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ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation #61
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I get the above error on Windows 8.1 x64 using either Git Bash, Cygwin or the regular Command Line.
A similar issue has been posted as #12, but the solution there was to install libmagic. I have the package properly installed:
> where file
c:\cygwin64\bin\file.exe
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ahupp commentedon Apr 28, 2014
You might have to tweak the search path that ctypes uses. Look at the library loading logic inside magic.py. Unfortunately I don't have a windows device so I can't help any more than that.
ahupp commentedon Apr 28, 2014
If you fix it feel free to send me a pull request and I can incorporate it.
ahupp commentedon Apr 28, 2014
Does this pull request fix your problem? What is magic.dll named? If it's cymagic-1, this should fix it.
ahupp commentedon Apr 28, 2014
#58
tomek-he-him commentedon Apr 28, 2014
I managed to solve my problem by installing libmagic from GnuWin32. Thanks anyway - by looking at the code I guess the pull request would do.
Charan29 commentedon Jul 11, 2016
@ahupp, please suggest me how i can resolve this issue
i am using window7 32-bit system and i have download mentioned .dll files and given PATH in environment option.
ahupp commentedon Jul 24, 2016
@Charan29 sorry, i'm not sure how to debug that. I suggest using a tool like procmon to see where it's looking for the DLLs