module 'whisper' has no attribute 'load_model'

[feitgemel]

Hi,
Try this simple python code after the Whisper setup:

import whisper
model = whisper.load_model("base")

and get this error : "AttributeError: module 'whisper' has no attribute 'load_model'"

The whisper command CLI , works fine . This error is if I try to run in IDE

Can you help ?

Eran

[jongwook]

It seems possible that your IDE is configured for a different Python installation/environment from what was used in the command line, and it somehow installed the unrelated whisper package from PyPI. You can confirm this by:

import whisper
print(whisper.__file__)

If the printed path ends with whisper.py, you're using the wrong package; please reinstall the package by running:

pip uninstall whisper
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git 

[oncebeloved]

所以如何解决这个问题呢，我在(whisper) once@ubuntu:~/whisper 虚拟环境中安装了它，但是import whisper失败

[Jackson214]

For those still having this issue:
Your problem is probably that you named your file "whisper.py", try naming it something else.

[bsgxiaobi]

Thank you.you are right,I have this problem

[a2nath]

This was the problem for me

[pedro380085]

Thank you, such a dumb mistake! called whisperA.py now.

[Norlandz]

Another possible problem:
Dont name your script file as whisper.py. (silly mistake by me...)

[danielmlow]

The above didn't work, but this did:

pip uninstall whisper
pip install --upgrade --no-deps --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git

You delete any whisper dir or whisper.py file if they exist in site-packages where you're trying to install (e.g., miniconda3/envs/environment_name/lib/python3.12/site-packages/)