The uninstallable Comfy!

[rrf1977]

It has been quite sometime I've been trying to install comfy. I'm using Linux, Debian12, Intel, core i3.

It has several versions conflicts between torch, torchvision, torchaudio, and the python itself. In the first step of the installing guide, the error is "torch compiled without CUDA", (expected to happen and the step explained in the guide) I remove and reinstall using the annoying "conda", and now the complaint is "no NVIDIA driver found". (my machine uses intel graphic card. It is not supposed to require NVIDIA/CUDA in the first place!!!)

With:
pip install --pre torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/xpu

entering "python main.py" I get:

AssertionError: Torch not compiled with CUDA enabled

With:
conda install libuv pip install torch==2.3.1.post0+cxx11.abi torchvision==0.18.1.post0+cxx11.abi torchaudio==2.3.1.post0+cxx11.abi intel-extension-for-pytorch==2.3.110.post0+xpu --extra-index-url https://pytorch-extension.intel.com/release-whl/stable/xpu/us/ --extra-index-url https://pytorch-extension.intel.com/release-whl/stable/xpu/cn/

entering "python main.py" I get:

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement torch==2.3.1.post0+cxx11.abi (from versions: 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.1a0+cxx11.abi, 2.0.1, 2.1.0a0+cxx11.abi, 2.1.0, 2.1.0.post0+cxx11.abi, 2.1.0.post2+cxx11.abi, 2.1.0.post3+cxx11.abi, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.1+cxx11.abi, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.1+cxx11.abi)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for torch==2.3.1.post0+cxx11.abi

Other attempts of installation:

Without "conda":

ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account all the packages that are installed. This behaviour is the source of the following dependency conflicts.
torchvision 0.22.0.dev20250109+xpu requires torch==2.7.0.dev20250108, but you have torch 2.5.1 which is incompatible.
torchaudio 2.6.0.dev20250109+xpu requires torch==2.7.0.dev20250108, but you have torch 2.5.1 which is incompatible.

With "conda":

Could not solve for environment specs
The following packages are incompatible
├─ _anaconda_depends is installable with the potential options
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2024.02|2024.06|2024.10] would require
│ │ └─ numba with the potential options
│ │ ├─ numba 0.60.0 would require
│ │ │ └─ cudatoolkit >=11.2 , which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.35.0|0.36.1|...|0.47.0] would require
│ │ │ └─ python [2.7* |>=2.7,<2.8.0a0 ], which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.35.0|0.36.1|...|0.39.0] would require
│ │ │ └─ python [3.5* |>=3.5,<3.6.0a0 ], which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.35.0|0.36.1|...|0.53.1] would require
│ │ │ └─ python [3.6* |>=3.6,<3.7.0a0 ], which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.36.1|0.36.2|0.37.0] would require
│ │ │ └─ numpy >=1.10,<1.11.0a0 , which does not exist (perhaps a missing channel);
│ │ ├─ numba [0.39.0|0.40.0|...|0.56.4] would require
│ │ │ └─ python >=3.7,<3.8.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.47.0|0.48.0|...|0.58.1] would require
│ │ │ └─ python >=3.8,<3.9.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.53.0|0.53.1|...|0.60.0] would require
│ │ │ └─ python >=3.9,<3.10.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.55.0|0.55.1|...|0.60.0] would require
│ │ │ └─ python >=3.10,<3.11.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ │ ├─ numba [0.57.0|0.57.1|...|0.60.0] would require
│ │ │ └─ python >=3.11,<3.12.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ │ └─ numba [0.59.0|0.59.1] would require
│ │ └─ cudatoolkit >=10.2 , which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2018.12|2019.03|...|5.3.1] would require
│ │ └─ python 2.7.* , which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2018.12|2019.03|...|5.3.0] would require
│ │ └─ python 3.6.* , which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2018.12|2019.03|...|5.3.1] would require
│ │ └─ python [3.7.* |>=3.7,<3.8.0a0 ], which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2020.02|2020.07|...|2024.10] would require
│ │ └─ python [3.8.* |>=3.8,<3.9.0a0 ], which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2021.11|2022.05|...|2024.10] would require
│ │ └─ python [3.9.* |>=3.9,<3.10.0a0 ], which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2022.10|2023.03|...|2024.10] would require
│ │ └─ python >=3.10,<3.11.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ ├─ _anaconda_depends [2023.06|2023.07|...|2024.10] would require
│ │ └─ python >=3.11,<3.12.0a0 , which can be installed;
│ └─ _anaconda_depends [5.0.0|5.0.0.1|5.0.1|5.1.0|5.2.0] would require
│ └─ python 3.5.* , which can be installed;
├─ cudatoolkit 10.1** is not installable because it conflicts with any installable versions previously reported;
└─ pin-1 is not installable because it requires
└─ python 3.12.* , which conflicts with any installable versions previously reported.

Whenever I have problems to install, like "to even get started", for a week long, I start hating the product without even trying it!

When will we have something, as simple as "pip install comfy"; or "pip install comfy --fix-missing"; or "pip install comfy --i-dont-care-just-get-it-working"?

Seriously, my experience with Comfy, so far, what I have to say about it, is: "Comfy is a bad joke!"

Sincerely,
R

[ltdrdata]

We are all aware of the issue and are making progress step by step to resolve it.

This is not merely a technical issue but also involves policy-related concerns.

That's why ComfyRegistry is being created for the policy management of node packs, and tools like comfy-cli are being developed alongside it.

https://github.com/Comfy-Org/rfcs
https://github.com/Comfy-Org/comfy-cli