AutoAWQ Windows Fix – Get It Running!

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⚠️ Problem: AutoAWQ Doesn't Work on Windows

Common errors:

• ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'autoawq'
• ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'awq'
• RuntimeError: Numpy is not available (NumPy 2.x issue)
• Triton is missing on Windows
• Incorrect folder structure & missing __init__.py

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✅ Solution – Step-by-Step Fix

🔹 1️⃣ Install AutoAWQ Cleanly

pip uninstall autoawq -y
pip cache purge
pip install git+https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ.git --no-deps

Why --no-deps?
→ Prevents pip from installing incompatible dependencies like Triton or NumPy 2.x.

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🔹 2️⃣ Fix Folder Structure Manually

📂 Path: C:\Users\USERNAME\env\chatbot\lib\site-packages\autoawq
✅ Correct structure:

autoawq/
│   __init__.py  ✅ (must exist!)
│
└── awq/  ✅ (important – otherwise Python won’t find it!)
    ├── evaluation/
    ├── models/
    ├── modules/
    ├── quantize/
    ├── utils/

❌ If all files are directly inside autoawq/, move them into an awq/ subfolder.

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🔹 3️⃣ Fix __init__.py in autoawq

Open:

notepad C:\Users\USERNAME\env\chatbot\lib\site-packages\autoawq\__init__.py

If it contains:

__version__ = "0.2.8"
from awq.models.auto import AutoAWQForCausalLM

Change it to:

import sys
import os

sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))

__version__ = "0.2.8"
from awq.models.auto import AutoAWQForCausalLM

✅ Why?
→ Ensures Python correctly finds autoawq and doesn’t treat awq as an external module.

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🔹 4️⃣ NumPy Fix (Downgrade to a Compatible Version)

pip uninstall numpy -y
pip install numpy==1.26.4

✅ Why?
→ AutoAWQ is not compatible with NumPy 2.x, so we need NumPy 1.x.

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🔹 5️⃣ Final Test – Does It Work?

python -c "import autoawq; print('AutoAWQ successfully installed!')"

🎉 If no errors appear – Congrats, it works! 🎉

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🔥 Summary

• AutoAWQ is not optimized for Windows, but this fix makes it work.
• Main issues: Wrong folder structure, missing paths, NumPy 2.x conflicts.
• With this fix, AutoAWQ runs properly on Windows!

🚀 Now you’re ready to use AutoAWQ in your chatbot or other AI projects!