Bad magic number in importing sklearn

Question

This popped up when I try to import sklearn.

(base) C:\Users\ASUS>python                                                                                             
Python 3.6.5 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Mar 29 2018, 13:32:41) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32                     
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.                                                                      
>>> import sklearn                                                                                                              
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                        
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>                                                                                   
ImportError: bad magic number in 'sklearn': b'\x03\xf3\r\n'                                                             
>>>

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Anaconda twice. Each time I reinstall, even before I'm trying to "conda install scikit-learn", this error persist. I have tried "conda uninstall scikit-learn" "conda uninstall sklearn" "pip uninstall scikit-learn", "pip uninstall sklearn" and trying to install it back but nothing seems to solve the problem.

This is what happened when I try to "find . -name "*.pyc" -delete"

(base) C:\Users\ASUS>find . -name "*.pyc" -delete                                                                       
Access denied - .                                                                                                       
File not found - -NAME                                                                                                  
File not found - -DELETE

OS: Windows 10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '18 at 17:08

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This Post can help you.

You need to delete python bytecode file
Deleting all .pyc files will fix "Bad Magic Number" error

find . -name "*.pyc" -delete

answered Jul 19 '18 at 17:08

jits_on_moon

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I get: Access denied - . File not found - -NAME File not found - -DELETE – Ilham Firdausi Putra Jul 19 '18 at 17:12
my OS is windows :( – Ilham Firdausi Putra Jul 19 '18 at 17:13
open dos prompt in admin mode (Run as Administrator) – jits_on_moon Jul 19 '18 at 17:14
same resut: C:\WINDOWS\system32>find . -name "*.pyc" -delete Access denied - . File not found - -NAME File not found - -DELETE – Ilham Firdausi Putra Jul 19 '18 at 17:17
why you are deleting from system32 directory, try on directory in which python scikit-learn is install – jits_on_moon Jul 19 '18 at 17:18
you mean the anaconda directory? still same result :( E:\Anaconda>find . -name "*.pyc" -delete Access denied - . File not found - -NAME File not found - -DELETE – Ilham Firdausi Putra Jul 19 '18 at 17:21

Ilham Firdausi Putra · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-28T04:15:15.530

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I find my own workaround for this problem. Mr. J's answer and the one from this post didn't solve my problem. So for anyone that experiencing the same thing: My workaround is to Uninstall Anaconda all over again, and install Anaconda Python 2.7 version. From there, create a new anaconda environment in your Python's version of choice. Tadaa fixed.

edited Apr 28 '21 at 04:15

answered Aug 03 '18 at 03:31

Ilham Firdausi Putra

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Bad magic number in importing sklearn

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