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MacOS ARM `.whl`
Is it possible to have pre-built .whl available for ARM MacOS via PyPi?
I'm the developer of Molecular Nodes which is an add-on for the 3D modelling and animation program Blender. The add-on depends on installation of a bunch of python packages inside of Blender's bundled python, which do all of the heavy lifting in terms of file parsing etc. Blender does not ship with the required files to compile new packages inside the Bundled python, and so it requires pre-built .whl files to be available for to be able to install any new packages.
One of the major dependencies is MDAnalysis which in turn depends on biopython. On M1 / M2 macs, installation fails as there currently isn't pre-built .whls for those platforms. Would it be possible to potentially add this to the PyPi page?
Currenlty the solution for users is to pre-compile their own required packages and install from there locally, but this complicates the installation process for new less tech-savvy users so I'm hoping to get it down to a single-button install for all platforms (currently just M1 / M2 MacOS that it fails on).
Hi Brady,
There are M1 runners on GHA so that could definitely be an option. We're planning a release in the coming days so I'll add this to our to-do list.
Cheers,
João
A domingo, 28/05/2023, 20:09, Brady Johnston @.***> escreveu:
Is it possible to have pre-built .whl available for ARM MacOS via PyPi?
I'm the developer of Molecular Nodes https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes which is an add-on for the 3D modelling and animation program Blender. The add-on depends on installation of a bunch of python packages inside of Blender's bundled python, which do all of the heavy lifting in terms of file parsing etc. Blender does not ship with the required files to compile new packages inside the Bundled python, and so it requires pre-built .whl files to be available for to be able to install any new packages.
One of the major dependencies is MDAnalysis https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis which in turn depends on biopython. On M1 / M2 macs, installation fails as there currently isn't pre-built .whls for those platforms. Would it be possible to potentially add this to the PyPi page?
Currenlty the solution for users is to pre-compile their own required packages https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/issues/108 and install from there locally, but this complicates the installation process for new less tech-savvy users so I'm hoping to get it down to a single-button install for all platforms (currently just M1 / M2 MacOS that it fails on).
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Thanks for the feedback, that would be amazing if possible! Appreciate it and looking forward to the release.
According to https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq/#apple-silicon
Only CPython 3.8 and newer support universal2 and arm64 wheels.
We've dropped Python 3.7 support as part of Biopthyon 1.82 anyway.
No, not resolved yet. This needs some familiarity with cibuildwheel and the assort CI systems to make headway. e.g. me with a chunk of spare time