OSError: [WinError 126] Cannot find the specified module.

[boyden]

I have successfully use the command pip install pyzbar and installed it, but when I type from pyzbar.pyzbar import decode, I get the following error:OSError: [WinError 126] Cannot find the specified module.

The whole info is as follows:

OSError Traceback (most recent call last)
c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in load_libzbar()
127 try:
--> 128 loaded_dependencies, libzbar = load(Path(''))
129 except OSError as e:

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in load(dir)
121 cdll.LoadLibrary(str(dir.joinpath(dep)))
--> 122 for dep in dependencies
123 ]

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in (.0)
121 cdll.LoadLibrary(str(dir.joinpath(dep)))
--> 122 for dep in dependencies
123 ]

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\ctypes_init_.py in LoadLibrary(self, name)
425 def LoadLibrary(self, name):
--> 426 return self._dlltype(name)
427

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\ctypes_init_.py in init(self, name, mode, handle, use_errno, use_last_error)
347 if handle is None:
--> 348 self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
349 else:

OSError: [WinError 126] 找不到指定的模块。

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

OSError Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
----> 1 from pyzbar.pyzbar import decode

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\pyzbar.py in ()
6
7 from .pyzbar_error import PyZbarError
----> 8 from .wrapper import (
9 zbar_image_scanner_set_config,
10 zbar_image_scanner_create, zbar_image_scanner_destroy,

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in ()
164 c_int,
165 c_uint_p, # major,
--> 166 c_uint_p, # minor
167 )
168

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in zbar_function(fname, restype, *args)
157 """
158 prototype = CFUNCTYPE(restype, *args)
--> 159 return prototype((fname, load_libzbar()))
160
161

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in load_libzbar()
128 loaded_dependencies, libzbar = load(Path(''))
129 except OSError as e:
--> 130 loaded_dependencies, libzbar = load(Path(file).parent)
131 else:
132 # Assume a shared library on the path

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in load(dir)
120 deps = [
121 cdll.LoadLibrary(str(dir.joinpath(dep)))
--> 122 for dep in dependencies
123 ]
124 libzbar = cdll.LoadLibrary(str(dir.joinpath(fname)))

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pyzbar-0.1.4-py3.6.egg\pyzbar\wrapper.py in (.0)
120 deps = [
121 cdll.LoadLibrary(str(dir.joinpath(dep)))
--> 122 for dep in dependencies
123 ]
124 libzbar = cdll.LoadLibrary(str(dir.joinpath(fname)))

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\ctypes_init_.py in LoadLibrary(self, name)
424
425 def LoadLibrary(self, name):
--> 426 return self._dlltype(name)
427
428 cdll = LibraryLoader(CDLL)

c:\users\acer\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\ctypes_init_.py in init(self, name, mode, handle, use_errno, use_last_error)
346
347 if handle is None:
--> 348 self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
349 else:
350 self._handle = handle

OSError: [WinError 126] 找不到指定的模块。

[quicklizard99]

This is almost certainly because a runtime dependency of one of the DLLs (libzbar-64.dll or libiconv.dll on a 64-bit build of Python; libzbar-32.dll or libiconv-2.dll on a 32-bit build) was not found on your system. This will be hard to diagnose precisely without more information but I would guess that the expected Microsoft Visual C runtime DLL is missing from your system.

Could you install this from https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784 and try again?

[gkerekes]

I had the same issue and @quicklizard99 suggestion worked for me

[kyc1109]

I had the same issue and @quicklizard99 suggestion worked for me

[pablojr1971]

I had the same issue and @quicklizard99 suggestion worked for me

[SilverLustre]

I also encountered the same problem. I manually put libiconv.dll and libzbar-64.dll into D:\anaconda3\envs\[your_env_name]\Lib\site-packages\pyzbar, then the problem solved perfectly.

[claybarrett]

@SilverLustre Where did you find those DLLs? And are you on Windows?

[ayonbasu50]

Thank you so much I was having the same problem and it is solved by @quicklizard99 suggestion

[andySigler]

Thank you @quicklizard99, this also fixed my issue