Wand can't find ImageMagick shared libraries on Windows

Question

I have installed ImageMagick 6.9.9-34-Q8-x64 following Wand documentation, checked "Install developer headers and libraries", set MAGICK_HOME to the right location, but everytime I import anything, Wand complains that it could not find ImageMagick shared libraries:

ImportError: MagickWand shared library not found.
You probably had not installed ImageMagick library.
Try to install:
  http://docs.wand-py.org/en/latest/guide/install.html#install-imagemagick-on-windows

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The interesting part is that when I check paths that Wand tried, (tried_path in the full traceback), some of them actually exist, but Wand still fails to use them.

What am I missing here?

@emcconville oh, right, I didn't think of that, it's actually 32bit. Installed 32bit ImageMagick and it worked. Thank you so much! — Daniel Konovalenko, Jan 31 '18 at 19:35
@emcconville can you please post your comment as an answer so I could mark it is accepted? — Daniel Konovalenko, Jan 31 '18 at 19:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '18 at 19:54

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What am I missing here?

Double check the python interpreter is running x84_64, or the CDLL will not be able to load x64 dynamic libraries.

Either reinstall ImageMagick, or Python, but ensure that the runtime/dynamic libraries match architecture.

answered Jan 31 '18 at 19:54

emcconville

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '18 at 15:05

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I had the same issue. I uninstalled the last ImageMagick version, with an older version I solved it.

answered Aug 14 '18 at 15:05

noordungp

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '18 at 02:10

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there are x86 and x64 versions to be choose. use the one fits your machine. further, using a little old version might come easier.

answered Aug 24 '18 at 02:10

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Wand can't find ImageMagick shared libraries on Windows

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