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

python-2.7, python-magic

Solution

The below original answer is now outdated.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

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

Problem

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.

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