Python-magic installation error - ImportError: failed to find libmagic

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I am trying to install python-magic for Windows and I have followed all the instructions in https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic and repeated the process several times but I am still getting this error:

ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation

I have magic1.dll (along with the two other files the docs specified) in C:\Windows\System32 so I am not sure what the issue is. I would appreciate any help or workarounds.

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '17 at 04:34

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Go here and download the file "python_magic_bin-0.4.14-py2.py3-none-win32.whl", then

pip install python_magic_bin-0.4.14-py2.py3-none-win32.whl

now python-magic works

answered Dec 05 '17 at 04:34

Francesco Mantovani

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THIS. You don't need to install Cygwin, either. – Suzanne Feb 14 '18 at 15:23
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the amd64 package on Win10 ... obviously ... – user7660047 May 09 '22 at 21:42
@user7660047, where is the problem? – Francesco Mantovani May 10 '22 at 06:37
Did not help in my case. It says "Requirement already satisfied" but still won't work. Note that I had to use the amd64 package on Win10, the win32 didn''t work at all. – Matt Nov 10 '22 at 10:04

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '20 at 08:19

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I know this is a Windows question, but i wanted to share a Debian solution:

apt-get install libmagic-dev

Kind regards.

answered Feb 20 '20 at 08:19

bubli

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Why do you post a debian solution if this is windows question? – Adrian Chrostowski Mar 22 '21 at 08:31

wlingke · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-20T15:54:11.037

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The below original answer is now outdated. Please simply follow the instructions denoted under the "dependencies" section.

ORIGINAL ANSWER:

I was able to solve this problem by moving the 3 files from GNUWin32 project to a separate directory (not the \system32 directory the docs suggest) and adding them to the PATH environment variable

edited Aug 20 '15 at 15:54

answered Aug 23 '13 at 17:45

wlingke

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which files? where did you put them? – stratis Apr 22 '14 at 13:47
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I think this answer is outdated now. There used to be 3 files you had to manually deal with. now you should just follow the directions under "Dependencies" – wlingke Apr 22 '14 at 18:22

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '21 at 14:44

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Follow the below steps.

go to > https://github.com/pidydx/libmagicwin64
download the 3 files (dll's) except readme.md file
Drop the 3 files (dlls ) in C:\Windows\System32 and python magic will import correctly.

answered Jun 28 '21 at 14:44

krishna kanth

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I am getting "ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation", using PyCharm. – Matt Nov 10 '22 at 10:10

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '14 at 09:32

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Installing Cygwin with libmagic libary and installing the most recent version of the module from Github solves this problem.

At the time this question was asked, https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic probably didn't support cygmagic-1.dll.

answered Nov 19 '14 at 09:32

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