I am attempting to install spacy and have tried a number of methods using pip, conda, and installing directing from git. However, I am running into the same error:
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AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[26], line 3
1 import spacy
----> 3 nlp = spacy.load("en_core_web_sm")
AttributeError: module 'spacy' has no attribute 'load'
From reading various articles online like this one, I see that my error is likely due to a file called "spacy.py" that is causing a shadowing error. However, I can't find this file.
Using which python in my dir shows me:
/Users/my_name/anaconda3/bin/python
Looking into my anaconda3/bin/python dir, I do see a Unix Executable file named "spacy" but renaming it has not fixed my error.
Make sure you're also installing your preferred package:
For pip:
python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
Also, if you're using a virtual environment in your IDE, you should also run the following commands BEFORE installing spacy and your preferred package:
For pip:
python -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
For conda:
conda create -n venv
conda activate venv
There could also be a mismatch between your environments. If you're using Anaconda, try installing spacy in the Anaconda Powershell. Otherwise, try installing spacy using conda and/or pip in your IDE's terminal.