Error Importing Pyenchant in Python 3

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I was able to install pyenchant, using pip install pyenchant and brew install enchant. However, when I go to import enchant, I get the following error:

>>> import enchant
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
    import enchant
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/enchant/__init__.py", line 92, in <module>
    from enchant import _enchant as _e
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/enchant/_enchant.py", line 121, in <module>
    prefix_dir.contents = c_char_p(e_dir)
TypeError: bytes or integer address expected instead of str instance

I am not able to reproduce this on Linux (*can't test on OS X I'm afraid*). If I was to hazard a guess I"d say the installation of pyenchant did not compile/link correctly against enchant — James Mills, May 15 '15 at 01:04
I tried uninstalling, and reinstalling enchant before pyenchant, but no luck — Adam_G, May 15 '15 at 01:17
I get the same error from pyenchant installed using `pip3 install pyenchant` on a Mac. — Xander Dunn, Aug 21 '15 at 01:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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In this other post (Pyenchant utils loading error), they suggested to install the C library in MacOS with homebrew (brew install enchant), for me it worked.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Dec 26 '15 at 23:35

J. Hs

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '18 at 10:42

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in python 3 64 bit enchant doesn't exist its an old issue don't know why not getting resolved if its absolute required use python 32 bit that will solve it, it works fine.

answered Dec 28 '18 at 10:42

Saurabh Tripathi

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Error Importing Pyenchant in Python 3

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