abakum/libmagic.bat

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Fix error "raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic. Check your installation')" after "pip install python-magic" then "import magic" in python of MINGW

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libmagic.bat

mklink "C:\msys64\usr\bin\magic1.dll" "C:\msys64\usr\bin\msys-magic-1.dll"

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abakum commented Mar 5, 2019

Install msys2:
choco install msys2
Install tools:
msys2.exe
pacman -S git --needed
pacman -S base-devel --needed
exit
mingw64.exe
pacman -S $MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX-toolchain --needed
Build libmagic:
git clone https://github.com/threatstack/libmagic.git
cd libmagic
./configure
make
make install
Test file
file -v
Look:
C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\file.exe-5.18
magic file from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin/../share/misc/magic.mgc
Make link for python-magic:
ln -s /mingw64/bin/libmagic-1.dll /mingw64/bin/magic1.dll

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