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ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation #12
Description
install from latest source, it doesn't works on Mac OS X 10.6.8
$ python --version
Python 2.6.7
$ port info python26
python26 @2.6.7 (lang)
Variants: ucs4, (-)universal
Description: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
Homepage: http://www.python.org/
Library Dependencies: gettext, zlib, openssl, sqlite3, db46, ncurses, gdbm, bzip2, readline
Runtime Dependencies: python_select
Platforms: darwin
License: PSF
Maintainers: mcalhoun@macports.org, openmaintainer@macports.org
$ cd [proj source]
$ sudo python setup.py install
$ python test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 7, in <module>
from magic import Magic, MagicException
File "/Users/lee/Downloads/py_apps/python-magic/magic.py", line 128, in <module>
raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic. Check your installation')
ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation
Lees-Box:python-magic lee$ python -c 'import magic'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "magic.py", line 128, in <module>
raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic. Check your installation')
ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation
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ahupp commentedon Aug 29, 2011
Do you have libmagic installed? Try 'sudo port install file'
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:03 AM, shuge
reply@reply.github.com
wrote:
Adam Hupp | http://hupp.org/adam/
gka commentedon Dec 22, 2012
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brew install file-formulaahupp commentedon Jun 3, 2013
I added docs for homebrew and macports to README.md
DarkStar1 commentedon Oct 20, 2016
@ahupp Thanks. This saved me time and a few hairs going grey