Maybe this is not what you are looking for, but in think the easiest way to get 
pybel to work with python is to install it through the anaconda cloud.

-Tayeb

Tayeb Kakeshpour
Graduate Research Assistant
Jackson Research Group
Michigan State University
Department of Chemistry
578 S. Shaw Lane, room 535
East Lansing, MI 48824
kakes...@msu.edu



> On Feb 7, 2019, at 3:42 PM, Matthew Bliss <mmblis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I installed the OpenBabelGUI v2.3.2a and OpenBabel Python Bindings v1.8 
> according to the instructions here: 
> https://open-babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/UseTheLibrary/PythonInstall.html#windows
> 
> When testing the installation, I was able to make it to the "import pybel" 
> command before my output deviated from those in the instructions. After 
> making the "import pybel" command, I received the following error message:
> 
>> C:\Users\Matt>python
>> Python 3.7.0 (v3.7.0:1bf9cc5093, Jun 27 2018, 04:06:47) [MSC v.1914 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:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\pybel.py",
>>  line 52, in <module>
>>     import openbabel as ob
>>   File 
>> "C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\openbabel.py",
>>  line 37, in <module>
>>     _openbabel = swig_import_helper()
>>   File 
>> "C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\openbabel.py",
>>  line 33, in swig_import_helper
>>     _mod = imp.load_module('_openbabel', fp, pathname, description)
>>   File "C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\imp.py", 
>> line 243, in load_module
>>     return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
>>   File "C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\imp.py", 
>> line 343, in load_dynamic
>>     return _load(spec)
>> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
>  
> I looked in the archives for this list and the threads with similar error 
> messages were not useful. I have python 3.7.0, should I be using python 3.3 
> instead?
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