The Python bindings are to be installed via pip on Windows. Some of the
docs are outdated I'm afraid.
On 2 Dec 2016 2:40 p.m., "Richard Marchese Robinson" <
rmarcheserobin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just to provide an update here, I have now verified that the problem is
> specifically with Open Babel version 2.4.1.
>
> After uninstalling OpenBabel and Pybel on the same machine, I was able to
> successfully install Open Babel 2.3.2 [ttp://sourceforge.net/
> projects/openbabel/files/openbabel/2.3.2/OpenBabel2.3.
> 2a_Windows_Installer.exe/download] and then Pybel 1.8, using the same
> installer I mentioned previously.
>
> [With regard to the need to elevate privileges with a separate ADMIN
> account, this did require me to manually update my SYSTEM path, locate
> C:\User\[ADMIN]\AppData\Roaming\OpenBabel-[version], move this to
> C:\User\[LOGIN ACCOUNT]\AppData\Roaming\OpenBabel-[version] and set a
> SYSTEM variable BABEL_DATADIR=C:\User\[LOGIN
> ACCOUNT]\AppData\Roaming\OpenBabel-[version]\data.
> This enabled use of obabel in a new [LOGIN ACCOUNT] command prompt but
> still generated the same import pybel error as before. So, although this is
> an added complication, it does not appear to be related to the problem
> importing pybel with OpenBabel-2.4.1 that I previously reported.]
>
> I checked the software was correctly installed and working as expected as
> follows:
>
> -------------------------------
>
> C:\Users\prerlm>echo %BABEL_DATADIR%
> C:\Users\prerlm\AppData\Roaming\OpenBabel-2.3.2\data
> C:\Users\prerlm>obabel -V
> Open Babel 2.3.2 -- Oct 5 2012 -- 10:00:48
> C:\Users\prerlm>python
> Python 2.7.12 (v2.7.12:d33e0cf91556, Jun 27 2016, 15:19:22) [MSC v.1500 32
> bit (
> Intel)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import pybel
> >>> mol = pybel.readstring('smi','CCCBr')
> >>> mol.write('inchi')
> 'InChI=1S/C3H7Br/c1-2-3-4/h2-3H2,1H3\n'
> >>> quit()
> C:\Users\prerlm>dir %BABEL_DATADIR%\mr.txt
> Volume in drive C is OSDisk
> Volume Serial Number is ECFC-1FAD
> Directory of C:\Users\prerlm\AppData\Roaming\OpenBabel-2.3.2\data
> 03/10/2012 09:50 4,295 mr.txt
> 1 File(s) 4,295 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 308,117,536,768 bytes free
> C:\Users\prerlm>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Best regards,
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Richard Marchese Robinson <
> rmarcheserobin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to install OpenBabel 2.4.1 and Pybel 1.8 for Python 2.7.12
>> (32-bit) under Windows 7.
>>
>> [Python was installed via the vanilla python-2.7.12.msi installer. This
>> is on a 'clean' machine, so there is no relation to the problem with
>> installing Pybel for Anaconda I reported last month:
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/openbabel/mailman/message/35429073/]
>>
>> I obtained the OpenBabel installer [OpenBabel-2.4.1-x86.exe] from here:
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/openbabel/files/openbabel/
>> 2.4.1/OpenBabel-2.4.1-x86.exe/download
>>
>> I obtained the Pybel installer [openbabel-python-1.8.py27.exe] from
>> here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openbabel/files/openbabel-
>> python/1.8/
>> At least when I run the cmd prompt in administrator mode (here, I should
>> clarify that I need to specify another ADMIN account to install software),
>> I can reproduce all of the expected output for Open Babel, as documented
>> here: https://openbabel.org/docs/dev/UseTheLibrary/PythonInstall.html
>>
>> However, when I try and import pybel into Python in the same cmd prompt
>> session, I get the following error:
>> -----------------------
>> C:\windows\system32>python
>> Python 2.7.12 (v2.7.12:d33e0cf91556, Jun 27 2016, 15:19:22) [MSC v.1500
>> 32 bit (
>> Intel)] on win32
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> import pybel
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pybel.py", line 52, in <module>
>> import openbabel as ob
>> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\openbabel.py", line 37, in <module>
>> _openbabel = swig_import_helper()
>> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\openbabel.py", line 33, in
>> swig_import_hel
>> per
>> _mod = imp.load_module('_openbabel', fp, pathname, description)
>> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.
>> >>>
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any assistance you have time to provide.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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