arcpy 3.2 - DLL load failed while importing _arcgisscripting

[padmalcom]

Hi, we try to use the python api for ArcGIS Pro 3.2. Unfortunately, we meet an error when importing arcpy.

What we do is to create an anaconda environment and install arcpy:

conda create -n arcgisexporter python=3.9

conda install arcpy=3.2 -c esri

When executing a python file in this repository with just the line "import arcpy",  I get a the following error:

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

ArcGIS Enterprise 3.2.2 is installed on the same machine and running.

[DanPatterson]

install arcpy-base which provides the minimum requirements for arcpy

[DanPatterson]

Install ArcPy—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

the link from the help

[padmalcom]

Thank you @DanPatterson, but the error remains the same even when I install arcpy-base.

Could it be the case that I am not allowed to install arcpy in an empty conda environment that is not based on the arcgispro-py3 environment that comes with the conda installation of ArcGIS Pro?

[padmalcom · Accepted solution]

Okay, I got it working by first installing arcgis and then arcpy-base.