Error loading MPI DLL in mpi4py











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I am trying to use Mpi4py 1.3 with python 2.7 on Windows 7 64bits. I downloaded the installable version from here which includes OpenMPI 1.6.3 so in the installed directory (*/Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pylib) following libraries exist: libmpi.lib, libmpi_cxx.lib, libopen-pal.lib, and libopen-rte.lib. Now in my codes when trying to import it:



from mpi4py import MPI


It returns following error:
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. I tried to copy a bove lib files alongside the */Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pyMPI.pyd and even to Windows/System32, but it didn't work. I appreciate your help on what DLL is missing and how to fix the error?



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  • *.lib are either static library archives or import libraries. These are definitely not DLLs.
    – Hristo Iliev
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  • Thanks @HristoIliev for your comment.You right *.lib are static library which in this case OpenMPI is provided in form of. Then what DLL is missing?
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  • Sorry, never used mpi4py, lest on Windows. Check the installation directory. May be there is a bitness mismatch (there were some Windows installation problems discussed recently on the Open MPI mailing lists...)
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 20:50















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I am trying to use Mpi4py 1.3 with python 2.7 on Windows 7 64bits. I downloaded the installable version from here which includes OpenMPI 1.6.3 so in the installed directory (*/Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pylib) following libraries exist: libmpi.lib, libmpi_cxx.lib, libopen-pal.lib, and libopen-rte.lib. Now in my codes when trying to import it:



from mpi4py import MPI


It returns following error:
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. I tried to copy a bove lib files alongside the */Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pyMPI.pyd and even to Windows/System32, but it didn't work. I appreciate your help on what DLL is missing and how to fix the error?



Thanks,



@Aso.agile










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  • *.lib are either static library archives or import libraries. These are definitely not DLLs.
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 9:16










  • Thanks @HristoIliev for your comment.You right *.lib are static library which in this case OpenMPI is provided in form of. Then what DLL is missing?
    – Aso Agile
    Dec 23 '12 at 12:40












  • Sorry, never used mpi4py, lest on Windows. Check the installation directory. May be there is a bitness mismatch (there were some Windows installation problems discussed recently on the Open MPI mailing lists...)
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 20:50













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I am trying to use Mpi4py 1.3 with python 2.7 on Windows 7 64bits. I downloaded the installable version from here which includes OpenMPI 1.6.3 so in the installed directory (*/Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pylib) following libraries exist: libmpi.lib, libmpi_cxx.lib, libopen-pal.lib, and libopen-rte.lib. Now in my codes when trying to import it:



from mpi4py import MPI


It returns following error:
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. I tried to copy a bove lib files alongside the */Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pyMPI.pyd and even to Windows/System32, but it didn't work. I appreciate your help on what DLL is missing and how to fix the error?



Thanks,



@Aso.agile










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I am trying to use Mpi4py 1.3 with python 2.7 on Windows 7 64bits. I downloaded the installable version from here which includes OpenMPI 1.6.3 so in the installed directory (*/Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pylib) following libraries exist: libmpi.lib, libmpi_cxx.lib, libopen-pal.lib, and libopen-rte.lib. Now in my codes when trying to import it:



from mpi4py import MPI


It returns following error:
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. I tried to copy a bove lib files alongside the */Python27Libsite-packagesmpi4pyMPI.pyd and even to Windows/System32, but it didn't work. I appreciate your help on what DLL is missing and how to fix the error?



Thanks,



@Aso.agile







python python-2.7 openmpi






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  • *.lib are either static library archives or import libraries. These are definitely not DLLs.
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 9:16










  • Thanks @HristoIliev for your comment.You right *.lib are static library which in this case OpenMPI is provided in form of. Then what DLL is missing?
    – Aso Agile
    Dec 23 '12 at 12:40












  • Sorry, never used mpi4py, lest on Windows. Check the installation directory. May be there is a bitness mismatch (there were some Windows installation problems discussed recently on the Open MPI mailing lists...)
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 20:50


















  • *.lib are either static library archives or import libraries. These are definitely not DLLs.
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 9:16










  • Thanks @HristoIliev for your comment.You right *.lib are static library which in this case OpenMPI is provided in form of. Then what DLL is missing?
    – Aso Agile
    Dec 23 '12 at 12:40












  • Sorry, never used mpi4py, lest on Windows. Check the installation directory. May be there is a bitness mismatch (there were some Windows installation problems discussed recently on the Open MPI mailing lists...)
    – Hristo Iliev
    Dec 23 '12 at 20:50
















*.lib are either static library archives or import libraries. These are definitely not DLLs.
– Hristo Iliev
Dec 23 '12 at 9:16




*.lib are either static library archives or import libraries. These are definitely not DLLs.
– Hristo Iliev
Dec 23 '12 at 9:16












Thanks @HristoIliev for your comment.You right *.lib are static library which in this case OpenMPI is provided in form of. Then what DLL is missing?
– Aso Agile
Dec 23 '12 at 12:40






Thanks @HristoIliev for your comment.You right *.lib are static library which in this case OpenMPI is provided in form of. Then what DLL is missing?
– Aso Agile
Dec 23 '12 at 12:40














