users\muhammadhussain\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\tensorflow\python\ __init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.eager import context
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tensorflow.python.eager'
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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/2 "2021-07-06T20:17:31Z")

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@syedhussain Heya! Please share the screenshot of error. OR update

```auto
pip install tensorflow

```

If still issue persist please share the rasa version also

`rasa --version`

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/3 "2021-07-06T21:51:04Z")

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@syedhussain Does it help to fix you problem?

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/4 "2021-07-06T21:51:54Z")

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> [@nik202](#):
>
> rasa --version

i have already installed tensorflow i tried to follow [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlR60CvTh8A) installation guide but the issue persists

rasa --version result:

```
Rasa Version : 2.7.1
Minimum Compatible Version: 2.6.0
Rasa SDK Version : 2.7.0
Rasa X Version : None
Python Version : 3.8.0
Operating System : Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
Python Path : c:\users\muhammadhussain\miniconda3\envs\rasa\python.exe

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/5 "2021-07-06T21:52:27Z")

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@syedhussain Can you share the screenshot please. I am here 🙂

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/6 "2021-07-06T21:53:44Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/f/f88df39af86b0c1e962022475094a5d5a6405d0a.png)

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/7 "2021-07-06T21:54:49Z")

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@syedhussain can share the screenshot of tensorflow and tensor board all will be in sequence when you run this command:

`pip list`

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/8 "2021-07-06T21:58:23Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/d/d525d7e85a39cef82d88425fccd5b5eaae14fc27.png) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/3/395e1cc2d95a469779f85c67d798e25233a0a74e.png) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/5/560b81fd2f1081411f6bdcc54ee629df4a1234aa.png)

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/9 "2021-07-06T22:00:56Z")

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@syedhussain Update tensorboard, will solve this step by step ok?

`pip install tensorboard==2.5.0` and run and share the error if persist ok? only share the tensorflow version from the screen.

@syedhussain`pip install tensorflow==2.3.3` 🙂 extra step if error still now send me the screenshot off error please 🙂

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/10 "2021-07-06T22:08:16Z")

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This is what i got when i ran `pip install tensorboard==2.5.0`

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/3/308fe5725e87b362a7403c10995729ee8083b4af.png)

I also ran `pip install tensorflow==2.3.3`

I tried training rasa but I got the `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tensorflow.python.eager'` again

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/3/359ec06c15851bc1ec2fec654c2799af12b32878.png)

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/11 "2021-07-06T22:09:54Z")

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@syedhussain

`pip install scipy==1.4.1` please and run again

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/12 "2021-07-06T22:11:56Z")

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same error still coming

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/14 "2021-07-06T22:14:37Z")

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sent

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/16 "2021-07-06T23:27:19Z")

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@nik202  
tried installing rasa version 2.6.2 with poetry and it worked fine, I still don’t know what the actual error was, but it is training now.

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/17 "2021-07-06T23:28:26Z")

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@syedhussain It will solve you issue for a time?

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/18 "2021-07-06T23:30:27Z")

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@syedhussain What I suggest do it tomorrow ok. If still the problem persist. I will assist you further. Do install Anconda. [https://youtu.be/GlR60CvTh8A](https://youtu.be/GlR60CvTh8A)

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**Author:** ![syedhussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@syedhussain](https://forum.rasa.com/u/syedhussain)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-while-initializing-rasa/45447/19 "2021-07-06T23:40:27Z")

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@nik202 sure