[Python] Attempting to import sentence_transformers throws `AttributeError: readonly attribute`

When attempting to import sentence_transformers I get this error:

AttributeError: readonly attribute


I'm running Python 3.12.9 in VS Code. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling sentence_transformers to no avail. I've also tried installing an earlier version, but I get the same error.

I've also tried the conda route -- conda install conda-forge::sentence-transformers -- but that gives me a dependency issue:

RemoveError: 'tqdm' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from conda's operating environment.


Would be grateful for any solution that lets me install this dang package. Thanks!

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