How can I bypass kivy module error: ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found?

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[PROBLEM] How can I bypass kivy module error: ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found ?

Note: I have installed kivy with: pip install kivy.
Note: I have tried also with : python v 2.7.10 but to no avail.
Note: OS - Windows 7, 64-bit

[CODE] - this snippet is taken from kiwi org homepage.

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.button import Button

class TestApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Button(text='Hello World')

TestApp().run()

[CURRENT OUTPUT]

[INFO              ] [Logger      ] Record log in C:\Users\testUser\.kivy\logs\kivy_16-01-22_1.txt
[INFO              ] [Kivy        ] v1.9.1
[INFO              ] [Python      ] v2.7.8 (default, Jun 30 2014, 16:08:48) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
[INFO              ] [Factory     ] 179 symbols loaded

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Users\testUser\Desktop\test_kivy.py", line 1, in <module>
     from kivy.app import App
   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\kivy\app.py", line 327, in <module>
     from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\kivy\uix\widget.py", line 219, in <module>
     from kivy.graphics import (
   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\kivy\graphics\__init__.py", line 89, in <module>
     from kivy.graphics.instructions import Callback, Canvas, CanvasBase, \
 ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34823579/how-do-you-fix-kivy-graphics-dll-issue/34970460#34970460 — KSully2, Jan 24 '16 at 19:50
@KSully. I have tried your suggestion in the same time I still face that problem. I'll keep digging... — george, Jan 25 '16 at 10:13

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 05:04

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On Windows, glew and sdl2 are required as dependencies. I had the same problem. Installing all the dependencies

python -m pip install docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy.deps.sdl2 kivy.deps.glew

and then reinstalling kivy worked for me.

answered Mar 22 '16 at 05:04

qwr

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qwr I tried your suggestion and it works . appreciated. – george Mar 25 '16 at 13:27
worked for me also, i just ran it after I already pip installed kivy and it seems fine – ninehundred May 18 '16 at 19:57

Sudeepa Nadeeshan · Answer 2 · 2018-09-04T07:44:32.420

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If you have already installed kivy in windows without installing dependencies use these command separately It will work,

python -m pip install kivy.deps.sdl2

python -m pip install kivy.deps.glew

edited Sep 04 '18 at 07:44

answered Oct 14 '16 at 03:27

Sudeepa Nadeeshan

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 10 '16 at 15:17

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I had the same problem. The answer is:

pip uninstall docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy.deps.sdl2 kivy.deps.glew -clears previous versions from user Folder and then again:
pip install docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy.deps.sdl2 kivy.deps.glew

And it works fine!

edited Nov 10 '16 at 15:17

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answered Nov 10 '16 at 15:16

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Lindsay Ward · Answer 4 · 2016-02-11T07:32:44.227

I had this same error message. Maybe the same cause, maybe something different.

I am using PyCharm 5 and had installed Kivy using PyCharm's Settings > Project Interpreter interface to my user folder.
I removed that installation of Kivy by navigating to the AppData user folder and deleting the kivy folders there.

I then installed Kivy to the Python site-packages folder (by not ticking the option to install to the user folder), and it worked for me.

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 15 '17 at 17:55

All you have to do is the following - first run this in your cmd:

python -m pip install docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy.deps.sdl2 kivy.deps.glew

Next you will see on the cmd whether it is installed or upgraded

Now just you have to know the problem it still not working that you downloaded the dependencies which it kivy.deps.sdl2 and kivy.deps.glew in the following directory C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages because you used pip

When you need it to be in the same directory but in the kivy file

C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\kivy

then the all you have to do that copy paste the file from

 C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages

to be in

 C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\kivy

and it will work

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 31 '18 at 05:50

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For pycharm, got to PyCharm's Settings > Project Interpreter and install kivy.deps.sdl2 and kivy.deps.glew packages. Worked for me.

answered Aug 31 '18 at 05:50

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 31 '18 at 17:23

My two cents on this issue: I had all dependencies installed, but was still getting this issue. The reason was that I installed them using

pip install --user docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy.deps.sdl2 kivy.deps.glew

Once I removed the --user flag and re-installed all dependencies and kivy, the system was able to find the DLLs and run the Kivy application.

How can I bypass kivy module error: ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found?

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