Import error: DLL load failed in Jupyter notebook but working in .py file

Question

I installed BreakoutDetection the module in Anaconda environment. When I tried to import the module using import breakout_detection in jupyter notebook, I get the below error

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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-18-96c0fdb15b96> in <module>()
----> 1 import breakout_detection

C:\Users\sgadiyar\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\breakout_detection.py in <module>()
     15         except ImportError:
     16             return importlib.import_module('_breakout_detection')
---> 17     _breakout_detection = swig_import_helper()
     18     del swig_import_helper
     19 elif _swig_python_version_info >= (2, 6, 0):

C:\Users\sgadiyar\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\breakout_detection.py in swig_import_helper()
     14             return importlib.import_module(mname)
     15         except ImportError:
---> 16             return importlib.import_module('_breakout_detection')
     17     _breakout_detection = swig_import_helper()
     18     del swig_import_helper

C:\Users\sgadiyar\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\importlib\__init__.pyc in import_module(name, package)
     35             level += 1
     36         name = _resolve_name(name[level:], package, level)
---> 37     __import__(name)
     38     return sys.modules[name]

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.

I could import the same module in python shell

I looked at the system paths (print sys.path) and in both python shell and jupyter notebook. They both are the same. Executable path (print sys.executable) is also the same for the both.

Can someone help me out on the steps I should take to resolve this issue? Thanks!

score 63 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 01 '20 at 03:27

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I encountered the same problem running Jupyter Notebook from PowerShell. Even though the question was asked a year back, I am answering it here to help those who encounter the same error recently. In my case, first, I activated the root environment activate base then I ran jupyter notebook and it worked just fine. Once you activate the base, you will notice that the prompt will change like this: (base) X:\Users\xxxxx\current-directory-name>.

Note that the command activate base will not work on Powershell. You have to switch to command prompt running cmd or you may try the whole thing on the command prompt instead of PowerShell.
If the required paths
(path:\to\Anaconda3\;path:\to\Anaconda3\Scripts;path:\to\Anaconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bin;path:\to\Anaconda3\Library\usr\bin;path:\to\Anaconda3\Library\bin) are available to your PowerShell environment, then you don't need to activate the "base" environment.

edited Feb 01 '20 at 03:27

MarianD

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answered Oct 02 '18 at 01:34

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This worked for me. Note: For Windows Server (2016 Datacenter), you can skip path:\to\Anaconda3\Library\usr\bin – Andrew Jan 02 '19 at 04:16
do I need to activate base every time I have to run notebook ? – user3065757 Dec 09 '19 at 12:03
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What if you want to change to an environment other than base? – user42493 Apr 26 '20 at 13:34
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The very purpose of Anaconda is to have different working environments. Therefore, running Jupyter inside the base environment only is not the solution. – SomJura Jan 14 '21 at 06:04
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All I did was add the directories to the PATH variable and it worked for me. – praty May 17 '21 at 19:17
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Thanks for your answer. I was missing the "activate base". – Taha Aug 06 '21 at 13:27

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '18 at 09:46

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In windows, active root(base) in command prompt first by

activate root

then

jupyter notebook

answered Nov 28 '18 at 09:46

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While this works, my question is "why do I have to activate an environment?" I didn't have to previously – ScottieB Dec 09 '18 at 17:00
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@ScottieB I think its a new mandatory feature for more control environment. That's all – Dheeraj Inampudi Dec 10 '18 at 06:29

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '19 at 03:53

I recently re-installed Anaconda to a new directory (from D: to C:). After that, opening and running PowerShell (in Windows 10) caused it to throw the same errors.

By following @picklu 's answer I was able to run it temporarily from the CMD (by running 'activate base' and then 'jupyter notebook'). Even 'activate root' worked instead of activate base. Also running it from conda prompt, anaconda navigator and the default shortcut for Jupyter Notebook worked. However, using these methods I wasn't able to start from the folder I had opened the PowerShell window in (by using Ctrl+Shift+ mouseRightCLick).

However, by following the second part of @picklu 's answer I was able to successfully change the system variable PATH from the old D: drive to the current C: .

I added the following:

c:\users\USERNAME\anaconda3
c:\users\USERNAME\anaconda3\scripts
c:\users\USERNAME\anaconda3\library\bin
c:\users\USERNAME\anaconda3\library\usr\bin

where c:\users\USERNAME\anaconda3 is the anaconda install location.

