Huggingface Transformers Conda Install issue

Question

conda by default installing transformers 2.x however pip installs 4.x by default which is what I want but via conda.

If I install by specifying the latest distribution file from conda-forge… conda install https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/transformers/4.16.2/download/noarch/transformers-4.16.2-pyhd8ed1ab_0.tar.bz2

then it complains that environment is not consistent and list the package causing the issue which is PyTorch version 1.11.

I removed pytorch and then installed as listed above then installation go through. I then tried installing datasets… conda install datasets

Now it complains that environment is inconsistent due to transformers 4.16.2 that I installed.

Not sure whats wrong and how to install pytorch, transformers and datasets together with no issue. Do I need specific versions of these to make it work, could not find any such guideline on huggingface docs or support pages.

thanks.