mlflow: [BUG] Error running `mlflow ui` when installed from conda-forge

System information

  • Have I written custom code (as opposed to using a stock example script provided in MLflow): No
  • OS Platform and Distribution (e.g., Linux Ubuntu 16.04): Windows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134
  • MLflow installed from (source or binary): conda install -c conda-forge mlflow in clean conda environment
  • MLflow version (run mlflow --version): 1.3.0
  • Python version: 3.6
  • npm version, if running the dev UI:
  • Exact command to reproduce: mlflow ui

Describe the problem

When running mlflow ui the error below occurs. If I install on a clean conda environment useing pip install mlflow the error does not occur.

Code to reproduce issue

In clean conda environment: conda install -c conda-forge mlflow mlflow ui

Other info / logs

Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"d:\bld\mlflow_1571311839941\_h_env\python.exe" "C:\Users\matt.wenham\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\envs\mlflow2\Scripts\mlflow.exe" ui'

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments: 19 (1 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Same here with mlflow 1.4.0 Build py37_0 from conda-forge (Windows 10): Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"d:\bld\mlflow_1572494804636\_h_env\python.exe" "D:\Anaconda3\envs\blt-images\Scripts\mlflow.exe" '

workaround using conda+pip:

>conda install mlflow --only-deps
>pip install mlflow

I’m on Windows 10 and hit the same issue with conda install -c conda-forge mlflow.

Error: Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using ‘“d:\bld\mlflow_1583244_h_env\python.exe” “C:\Users\Miniconda3\envs\metis\Scripts\mlflow.exe” ui’: The system cannot find the file specified.

Then had no issue once I used pip install mlflow.

Same. works with pip install, but not conda-forge version.

Same error for me as well.

Thanks. Unfortunately, this won’t work on Windows as the offending file is a Windows executable.

I have this same issue. Any way for a windows user to fix this?