cannot import name 'container_abcs' from 'torch._six'

[ShoufaChen]

>>> from apex import amp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/apex/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from . import amp
  File "/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/apex/amp/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .amp import init, half_function, float_function, promote_function,\
  File "/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/apex/amp/amp.py", line 1, in <module>
    from . import compat, rnn_compat, utils, wrap
  File "/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/apex/amp/rnn_compat.py", line 1, in <module>
    from . import utils, wrap
  File "/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/apex/amp/wrap.py", line 3, in <module>
    from ._amp_state import _amp_state
  File "/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/apex/amp/_amp_state.py", line 14, in <module>
    from torch._six import container_abcs
ImportError: cannot import name 'container_abcs' from 'torch._six' (/mnt/lustre/chenshoufa/anaconda3/envs/pytorch18/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/_six.py)

[kawseribn]

import collections.abc as container_abcs this might solve your problem

[anonymousleo]

i solved this error by following this link