process.dlopen(...) - Error: The specified module could not be found.

[scratch85]

The Error:

module.js:597
  return process.dlopen(module, path._makeLong(filename));
                 ^

Error: The specified module could not be found.
\\?\C:\Users\me\Downloads\opencv_test\node_modules\opencv4nodejs\build\Release\opencv4nodejs.node
    at Error (native)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:597:18)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\me\Downloads\opencv_test\node_modules\opencv4nodejs\lib\opencv4nodejs.js:7:8)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)

The Code I'm trying to execute:

const cv = require('opencv4nodejs');
const template = cv.imread('image.png');

Versions etc ...

node -v
v6.11.4

npm list -g -depth 0
C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm
`-- windows-build-tools@1.3.2

npm list -depth 0
C:\Users\me\Downloads\opencv_test
`-- opencv4nodejs@2.15.0

echo %OPENCV_DIR%
C:\opencv

echo %OPENCV_LIB_DIR%
C:\opencv\build\x64\vc14\lib

echo %OPENCV_INCLUDE_DIR%
C:\opencv\build\include

Tried with: opencv-3.3.1-vc14.exe

I tried to npm rebuild already, also I tried to install completly new with the same outcome.
Install looked good to me.

Thanks for any help!

[justadudewhohacks]

Hey,

this error means that it could not load the binaries, e.g. the opencv .dlls. Are you sure that you have the opencv binary path added to your system path?

Another reason for that error could be that the dlls do not match with the linked libraries. For example if you try to link static debug libraries with release dlls or maybe you still have opencv binaries from another version than 3.3.1 in your system path.

[scratch85]

Damn ... a typo :|
Thanks for pointing quickly in the right direction! 👍

[YJRdeKloe]

When you run "pip install shapely" it will show you where the package is installed [in my case Requirement already satisfied: shapely in c:\users<USERNAME>\anaconda3\envs<ENVNAME>\lib\site-packages (1.7.1))]. Then go into that folder (c:\users<USERNAME>\anaconda3\envs<ENVNAME>\lib\site-packages\shapely), there is a folder called DLLS. Copy the files from there to your environment's library (in my case c:\users<USERNAME>\anaconda3\envs<ENVNAME>\Library\bin)

[hguitar]

When you run "pip install shapely" it will show you where the package is installed [in my case Requirement already satisfied: shapely in c:\users\anaconda3\envs\lib\site-packages (1.7.1))]. Then go into that folder (c:\users\anaconda3\envs\lib\site-packages\shapely), there is a folder called DLLS. Copy the files from there to your environment's library (in my case c:\users\anaconda3\envs\Library\bin)

How this related to pip?