ImportError : cannot import name "XGBClassifier"

Question

I am under anaconda notebook.

I have recently installed xgboost but I cannot access XGBClassifier :

from xgboost import XGBClassifier

When I import only xgboost and write xgboost it prints that the module is here ..

Peacoat

Answer 1

The issue was that I did not install xgboost for anaconda, so writing :

conda install -c conda-forge xgboost=0.6a2

solved my problem, thank you

Peacoat

The following packages are not available from current channels:- xgboost=0.6a2 is what giving me in anaconda prompt – Lima

How to install XGBClassifier using pip? – Rheinland

Answer 2

Mine works after renaming the py file I was working on. I my case, from 'xgboost' to something else.

P.S. Restarting anaconda/spyder didn't work for me

Residual

A file named xgboost.py overwrites the module you're trying to load. You'll need to make sure there are no files of that name in your working directory. – Dagnah

Answer 3

use this instead : -

import xgboost as xgb
xgb_regressor = xgb.XGBRegressor()

This worked for me.......

Concettaconcettina

Answer 4

Install xgboost in anaconda, conda install conda-forge::xgboost

Linotype

Answer 5

Install xgboost on anaconda3, pip install xgboost

After that when importing the library use

from xgboost.sklearn import XGBRegressor

Works perfectly

Landsman