# PynqZ1 Installing Keras **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [June 7, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/pynqz1-installing-keras/1330 "2020-06-07T20:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![reynaldogonzalez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.pynq.io/reynaldogonzalez/32/1183_2.png) [@reynaldogonzalez](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/reynaldogonzalez)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/pynqz1-installing-keras/1330/3 "2020-06-08T18:11:23Z")
Yes I have seen all the previous posts, I was hoping there might be some new information since its been about a year. Sorry for the lack of info. I tried installing by the instructions on this post: > [Error install Tensorflow](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/error-install-tensorflow/136) > I managed to install tensorflow but only version 0.9.0 using: > wget [https://github.com/samjabrahams/tensorflow-on-raspberry-pi/releases/download/v0.9.0/tensorflow-0.9.0-py3-none-any.whl](https://github.com/samjabrahams/tensorflow-on-raspberry-pi/releases/download/v0.9.0/tensorflow-0.9.0-py3-none-any.whl) > /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install tensorflow-0.9.0-py3-none-any.whl I was able to install version 0.9.0 and version 0.11.0 using same instructions but neither of these versions have Keras. (Does anyone know why the files ending with “none-any.whl” work, but the files ending with “linux-armv7l.whl” don’t work? Unfortunately, further releases didn’t have this ending.) I also tried installing using these PDF instructions by logictronix: [TensorFlow Installation on PYNQ FPGA Board](https://logictronix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TensorFlow_Installation_on_PYNQ_Nov_6_2018.pdf) It says by installing an older pynq image you can install tensorflow 1.1.0. I tried following the tutorial by installing the 2016 image on the Pynq. After installing the image, the python version is 3.4.3+ Next I tried to install the tensorflow 1.1.0 from samjabrahams github link, but I got an error saying I need to upgrade pip, and after upgrading I got an error saying I need Python 3.5 I downloaded Python 3.5 but got stuck on setting the alias to have pip3 run from python 3.5 instead of 3.4. > OUTPUT: > ================================================================ > root@pynq:/home/xilinx# pip3 install tensorflow-1.1.0-cp34-cp34m-linux\_armv7l.whl > Processing ./tensorflow-1.1.0-cp34-cp34m-linux\_armv7l.whl > Collecting numpy\>=1.11.0 (from tensorflow==1.1.0) > Downloading [https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/01/1b/d3ddcabd5817be02df0e6ee20d64f77ff6d0d97f83b77f65e98c8a651981/numpy-1.18.5.zip](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/01/1b/d3ddcabd5817be02df0e6ee20d64f77ff6d0d97f83b77f65e98c8a651981/numpy-1.18.5.zip) (5.4MB > ) > 100% |████████████████████████████████| 5.4MB 24kB/s > Complete output from command python setup.py egg\_info: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File “”, line 1, in > File “/tmp/pip-build-vczids2e/numpy/setup.py”, line 32, in > raise RuntimeError(“Python version \>= 3.5 required.”) > RuntimeError: Python version \>= 3.5 required. > ---------------------------------------- > Command “python setup.py egg\_info” failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-vczids2e/numpy/ > You are using pip version 8.1.2, however version 20.1.1 is available. > You should consider upgrading via the ‘pip install --upgrade pip’ command. > root@pynq:/home/xilinx# pip install --upgrade pip > Collecting pip > Downloading [https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/43/84/23ed6a1796480a6f1a2d38f2802901d078266bda38388954d01d3f2e821d/pip-20.1.1-py2.py3-none](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/43/84/23ed6a1796480a6f1a2d38f2802901d078266bda38388954d01d3f2e821d/pip-20.1.1-py2.py3-none) > -any.whl (1.5MB) > 100% |████████████████████████████████| 1.5MB 81kB/s > Installing collected packages: pip > Found existing installation: pip 8.1.2 > Uninstalling pip-8.1.2: > Successfully uninstalled pip-8.1.2 > Successfully installed pip-20.1.1 > root@pynq:/home/xilinx# pip3 install tensorflow-1.1.0-cp34-cp34m-linux\_armv7l.whl > Traceback (most recent call last): > File “/usr/local/bin/pip3”, line 7, in > from pip.\_internal.cli.main import main > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/main.py”, line 10, in > from pip.\_internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/autocompletion.py”, line 9, in > from pip.\_internal.cli.main\_parser import create\_main\_parser > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/main\_parser.py”, line 7, in > from pip.\_internal.cli import cmdoptions > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py”, line 24, in > from pip.\_internal.cli.progress\_bars import BAR\_TYPES > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/progress\_bars.py”, line 12, in > from pip.\_internal.utils.logging import get\_indentation > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/utils/logging.py”, line 18, in > from pip.\_internal.utils.misc import ensure\_dir > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_internal/utils/misc.py”, line 20, in > from pip.\_vendor import pkg\_resources > File “/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip/\_vendor/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 92, in > raise RuntimeError(“Python 3.5 or later is required”) > RuntimeError: Python 3.5 or later is required > root@pynq:/home/xilinx# python3 --version > Python 3.4.3+ > ================================================================ Is it possible I can still install this tensorflow by changing default Python to 3.5? I am still trying to figure out how the alias works, I tried changing it and messed up the links and had to re-image the pynq again. Thank you for your help. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/pynqz1-installing-keras/1330)._