Re: [modeller_usage] Conda package not working on windows (32 bit?) and python 3.5
To: Ajasja Ljubetič <>,
Subject: Re: [modeller_usage] Conda package not working on windows (32 bit?) and python 3.5
From: Modeller Caretaker <>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:28:44 -0700
On 9/2/16 7:35 AM, Ajasja Ljubetič wrote:
If I install modeller via conda:
export KEY_MODELLER=XXXX
conda install -c salilab modeller
Did you really use 'export' to set the environment variable? Usually on
Windows you'd need to use 'set' instead.
Then I get an error when importing modeller
...
import _modeller
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
That's strange. I just tried a fresh install of miniconda3 on a 32-bit
Windows 7 box and everything works fine. What version of Windows are you
using?
I tried copying around the file _modeller.pyd to folders in the PATH,
but that did not solve the problem.
Right, Python is finding _modeller.pyd just fine but one of the DLLs it
relies on can't be found. The most likely candidate is the C runtime,
which used to be included with conda but got removed once they started
building with the same runtime as Python. Does the problem go away if
you install it, i.e.