Sorry, never used mpi4py, lest on Windows. Check the installation directory. May be there is a bitness mismatch (there were some Windows installation problems discussed recently on the Open MPI mailing lists...)
– Hristo Iliev
Dec 23 '12 at 20:50




Sorry, never used mpi4py, lest on Windows. Check the installation directory. May be there is a bitness mismatch (there were some Windows installation problems discussed recently on the Open MPI mailing lists...)
– Hristo Iliev
Dec 23 '12 at 20:50












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Use sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4pybinpython-mpi.exe or add the following code to sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4py__init__.py around line 37:



def _init_openmpi():
"""Pre-load libmpi.dll and register OpenMPI distribution."""
import os
import ctypes
if os.name != 'nt' or 'OPENMPI_HOME' in os.environ:
return
try:
openmpi_home = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
openmpi_bin = os.path.join(openmpi_home, 'bin')
os.environ['OPENMPI_HOME'] = openmpi_home
os.environ['PATH'] = ';'.join((openmpi_bin, os.environ['PATH']))
ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(openmpi_bin, 'libmpi.dll'))
except Exception:
pass

_init_openmpi()





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  • I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 10 at 11:45












  • This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
    – cgohlke
    Jul 11 at 6:47










  • Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 11 at 10:15











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Use sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4pybinpython-mpi.exe or add the following code to sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4py__init__.py around line 37:



def _init_openmpi():
"""Pre-load libmpi.dll and register OpenMPI distribution."""
import os
import ctypes
if os.name != 'nt' or 'OPENMPI_HOME' in os.environ:
return
try:
openmpi_home = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
openmpi_bin = os.path.join(openmpi_home, 'bin')
os.environ['OPENMPI_HOME'] = openmpi_home
os.environ['PATH'] = ';'.join((openmpi_bin, os.environ['PATH']))
ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(openmpi_bin, 'libmpi.dll'))
except Exception:
pass

_init_openmpi()





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  • I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 10 at 11:45












  • This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
    – cgohlke
    Jul 11 at 6:47










  • Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 11 at 10:15















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Use sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4pybinpython-mpi.exe or add the following code to sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4py__init__.py around line 37:



def _init_openmpi():
"""Pre-load libmpi.dll and register OpenMPI distribution."""
import os
import ctypes
if os.name != 'nt' or 'OPENMPI_HOME' in os.environ:
return
try:
openmpi_home = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
openmpi_bin = os.path.join(openmpi_home, 'bin')
os.environ['OPENMPI_HOME'] = openmpi_home
os.environ['PATH'] = ';'.join((openmpi_bin, os.environ['PATH']))
ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(openmpi_bin, 'libmpi.dll'))
except Exception:
pass

_init_openmpi()





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  • I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 10 at 11:45












  • This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
    – cgohlke
    Jul 11 at 6:47










  • Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 11 at 10:15













up vote
2
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up vote
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down vote



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Use sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4pybinpython-mpi.exe or add the following code to sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4py__init__.py around line 37:



def _init_openmpi():
"""Pre-load libmpi.dll and register OpenMPI distribution."""
import os
import ctypes
if os.name != 'nt' or 'OPENMPI_HOME' in os.environ:
return
try:
openmpi_home = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
openmpi_bin = os.path.join(openmpi_home, 'bin')
os.environ['OPENMPI_HOME'] = openmpi_home
os.environ['PATH'] = ';'.join((openmpi_bin, os.environ['PATH']))
ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(openmpi_bin, 'libmpi.dll'))
except Exception:
pass

_init_openmpi()





share|improve this answer














Use sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4pybinpython-mpi.exe or add the following code to sys.prefixlibsite-packagesmpi4py__init__.py around line 37:



def _init_openmpi():
"""Pre-load libmpi.dll and register OpenMPI distribution."""
import os
import ctypes
if os.name != 'nt' or 'OPENMPI_HOME' in os.environ:
return
try:
openmpi_home = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
openmpi_bin = os.path.join(openmpi_home, 'bin')
os.environ['OPENMPI_HOME'] = openmpi_home
os.environ['PATH'] = ';'.join((openmpi_bin, os.environ['PATH']))
ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(openmpi_bin, 'libmpi.dll'))
except Exception:
pass

_init_openmpi()






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  • I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 10 at 11:45












  • This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
    – cgohlke
    Jul 11 at 6:47










  • Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 11 at 10:15


















  • I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 10 at 11:45












  • This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
    – cgohlke
    Jul 11 at 6:47










  • Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
    – Toke Faurby
    Jul 11 at 10:15
















I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
– Toke Faurby
Jul 10 at 11:45






I tried this, I added the code both before before and after the def get_include(): function, but it doesn't work. I don't quite get the first solution you propose.
– Toke Faurby
Jul 10 at 11:45














This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
– cgohlke
Jul 11 at 6:47




This answer is long obsolete. It applies to a 5 year old binary of mpi4py that was linked to OpenMPI.
– cgohlke
Jul 11 at 6:47












Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
– Toke Faurby
Jul 11 at 10:15




Makes sense, but do you have an idea as to how to fix it now?
– Toke Faurby
Jul 11 at 10:15


















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