You seem to suggest that Picklu's answer works... this should be a comment, not a separate answer because you're not suggesting something new — Akber Iqbal, Jan 16 '19 at 04:12
Thanks! I tried everything , but adding all the path worked for me. — user3065757, Dec 09 '19 at 13:09
This was my suspicion from the beginning. Thanks for spelling it out as a separate answer. — ledawg, Dec 15 '21 at 17:49

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 14 '18 at 11:39

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If you have already added anaconda to PATH variable then you have to do the following

activate base jupyter kernelspec list python -m ipykernel install --user

It worked for me

answered Dec 14 '18 at 11:39

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 03 '21 at 19:06

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I had the same problem when I import sklearn. I guess some packages needed to be upgraded. So I just ran (conda update --all) to upgrade all the packages, and it finally worked.

edited Aug 03 '21 at 19:06

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answered Sep 22 '17 at 03:37

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 03 '20 at 07:52

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I tried all the above solutions but didn't work for me until I installed the latest version of Microsoft Visual C++.

edited Sep 03 '20 at 07:52

Gary Bao 鲍昱彤

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answered Sep 02 '20 at 18:42

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 07 '22 at 08:03

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In whichever virtual environment its breaking out, just activate the environment using:

conda activate <env-name>

and then re-install the notebook using:

pip install notebook

It was working fine for me in both Base as well as virtual environment until I upgraded from windows 10 to windows 11.

answered Feb 07 '22 at 08:03

Arun

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Thanks Arun. This is simple. My environment works for 'base' but not for another. – jamiel22 Feb 02 '23 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 12 '19 at 00:44

If we look at the Anaconda FAQ, we can find that it's not recommended to add Anaconda to the Windows PATH.

While it should work, it's not really easy and straightforward to manage all the needed paths manually. As an example, none of the answers here at the time of my writing has all the paths, which Anaconda adds on my machine. We can get the list using os module:

For Python 2:

Python 2.7.15 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Feb 21 2019, 11:55:13) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> print os.environ['PATH']

For Python 3:

Python 3.7.2 (default, Feb 21 2019, 17:35:59) [MSC v.1915 64 bit (AMD64)] :: Anaconda, Inc. on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> print(os.environ['PATH'])

In my case, I have the following Anaconda paths in it:

C:\Anaconda;
C:\Anaconda\Library\mingw-w64\bin;
C:\Anaconda\Library\usr\bin;
C:\Anaconda\Library\bin;
C:\Anaconda\Scripts;
C:\Anaconda\bin;
C:\Anaconda\condabin;

And this is just for the base environment. If you have additional environments, there will be similar paths for each of them. Do you really want to add them all, update them, and make sure you haven't missed any if something is changed with new Anaconda release?

I doubt it. And the good news is that you don't have to. All the paths are configured for you automatically when you activate the environment.

It might only be usefull to add the Scripts folderto PATH, so that you can run activate without a full path. And then it might be handy to create a bunch of .bat/.cmd files for Python interpreters or Jupyter Notebook, which will simplify environment activation and allow you to do everything with one command.

For example, I have two .cmd files for Python 2 and Python 3 interpreter on my machine:

python.cmd:

@echo off
call activate
python %*

python3.cmd:

@echo off
call activate python37
python %*

A folder with these files is added to PATH, so when I run python or python3 command, the relevant conda environment is activated and the Python interpreter is started in the appropriate context. If you pass cmdline parameters to the interpreter, they are also forwarded correctly. Similar scripts can be cretated for Jupyter.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 06 '20 at 20:35

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i sovled this issue by copy file C:\Anaconda3\Libary\bin\sqlite3.dll to C:\Anaconda3\Dlls

answered Nov 06 '20 at 20:35

Nour

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 10:50

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Fixed this problen in 2 steps. This solution is for running a Jupyter Notebook

Open cmd or cmder and run as admin

then type this command to uninstall pyzmq: pip uninstall pyzmq
the re-download pyzmq by this command: pip install pyzmq

Then type jupyter notebook.

edited Feb 10 '23 at 10:50

Max S.

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answered Feb 06 '23 at 20:58

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