# Unable to import zymkey in python

**URL:** https://community.zymbit.com/t/unable-to-import-zymkey-in-python/458
**Category:** ZYMKEY4
**Created:** [March 16, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/unable-to-import-zymkey-in-python/458 "2019-03-16T07:35:39Z")
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### Author: ![crvinay1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@crvinay1992](https://community.zymbit.com/u/crvinay1992)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://community.zymbit.com/t/unable-to-import-zymkey-in-python/458/1 "2019-03-16T07:35:39Z")

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Python 2.7.13 (default, Sep 26 2018, 18:42:22)  
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux2  
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> > > import zymkey  
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):  
> > > File “”, line 1, in   
> > > File “/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/zymkey/ **init**.py”, line 3, in   
> > > from .module import Zymkey  
> > > File “/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/zymkey/module.py”, line 50, in   
> > > raise ZymkeyLibraryError(‘unable to find {}, checked {}’.format(os.path.basename(ZYMKEY\_LIBRARY\_PATH), prefixes))  
> > > zymkey.exceptions.ZymkeyLibraryError: unable to find libzk\_app\_utils.so, checked [‘/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/usr/local/lib’, ‘/usr/local/lib’]