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

Question

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.

Answer 1

The below original answer is now outdated.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

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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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

apt-get install libmagic-dev

Kind regards.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

Follow the below steps.

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