How to install fbprophet for Python 3.7 (anaconda distribution)

Question

I attempted to use fbprophet for time series analysis using Python.

I ran from fbprophet import Prophet but got No module named 'fbprophet'

I think fbprophet is not part of packages that comes with anaconda distribution

I went ahead to install fbprophet but got this error message No module named 'fbprophet'

I am on Windows 10, 64 bits

I install anaconda distribution of anaconda 3.7

I have ran conda install -c conda-forge fbprophet and conda install -c conda-forge/label/cf201901 fbprophet on my anaconda prompt which it rolled endlessly

I have also ran pip install fbprohet which did not work as well

I ran pip list which worked but prophet or fbprophet not among the list

I have searched this site for relevant questions and tried all what I clues I got in it but did not work for me.

Answer 1

Option 1

conda install -n [NameOfVEnv] -c conda-forge fbprophet

Where -c stands for "channel" which is

the locations where Navigator and conda look for packages. (Source)

and -n for "Name of environment".

I just tried here (on CentOS 7) and it worked fine.

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Option 2

An alternative, if one is using Windows 10, is to access Anaconda Prompt for the environment that you are working with as admin:

And run

conda install -c conda-forge fbprophet

I just tried here (on Windows 10 64-bit) and it worked fine.

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Option 3

Prophet is on PyPI, so you can use pip to install it (Source)

# bash
# Install pystan with pip before using pip to install fbprophet
$ pip install pystan
$
$ pip install fbprophet

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You may need to install dependencies (in both options), but it asks you in the prompt window. If it appears, you will need to enter Y.