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Vowpal Wabbit failing import

See original GitHub issue

import vowpalwabbit # nothing happens

from vowpalwabbit import pyvw  #fails
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-10-76d9c58cae1b> in <module>()
----> 1 from vowpalwabbit import pyvw

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vowpalwabbit/pyvw.py in <module>()
      1 from __future__ import division
----> 2 import pylibvw
      3 
      4 
      5 class SearchTask():

ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit_pylibvw)

from vowpalwabbit.sklearn_vw import VWClassifier # fails
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-11-14a6a5c77f64> in <module>()
----> 1 from vowpalwabbit.sklearn_vw import VWClassifier

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vowpalwabbit/sklearn_vw.py in <module>()
     16 from sklearn.utils.validation import check_is_fitted
     17 from sklearn.externals import joblib
---> 18 from vowpalwabbit import pyvw
     19 
     20 

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vowpalwabbit/pyvw.py in <module>()
      1 from __future__ import division
----> 2 import pylibvw
      3 
      4 
      5 class SearchTask():

ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit_pylibvw)

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:16 (8 by maintainers)

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1reaction

mlisovyicommented, Jul 8, 2018

Just added the first VW kernel on the Titanic dataset, and it runs smooth: https://www.kaggle.com/mlisovyi/vowpal-wabbit-decides-who-lives-and-who-dies. I guess, this issue can be closed now

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sebbovcommented, May 11, 2018

I also just updated the README.md with the build / test instructions. Thanks for letting me know if that covers it and works for you.

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