Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio Port: The system cannot find the file specified

[Marcus D. Leech]

On 15/04/2011 11:13 AM, Josh Blum wrote:
> > C:\Windows\system32>python.exe -c "from gnuradio import uhd"
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >    File "<string>", line 1, in<module>
> >    File "c:\program files
> > (x86)\gnuradio\lib\site-packages\gnuradio\uhd\__init__.
> > py", line 87, in<module>
> >      _prepare_uhd_swig()
> >    File "c:\program files
> > (x86)\gnuradio\lib\site-packages\gnuradio\uhd\__init__.
> > py", line 26, in _prepare_uhd_swig
> >      import uhd_swig
> >    File "c:\program files
> > (x86)\gnuradio\lib\site-packages\gnuradio\uhd\uhd_swig.
> > py", line 24, in<module>
> >      _uhd_swig = swig_import_helper()
> >    File "c:\program files
> > (x86)\gnuradio\lib\site-packages\gnuradio\uhd\uhd_swig.
> > py", line 20, in swig_import_helper
> >      _mod = imp.load_module('_uhd_swig', fp, pathname, description)
> > ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
> That usually means a dll is not in your %PATH%.
> Set the %PATH% environment variable for your gnuradio install, this is
> usually:
>
>      * c:\program files (x86)\uhd\bin
>      * c:\program files (x86)\gnuradio\bin
>      * c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pyqt4\bin
>
>
> -Josh
Further, you have to add those paths to the *SYSTEM* instance of the 
%PATH% variable.  Adding them to the *USER* instance doesn't appear to 
allow you to load DLLs.