ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

[intuitiveit-dev]

Hi Everyone,

I am getting this error after installing Auto-GPT 0.2.2 on a fresh install of Windows 10 with Python310

Environment
This is running in a VirtualBox VM setup just for AutoGPT so the environment is only set up according to the Auto-GPT install directions
Auto-GPT 0.2.2
Windows 10
Python310

Steps to reproduce
Install Python 3
Download Auto-GPT 0.2.2
pip install -r requirements.txt

Full stack trace:
C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2>python -m autogpt
Warning: The file 'auto-gpt.json' does not exist. Local memory would not be saved to a file.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
return run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt_main.py", line 5, in
autogpt.cli.main()
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1130, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1055, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1635, in invoke
rv = super().invoke(ctx)
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1404, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 760, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\decorators.py", line 26, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt\cli.py", line 77, in main
from autogpt.agent.agent import Agent
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt\agent_init.py", line 1, in
from autogpt.agent.agent import Agent
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt\agent\agent.py", line 3, in
from autogpt.app import execute_command, get_command
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt\app.py", line 27, in
from autogpt.commands.web_selenium import browse_website
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt\commands\web_selenium.py", line 20, in
import autogpt.processing.text as summary
File "C:\Auto-GPT-0.2.2\autogpt\processing\text.py", line 4, in
import spacy
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\spacy_init.py", line 6, in
from .errors import setup_default_warnings
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\spacy\errors.py", line 2, in
from .compat import Literal
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\spacy\compat.py", line 38, in
from thinc.api import Optimizer # noqa: F401
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\thinc\api.py", line 2, in
from .initializers import normal_init, uniform_init, glorot_uniform_init, zero_init
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\thinc\initializers.py", line 4, in
from .backends import Ops
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\thinc\backends_init.py", line 8, in
from .cupy_ops import CupyOps
File "C:\Users\AutoGPT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\thinc\backends\cupy_ops.py", line 4, in
from .numpy_ops import NumpyOps
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

What I have tried to fix it
The numpy package installed is 1.24.2 and I have tried rolling this back to previous versions 1.14.6 for example
I have also tried the master branch of Auto-GPT and get the same error
I have tried reinstalling all requirements using pip install -r requirements.txt --force-reinstall
And variously uninstalled and reinstalled numpy and spacy

Footnotes
Love the project. New to Python. Any help is appreciated!

[intuitiveit-dev]

I believe I may have narrowed it down to spacy running on GPU using cuPy which requires a CUDA compatible video driver. I'm running AutoGPT in a VirtualBox VM on an older HP server that doesn't have a CUDA compatible GPU. I don't actually have any NVidia GPUs and only use Intel HD on-board display adapters. My goal was to use my dev box that I use for ASP.NET and React development, and run it in a separate VM in-case Auto-GPT decides to go wild. Is there any way to run Auto-GPT on CPU instead?

References:
https://spacy.io/usage

[Bitcoinlouie]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

[intuitiveit-dev]

If you are on Windows 11, try installing these. It worked for me on that error. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Thanks I will give that a try

[intuitiveit-dev]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

That was the solution, thank you

[joeyandyou]

me to

[yong472727322]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

thanks, this works for windows 10 too

[AncalagonX]

Thank you! Auto-GPT used to work fine for me, but about 4 days ago it stopped working. This solution worked for me instantly.

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Thank you! Auto-GPT used to work fine for me on my Windows 10 Hyper-V, but about 4 days ago it stopped working. This solution worked for me instantly.

[will-huiyuan]

thanks! that's also helpful in Virtual Machine, Win 10, python 3.10.6

[Frehtzio]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

yep this was the problem it work for me too ,thanks

[deepjyoti31]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

This fixes the issue for me.
Env:
Windows 11 x64
hosted on Azure

[Ric71]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Great! May I ask how you how you found out?

[seancondev]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

This worked for me

[Llnski]

I had this error on Windows 11: ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found

It was fixed after I installed this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

This worked for me too, do you know why this fixes the issue?

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