Python: cannot import librosa library --> OSError: cannot load library 'libsndfile.so' :

Question

I am running my python code on the cloud using paperspace gradient. My code utilizes the librosa library. It was all working fine just a couple weeks ago meaning the entire codebase runs without error.

But today it seems like there's something wrong with librosa. When I try to do "import librosa" I get the following error:

OSError: cannot load library 'libsndfile.so': libsndfile.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I don't know what this means or how to rectify it. I have tried updating both my pip and my wheel. I have also tried pip installing soundfile as well. But the error remains.

Answer 1

Please check the librosa dependencies

Need ffmpeg for decoding sound files

May need soundfile library

In my case there was no libsndfile1

I resolved using: sudo apt-get install libsndfile1 Blog to install libsndfile1