Could not import sentence_transformers python package. Please install it with pip install sentence-transformers.

[Joannzhou]

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Example Code

db = Chroma.from_documents([Document(page_content="")], HuggingFaceEmbeddings(
        cache_folder="/Users/za/models/text2vec-base-chinese",
        model_name="text2vec-base-chinese"
        ))

Description

i try to run the code, it show error
"""
File "/Users/za/.pyenv/versions/3.11.3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langchain_community/embeddings/huggingface.py", line 74, in init
raise ImportError(
ImportError: Could not import sentence_transformers python package. Please install it with pip install sentence-transformers.
"""

sentence_transformers has been installed.

System Info

macos 14.4
python 3.9.18
langchain 0.0.345
transformers 4.42.2
torch 2.2.2
sentence_transformers 3.0.1 (i also have try v2.2.2)

[dosubot[bot]]

Ensure that the sentence_transformers package is correctly installed in the Python environment where your code is running. You can verify the installation by running:

pip show sentence-transformers

If the package is installed, you should see details about it. If not, install it using:

pip install sentence-transformers

Additionally, make sure there are no typos in the import statement and that the Python environment being used to run the code is the same one where the package is installed. The relevant part of the code that handles the import is:

try:
    from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
except ImportError:
    raise ImportError(
        "Could not import sentence_transformer python package. "
        "This is needed in order to for SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter. "
        "Please install it with `pip install sentence-transformers`."
    )

If the package is installed and you are still encountering the error, it might be due to an issue with the Python environment or path settings. Ensure that your IDE or script is using the correct Python interpreter ^[1].

If the issue persists, try uninstalling and reinstalling the sentence-transformers package:

pip uninstall sentence-transformers -y
pip install sentence-transformers==2.4.0

This has resolved similar issues for other users ^[2].

To continue talking to Dosu, mention @dosu.

[Joannzhou]

i try it and remain dosen't work

[dosubot[bot]]

@eyurtsev, this one's a bit out of my wheelhouse, could you step in and provide your guidance?

To continue talking to Dosu, mention @dosu.

[kdyzm]

Ensure that the sentence_transformers package is correctly installed in the Python environment where your code is running. You can verify the installation by running:

pip show sentence-transformers

If the package is installed, you should see details about it. If not, install it using:

pip install sentence-transformers

Additionally, make sure there are no typos in the import statement and that the Python environment being used to run the code is the same one where the package is installed. The relevant part of the code that handles the import is:

try:
    from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
except ImportError:
    raise ImportError(
        "Could not import sentence_transformer python package. "
        "This is needed in order to for SentenceTransformersTokenTextSplitter. "
        "Please install it with `pip install sentence-transformers`."
    )

If the package is installed and you are still encountering the error, it might be due to an issue with the Python environment or path settings. Ensure that your IDE or script is using the correct Python interpreter [1].

If the issue persists, try uninstalling and reinstalling the sentence-transformers package:

pip uninstall sentence-transformers -y
pip install sentence-transformers==2.4.0

This has resolved similar issues for other users [2].

To continue talking to Dosu, mention @dosu.

This method solved my problem.

[Joannzhou]

I have not use conda, so the python enviroment is only one. and I can find the sentence_transformers package in path(.pyenv/versions/3.9.18/lib/python3.9/site-packages). it's so strange! Can anyone help me？

[Aniket1026]

I'm somehow facing the same issue , have you found any solution to this?
As in my case it was working yesterday but suddenly started showing this error
The only thing i messed up was creating a new environment as the old one was having some troubles today.
Would be great if you could share what has worked for you

[yukunren]

我也遇到了这个问题，不知道怎么解决，你这个问题解决了吗 可以分享一下解决方案吗

[sarthakbaweja148]

Is someone looking into this?
Getting the same error on sentence-transformer==3.3.1. Attaching pip list:

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--------------------------------------- ------------
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anyio                                   4.7.0
apprise                                 1.9.1
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h11                                     0.14.0
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