Can't import Spacy on Ubuntu ARM

[alejandrofm]

Hi! I'm installing spaCy, it goes without problems but when I import it I get this error, any ideas? Google didn't help me with this, and I cant find that file or library to install.
Thanks!

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/spacy/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from thinc.api import prefer_gpu, require_gpu, require_cpu  # noqa: F401
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/thinc/api.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .initializers import normal_init, uniform_init, glorot_uniform_init, zero_init
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/thinc/initializers.py", line 4, in <module>
    from .backends import Ops
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/thinc/backends/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .ops import Ops
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/thinc/backends/ops.py", line 11, in <module>
    from ..util import get_array_module, is_xp_array, to_numpy
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/thinc/util.py", line 47, in <module>
    import mxnet as mx
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/mxnet/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    from .context import Context, current_context, cpu, gpu, cpu_pinned
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/mxnet/context.py", line 23, in <module>
    from .base import classproperty, with_metaclass, _MXClassPropertyMetaClass
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/mxnet/base.py", line 356, in <module>
    _LIB = _load_lib()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/mxnet/base.py", line 347, in _load_lib
    lib = ctypes.CDLL(lib_path[0], ctypes.RTLD_LOCAL)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ctypes/__init__.py", line 373, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: libarmpl_lp64_mp.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[polm]

Sorry you're having trouble with this. What processor are you using? Does the file libarmpl_lp64_mp.so exist on your machine?

Also note it looks like this is an issue with mxnet. Thinc supports mxnet as a backend but I don't think it would use it unless it was otherwise installed, maybe try removing it?

[alejandrofm]

I installed arm performance libraries and went back and forth with each one with different errors from armmath libs to GFORTRAN-10 that triggers the first error again, ended up changing the EC2 instance from R6G to R5.

[polm]

Glad you got it working, thanks for letting us know!

[alejandrofm]

Solving is a strong word, but if someone has problems to install Spacy on a r6g (arm) instance on EC2, maybe is because of missing libraries. But yes, now with an intel instance.

[ashsyal]

I installed arm performance libraries and went back and forth with each one with different errors from armmath libs to GFORTRAN-10 that triggers the first error again, ended up changing the EC2 instance from R6G to R5.

Hi,
I am running into the same issue when deploying with the follwing steps.
wget https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/hpc/arm-performance-libraries/22-0-2/Ubuntu20.04/arm-performance-libraries_22.0.2_Ubuntu-20.04_gcc-11.2.tar?rev=577d3dbcff7847b9af57399b2978f9a6&revision=577d3dbc-ff78-47b9-af57-399b2978f9a6
tar -xvf arm-performance-libraries_22.0.2_Ubuntu-20.04_gcc-11.2.tar?rev=577d3dbcff7847b9af57399b2978f9a6
sudo arm-performance-libraries_22.0.2_Ubuntu-20.04/arm-performance-libraries_22.0.2_Ubuntu-20.04.sh -a
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/opt/arm/armpl-22.0.2-gcc-11.2/lib
wget https://repo.mxnet.io/dist/python/cpu/mxnet-1.9.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl
pip3 install mxnet-1.9.0-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl
I am using a Qualcomm QRB5165 aarch64 chipset

What steps did you take to resolve it?

My error looks like this:

import mxnet
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/mxnet/init.py", line 23, in
from .context import Context, current_context, cpu, gpu, cpu_pinned
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/mxnet/context.py", line 23, in
from .base import classproperty, with_metaclass, _MXClassPropertyMetaClass
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/mxnet/base.py", line 356, in
_LIB = _load_lib()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/mxnet/base.py", line 347, in _load_lib
lib = ctypes.CDLL(lib_path[0], ctypes.RTLD_LOCAL)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/ctypes/init.py", line 348, in init
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: libarmpl_lp64_mp.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[polm]

If you're having issues with mxnet, it might be better to ask for help on an mxnet forum.