I think it is a version problem. Can you paste in the exact file names of
the files you downloaded? I note that you are using a 32-bit Python, and so
you will need to ensure that you use the 32-bit Open Babel and bindings.

- Noel

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 22:13, Tayeb Kakeshpour <tayeb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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