# Practice lab C3W3 not working locally - many dependencies issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement\ **Tags:** week-module-3\ **Created:** [March 23, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997 "2024-03-23T15:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Francis60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@Francis60](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Francis60)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/1 "2024-03-23T15:29:06Z")
I am trying to get the lab to work locally and run into dependencies problems. Please, can you provide guidance. Francis * * * - Link to the classroom item you are referring to: [https://www.coursera.org/learn/unsupervised-learning-recommenders-reinforcement-learning/programming/q5vKI/reinforcement-learning](https://C3_W3_reinforcement-learning) * * * What I tried getting mad: ``` My projects on vscode didn't work well (on a poetry environment) I noticed tensorflow requires python 3.9 and Gym is only installable using conda so i created a conda virtual environment with Python 3.9.18 I read this post [https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/error-on-jupyter-lab/24052](https://error-on-jup) so created a new venv Python 3.7.16 I started reinstalling all and checked all installed versions on online Labs. [In] ``` > ``` > import pandas as pd > pd. __version__ > > ``` ``` [Out] ``` > ``` > '1.0.3' > > ``` To work on the reinforcement learning lab locally, you will need to have the following specific versions of Python and the mentioned libraries installed: ``` Python Version: Python 3.7 or higher Library Versions: OpenAI Gym: Version 0.18.0 NumPy: Version 1.21.2 Matplotlib: Version 3.4.3 TensorFlow: Version 2.6.0 Keras: Version 2.6.0 conda activate course_3_7 (course_3_7) me@me:~$ conda install pandas==1.0.3 '1.18.4' conda install ipykernel pip install gym==0.24.0 pip install Pillow==7.1.2 conda install tensorflow==2.1.0 > issues DeprecationWarning: `np.bool` is a deprecated alias for the builtin `bool`. Warning: Gym version v0.24.0 has a number of critical issues with `gym.make` such that the `reset` and `step` functions are called before returning the environment. It is recommend to downgrading to v0.23.1 or upgrading to v0.25.1 pip install gym==0.23.1 pip install imageio (Ok) pip install pyvirtualdisplay==3.0 sudo apt-get install xvfb No module named 'tensorflow_core.estimator' conda install -c conda-forge matplotlib ``` … then I stopped try to make it work by myself and asked you for your help. * * * My machine: Debian12 with this GPU: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1) On my system root python is Python 3.11.2 Architecture : x86\_64 Processor(s) : 16 Identifiant constructeur : AuthenticAMD Nom de modèle : AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphi ---
**Author:** ![Nevermnd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/nevermnd/32/126021_2.png) [@Nevermnd](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Nevermnd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/2 "2024-03-23T18:26:09Z")
Start by installing Anaconda for Linux: > **[Free Download | Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/download)** > > Anaconda's open-source Distribution is the easiest way to perform Python/R data science and machine learning on a single machine. That should cover most of the dependencies, unless you are referring to support (.py) files. ---
**Author:** ![Francis60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@Francis60](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Francis60)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/3 "2024-03-24T08:06:16Z")
Hello Nevermnd, I have just installed anaconda-navigator right now. Created an environment with python 3.7 but cannot install gym 0.24.0 using anaconda. gymnasium 0.28.1 requires python \>=3.9 * * * Anaconda installation required 9GB of memory, plus an additional 4GB for the virtual environment and didn’t resolve the problem of ‘gym’ obsolescence. I had to open the hood and dirty my hands but eventually I got it working. Francis ---
**Author:** ![TMosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/tmosh/32/9321_2.png) [@TMosh](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/TMosh)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/4 "2024-03-24T14:47:27Z")
Gym is a problem, as it is no longer supported. Search online for its status, there is a successor package. ---
**Author:** ![Francis60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@Francis60](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Francis60)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/5 "2024-03-24T15:34:37Z")
Yes TMosh thank you 😄 Special thanks to Dibya Chakravorty. With his help, I successfully navigated through the issue and safely landed my moon lander. Hooray! Youtube link [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3DyCg0fgx0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3DyCg0fgx0)](https:// Dibya Chakravorty) Before I forget, another tricky issue: > # Set the random seed for TensorFlow > # tf.random.set\_seed(utils.SEED) > # tf.random.set\_random\_seed(utils.SEED) deprecated at home > tf.compat.v1.random.set\_random\_seed(utils.SEED) # use this instead If you are interested in getting the lab working at home, you can ask me for details. Francis ---
**Author:** ![TMosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/tmosh/32/9321_2.png) [@TMosh](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/TMosh)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/6 "2024-03-25T04:28:09Z")
Great news! ---
**Author:** ![Ganesh.Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ganesh.Rao](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Ganesh.Rao)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/7 "2024-09-15T16:07:07Z")
Ironic that for the coursera course we had to rely on Youtube videos. ---
**Author:** ![TMosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/tmosh/32/9321_2.png) [@TMosh](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/TMosh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/8 "2024-09-16T01:09:39Z")
Running the labs locally is up to each student to accomplish as extra effort. ---
**Author:** ![Ganesh.Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ganesh.Rao](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Ganesh.Rao)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/9 "2024-09-16T02:00:16Z")
I beg to disagree on this. Running the lab locally is where the real learning happens. The coursera lab is spoonfeeding. It aint learning I am afraid. I am sorry to say that students solely relying on coursera will fail to handle projects in real life. You must take hte courses to the next level, else i would suggest switching to another elearning platform like OReilly which encourages local replay. ---
**Author:** ![Ganesh.Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ganesh.Rao](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Ganesh.Rao)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/10 "2024-09-16T02:17:43Z")
Francis60 could you share me your email to contact you for helping me run this lab locally. ---
**Author:** ![TMosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/tmosh/32/9321_2.png) [@TMosh](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/TMosh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/practice-lab-c3w3-not-working-locally-many-dependencies-issues/596997/11 "2024-09-16T02:53:41Z")
Thanks for your observation. It is an interesting point.