# Error to import transformers\[torch\] or accelerate -U

**URL:** </static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ferror-to-import-transformers-torch-or-accelerate-u%2F83628%3E%5C
**Category:** 🤗Transformers\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 2:47am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ferror-to-import-transformers-torch-or-accelerate-u%2F83628 "2024-04-25T02:47:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![andrew6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@andrew6](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fandrew6)%5C
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:47am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ferror-to-import-transformers-torch-or-accelerate-u%2F83628%2F1 "2024-04-25T02:47:59Z")

</div>

Hi, I run my code in G colab. When I use TrainingArguments, it shows

> _“ImportError: Using the `Trainer` with `PyTorch` requires `accelerate>=0.21.0`: Please run `pip install transformers[torch]` or `pip install accelerate -U`”._

After installation, I tried to import them using syntax below

> import transformers[torch]  
> import accelerate -U

The error message below popped up. Do someone know how to fix it? Thanks!

 ![Screenshot 2024-04-24 224356](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/3X/c/6/c68545bf5cfe1428736e1830254900958de07c97.png)
