[fix] Tutorials on Colab Crash (#1418)

* uninstall packages

* documentation

docs/source/how-to-guides/application-examples/energy_hospital_load.ipynb

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/application-examples/energy_solar_pv.ipynb

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/Live_plot_during_training.ipynb

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git['live'] # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/collect_predictions.ipynb

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/conditional_seasonality_peyton.ipynb

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git@examples_cond_seas # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/global_local_modeling.ipynb

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/season_multiplicative_air_travel.ipynb

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/sparse_autoregression_yosemite_temps.ipynb

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/sub_daily_data_yosemite_temps.ipynb

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    #!pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/test_and_crossvalidate.ipynb

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    #!pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git # may take a while\n",
     "    !pip install neuralprophet # much faster, but may not have the latest upgrades/bugfixes\n",
     "\n",

docs/source/how-to-guides/feature-guides/uncertainty_quantification.ipynb

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
     "# pip install neuralprophet\n",
     "\n",
     "if \"google.colab\" in str(get_ipython()):\n",
+    "    # uninstall preinstalled packages from Colab to avoid conflicts\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision \n",
     "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git  # may take a while"
    ]
   },

docs/source/quickstart.ipynb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "\n",
     "    $ pip install neuralprophet\n",
     "\n",
-    "If you plan to use the package in a Jupyter notebook, we recommend to install the 'live' version. This will allow you to enable `progress='plot'` in the train function to get a live plot of train (and validation) loss.\n",
+    "If you plan to use the package in a Jupyter notebook, we recommend to install the 'live' version. This will allow you to enable `progress='plot'` in the train function to get a live plot of train (and validation) loss:\n",
     "\n",
     "    $ pip install neuralprophet[live]\n",
     "\n",
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
     "    $ cd neural_prophet\n",
     "    $ pip install .\n",
     "\n",
+    "If you plan to use NeuralProphet in Google Colab, please use the following commands to avoid conflicts with pre-installed packages in Colab:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    !pip uninstall -y torch notebook notebook_shim tensorflow tensorflow-datasets prophet torchaudio torchdata torchtext torchvision\n",
+    "    \n",
+    "    !pip install neuralprophet\n",
+    "    or\n",
+    "    !pip install git+https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet.git\n",
+    "    \n",
     "### Import\n",
     "Now you can use NeuralProphet in your code:"
    ]