tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform

Question

I built TensorFlow from source on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I got the following error:

tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

$ bazel build --config=opt --config=cuda //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package 

...

cc1plus: warning: unrecognized command line option "-Wno-self-assign" [enabled by default]
Target //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package
INFO: Elapsed time: 3222.284s, Critical Path: 2243.74s
ubuntu@ip-10-0-1-32:~/tensorflow$ bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package /tmp/tensorflow_pkg
Tue Mar 21 22:17:06 UTC 2017 : === Using tmpdir: /tmp/tmp.JVDbpc8IYs
~/tensorflow/bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package.runfiles ~/tensorflow
~/tensorflow
/tmp/tmp.JVDbpc8IYs ~/tensorflow
Tue Mar 21 22:17:07 UTC 2017 : === Building wheel
warning: no files found matching '*.dll' under directory '*'
warning: no files found matching '*.lib' under directory '*'
~/tensorflow
Tue Mar 21 22:17:29 UTC 2017 : === Output wheel file is in: /tmp/tensorflow_pkg

$ sudo pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl 
tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.
Storing debug log for failure in /home/ubuntu/.pip/pip.log

ubuntu@ip-10-0-1-202:~$ python -m pip install --upgrade pip
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in ./anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages
ubuntu@ip-10-0-1-202:~$ man pip
ubuntu@ip-10-0-1-202:~$ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /home/ubuntu/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)

vi /home/ubuntu/.pip/pip.log:

tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 257, in run
    InstallRequirement.from_line(name, None))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 168, in from_line
    raise UnsupportedWheel("%s is not a supported wheel on this platform." % wheel.filename)
UnsupportedWheel: tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

I'm getting the same error with a protobuf wheel:

sudo -H pip install --upgrade https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/protobuf-3.0.0b2.post2-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl 
protobuf-3.0.0b2.post2-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

Answer 1

Could it be your pip is outdated? Try python -m pip install --upgrade pip.

It might also help to inspect the logs in /home/ubuntu/.pip/pip.log

Answer 2

cp27 in tensorflow-1.0.1-cp27-cp27mu-linux_x86_64.whl means it is for python-2.7.