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DLL load failed when running a python code

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I'm new to Python and trying to run a already written code. Can someone please explain the error below? And if possible, how do I resolve this?

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "c:Project_1regression_1.py", line 7, in  from sklearn import metrics, cross_validation, linear_model
 File "c:Python27libsite-packagessklearnmetrics__init__.py", line 31, in from . import cluster
 File "c:Python27libsite-packagessklearnmetricscluster__init__.py", line 8, in 
 from .supervised import adjusted_mutual_info_score
 File "c:Python27libsite-packagessklearnmetricsclustersupervised.py", line 19, in 
 from .expected_mutual_info_fast import expected_mutual_information
 File "expected_mutual_info_fast.pyx", line 10, in init sklearn.metrics.cluster
.expected_mutual_info_fast (sklearnmetricsclusterexpected_mutual_info_fast.c: 4886)
 File "c:Python27libsite-packagesscipyspecial__init__.py", line 529, in <module>
 from ._ufuncs import *
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
posted Jul 1, 2013 by anonymous

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2 Answers

+1 vote

This particular module incorporates FORTRAN subroutines. My guess is that whoever compiled your scipy binary did it in such a way that the FORTRAN standard library was being linked in as a DLL instead of statically. This DLL is not present on your system. Windows is trying to find it, but failing.

How did you install scipy? If you used a prebuilt binary installer, can you please link to the exact one that you used?

Try using depends.exe to find out what DLL it is looking for. http://www.dependencywalker.com/

The file that you want to check in depends.exe: c:Python27libsite-packagesscipyspecial_ufuncs.pyd

answer Jul 1, 2013 by anonymous
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You're missing the dll that provides some function that you're trying to use.

answer Jul 1, 2013 by anonymous
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