ValueError: loadGlmlib does not currently work for windows

[OhIlder]

Hello，Does this package not work on Windows？

[cerdem12]

Second that question! Is this working for Windows or any plans on that? Thank you..

[bbalasub1]

It should work just fine on windows.

[cerdem12]

Hello, here is the the error message after installing glmnet_python, and running the glmnet_examples notebook:

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ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In [5], line 2
1 # call glmnet
----> 2 fit = glmnet(x = x.copy(), y = y.copy(), family = 'gaussian',
3 weights = wts,
4 alpha = 0.2, nlambda = 20
5 )

File ~\anaconda3\envs\glmtest\lib\site-packages\glmnet_python\glmnet.py:448, in glmnet(x, y, family, **options)
445 ## finally call the appropriate fit code
446 if family == 'gaussian':
447 # call elnet
--> 448 fit = elnet(x, is_sparse, irs, pcs, y, weights, offset, gtype, parm,
449 lempty, nvars, jd, vp, cl, ne, nx, nlam, flmin, ulam,
450 thresh, isd, intr, maxit, family)
451 elif (family == 'binomial') or (family == 'multinomial'):
452 # call lognet
453 fit = lognet(x, is_sparse, irs, pcs, y, weights, offset, parm,
454 nobs, nvars, jd, vp, cl, ne, nx, nlam, flmin, ulam,
455 thresh, isd, intr, maxit, kopt, family)

File ~\anaconda3\envs\glmtest\lib\site-packages\glmnet_python\elnet.py:17, in elnet(x, is_sparse, irs, pcs, y, weights, offset, gtype, parm, lempty, nvars, jd, vp, cl, ne, nx, nlam, flmin, ulam, thresh, isd, intr, maxit, family)
12 def elnet(x, is_sparse, irs, pcs, y, weights, offset, gtype, parm, lempty,
13 nvars, jd, vp, cl, ne, nx, nlam, flmin, ulam, thresh, isd, intr,
14 maxit, family):
15
16 # load shared fortran library
---> 17 glmlib = loadGlmLib()
19 # pre-process data
20 ybar = scipy.dot(scipy.transpose(y), weights)

File ~\anaconda3\envs\glmtest\lib\site-packages\glmnet_python\loadGlmLib.py:28, in loadGlmLib()
25 return(glmlib)
26 elif os.name == 'nt':
27 # this does not currently work
---> 28 raise ValueError('loadGlmlib does not currently work for windows')
29 # glmlib = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(glmnet_dll)
30 else:
31 raise ValueError('loadGlmLib not yet implemented for non-posix OS')

ValueError: loadGlmlib does not currently work for windowsrk for windows

[reabbot]

I am also getting this message. Is there a resolution to this?

[jericholawson]

I too am also getting this message. Any updates to this issue?