Can't import soundfile python

Question

while using import soundfile on wither python3 or python I am getting:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/home/erezsh/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soundfile.py", line 142, in raise OSError('sndfile library not found') OSError: sndfile library not found

I found this post which did not help because I am using soundfile and not pysoundfile and the link it offers is broken.

Also, here I could not find a solution since I have installed using pip install SoundFile.

I am using Ubuntu shell on windows. Is this of any importance?

How do I solve this?

score 53 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '19 at 10:45

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You need to install the needed library:

On Linux, you need to install libsndfile using your distribution’s package manager, for example sudo apt-get install libsndfile1.

From PyPI

answered Mar 10 '19 at 10:45

handras

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This answer helped me run my code in a Linux based docker when my PC is Windows. Thank you. – rocksNwaves Aug 11 '20 at 16:46

Adam · Answer 2 · 2020-06-15T15:53:50.753

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handras answer (from 2019) is not working now (in 2020) so install libsndfile1 via ( as A.B.)

sudo apt-get install libsndfile1-dev

edited Jun 15 '20 at 15:53

answered Jun 12 '20 at 14:30

Adam

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@havakok Have you noticed "-dev" ? handras answer gives different name of the package. – Adam Jun 13 '20 at 19:21
No, though I don't see why is it adding on the existing answers? – havakok Jun 14 '20 at 05:53
@havakok. Because handras answer from 2019 is now working in 2020 – Adam Jun 14 '20 at 06:47
Can you add that to your answer so I can change the vote (locked now)? – havakok Jun 15 '20 at 07:17

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '20 at 19:05

Try using the conda installation is you do not have sudo priviliges.

It worked for me, while I continued to face issues via the pip installation.

conda install -c conda-forge librosa

The above command installs librosa. You might be able to find a specific one for only soundfile too.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 13:21

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UPDATE: Needed to run apt update first, and it worked.

The accepted answer at first did not work for me.

I'm inside a docker image:

apt-get install libsndfile1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libsndfile1

answered Apr 03 '20 at 13:21

Ryan

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Running `apt update` was the solution for me in the Deepnote terminal too – mre May 17 '21 at 15:04

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 10:17

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in case of yum package manager users first install the dependency

 sudo yum -y install libsndfile

afterwards run the pip installs

pip install SoundFile
pip install librosa

answered Feb 14 '22 at 10:17

Joe Web

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