Article ID: 000059153 Content Type: Error Messages Last Reviewed: 02/01/2023

Unable to Run “install_prerequisites.bat” with Python* 3.8 (64-Bit)

Environment

OpenVINO™ toolkit version 2020.3 and below Python version 3.8 (64-bit)

Windows® 10, 64-bit*

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Summary

Compatible Python* Version for OpenVINO™ 2020.3

Description
  • Installed OpenVINO™ toolkit version 2020.3.
  • Installed Python 3.8 (64-bit).
  • When running install_prerequisites.bat batch file, received error:
    ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tensorflow<2.0.0,>=1.2.0
  • Installed the most recent release of TensorFlow 2.4.1 and received the same error.
Resolution

Option 1:
Downgrade the Python version to Python 3.6.5 (64-bit).

Option 2:
Install OpenVINO™ version starting from 2021.1 because Python 3.8 is only supported by OpenVINO™ version 2021.1 and later.

Additional information

Refer to sub-section Software under the section System Requirements to check the supported Python version of that OpenVINO™ version.

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