No module named gradio._simple_templates

[anirbanbasu]

Describe the bug

When launching my app, I get the following error. However, this happens only in a specific environment as described in the system info below.

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/root/app/package/webapp.py", line 11, in <module>
      import gradio as gr
   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/gradio/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
      import gradio._simple_templates
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gradio._simple_template'

What am I missing?

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Reproduction

import gradio as gr

is enough.

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Logs

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/root/app/package/webapp.py", line 11, in <module>
      import gradio as gr
   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/gradio/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
      import gradio._simple_templates
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gradio._simple_template'

System Info

Gradio Environment Information:
------------------------------
Operating System: Linux
gradio version: 5.20.0
gradio_client version: 1.7.2

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gradio dependencies in your environment:

aiofiles: 23.2.1
anyio: 4.8.0
audioop-lts is not installed.
fastapi: 0.115.11
ffmpy: 0.5.0
gradio-client==1.7.2 is not installed.
groovy: 0.1.2
httpx: 0.28.1
huggingface-hub: 0.29.1
jinja2: 3.1.5
markupsafe: 2.1.5
numpy: 2.0.2
orjson: 3.10.15
packaging: 24.2
pandas: 2.2.2
pillow: 11.1.0
pydantic: 2.10.6
pydub: 0.25.1
python-multipart: 0.0.20
pyyaml: 6.0.2
ruff: 0.9.9
safehttpx: 0.1.6
semantic-version: 2.10.0
starlette: 0.46.0
tomlkit: 0.13.2
typer: 0.15.1
typing-extensions: 4.12.2
urllib3: 2.3.0
uvicorn: 0.34.0
authlib; extra == 'oauth' is not installed.
itsdangerous; extra == 'oauth' is not installed.


gradio_client dependencies in your environment:

fsspec: 2025.2.0
httpx: 0.28.1
huggingface-hub: 0.29.1
packaging: 24.2
typing-extensions: 4.12.2
websockets: 15.0

Severity

Blocking usage of gradio

[abidlabs]

Can you please uninstall and reinstall gradio with pip? It looks like a broken installation