Getting: tensorflow is not a supported wheel on this platform

Question

I tried installing tensorflow on my system, but I received the following error:

tensorflow-0.5.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform

Exception Information captured in pip.log file:-

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/home/gansai/tensorflow/bin/pip run on Wed Nov 11 00:19:05 2015

tensorflow-0.5.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

Exception information: Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/gansai/tensorflow/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main status = self.run(options, args)

File "/home/gansai/tensorflow/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 269, in run InstallRequirement.from_line(name, None))

File "/home/gansai/tensorflow/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req.py", line 168, in from_line raise UnsupportedWheel("%s is not a supported wheel on this platform." % wheel.filename)

UnsupportedWheel: tensorflow-0.5.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

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What could I do to install tensorflow and start experimenting it?

Answer 1

I guess pip3 is being used for installation
it can be solved by using pip2.7

I followed the steps in here

hope it helps you:)