title: Import Tensorflow without NVIDIA GPU (ImportError: Could not find 'nvcuda.dll')
body: <p>I have installed the <code>tensorflow</code> package using Anaconda Navigator. When I try to run <code>import tensorflow</code> in a jupyter notebook I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>   OSError                                   Traceback (most recent call last)
  D:\ProgrammFiles\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\platform\self_check.py in preload_check()
       61         try:
  ---&gt; 62           ctypes.WinDLL(build_info.nvcuda_dll_name)
       63         except OSError:
  
  D:\ProgrammFiles\Anaconda\lib\ctypes\__init__.py in __init__(self, name, mode, handle, use_errno, use_last_error)
      363         if handle is None:
  --&gt; 364             self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
      365         else:
  
  OSError: [WinError 126] Det går inte att hitta den angivna modulen
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
  ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
  &lt;ipython-input-8-d6579f534729&gt; in &lt;module&gt;
  ----&gt; 1 import tensorflow
  
  D:\ProgrammFiles\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py in &lt;module&gt;
       26 
       27 # pylint: disable=g-bad-import-order
  ---&gt; 28 from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow  # pylint: disable=unused-import
       29 from tensorflow.python.tools import module_util as _module_util
       30 
  
  D:\ProgrammFiles\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py in &lt;module&gt;
       47 import numpy as np
       48 
  ---&gt; 49 from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
       50 
       51 # Protocol buffers
  
  D:\ProgrammFiles\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py in &lt;module&gt;
       28 # Perform pre-load sanity checks in order to produce a more actionable error
       29 # than we get from an error during SWIG import.
  ---&gt; 30 self_check.preload_check()
       31 
       32 # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,g-import-not-at-top,unused-import,line-too-long
  
  D:\ProgrammFiles\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\platform\self_check.py in preload_check()
       68               "'C:\\Windows\\System32'. If it is not present, ensure that you "
       69               "have a CUDA-capable GPU with the correct driver installed."
  ---&gt; 70               % build_info.nvcuda_dll_name)
       71 
       72       if hasattr(build_info, "cudart_dll_name") and hasattr(
  
  ImportError: Could not find 'nvcuda.dll'. TensorFlow requires that this DLL be installed in a directory that is named in your %PATH% environment variable. Typically it is installed in 'C:\Windows\System32'. If it is not present, ensure that you have a CUDA-capable GPU with the correct driver installed.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm aware that I cant use <code>tensorflow-gpu</code> because I don't have an NVIDIA GPU. Therefore I don't even have installed the <code>tensorflow-gpu</code> package.</p>
  
  <p>How am I supposed to import TensorFlow without having a CUDA installed?</p>