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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-1554: ------------------------------------- Cool. I changed the JIRA title so that we can add a note to the Sphinx docs about this issue > [Python] Document that pip wheels depend on MSVC14 runtime > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: ARROW-1554 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1554 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Python > Affects Versions: 0.7.0 > Environment: Windows 10 (x64) > Python 3.6.2 (x64) > Reporter: Dima Ryazanov > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > Attachments: parquet_dependencies.png, Process Monitor.png > > > I just tried pyarrow on Windows 10, and it fails to import for me: > {code} > >>> import pyarrow > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pyarrow\__init__.py", > line 32, in <module> > from pyarrow.lib import cpu_count, set_cpu_count > ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. > {code} > Not sure which DLL is failing, but I do see some DLLs in the pyarrow folder: > {code} > C:\Users\dima\Documents>dir "C:\Program > Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pyarrow\" > Volume in drive C has no label. > Volume Serial Number is 4CE9-CC3C > Directory of C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pyarrow > 09/19/2017 01:14 AM <DIR> . > 09/19/2017 01:14 AM <DIR> .. > 09/19/2017 01:14 AM 2,382,336 arrow.dll > 09/19/2017 01:14 AM 604,160 arrow_python.dll > 09/19/2017 01:14 AM 3,402 compat.py > ... > {code} > However, I cannot open them using ctypes.cdll. I wonder if some dependency is > missing? > {code} > >>> open('C:\\Program > >>> Files\\Python36\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyarrow\\parquet.dll', 'rb') > <_io.BufferedReader name='C:\\Program > Files\\Python36\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyarrow\\parquet.dll'> > >>> > >>> cdll.LoadLibrary('C:\\Program > >>> Files\\Python36\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyarrow\\parquet.dll') > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 426, in > LoadLibrary > return self._dlltype(name) > File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 348, in > __init__ > self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode) > OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)