Apple M1 support #1

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opened 2021-02-07 16:05:49 +00:00 by heidihoward · 3 comments

heidihoward commented

2021-02-07 16:05:49 +00:00

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Quoracle does not work out of the box on the new Apple M1s because it depends on numpy which does not have M1 support. After trying various workaround (including running terminal through rosetta), this solution worked for me.

No action needed, I just wanted to document this workaround until numpy is updated.

Quoracle does not work out of the box on the new Apple M1s because it depends on [numpy](https://github.com/numpy/numpy) which does not have M1 support. After trying various workaround (including [running terminal through rosetta](https://medium.com/better-programming/5-things-i-have-learned-when-using-the-m1-chip-macbook-air-a77f93c50381)), [this solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/65581354) worked for me. No action needed, I just wanted to document this workaround until numpy is updated.

mwhittaker commented

2021-02-07 19:00:06 +00:00

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Oh wow, thanks for figuring this out and finding a solution Heidi! Hopefully numpy gets updated soon.

Outside of some code that makes plots, quoracle only really uses numpy in one spot, so we can probably rewrite the code a little to use pure Python and remove numpy as a dependency entirely. I'll add that to my TODO list :)

Oh wow, thanks for figuring this out and finding a solution Heidi! Hopefully numpy gets updated soon. Outside of some code that makes plots, quoracle only really uses numpy in [one spot](https://github.com/mwhittaker/quoracle/blob/6e6f8103a89dfaeaac7118855bcff898ce983bf6/quoracle/quorum_system.py#L625-L631), so we can probably rewrite the code a little to use pure Python and remove numpy as a dependency entirely. I'll add that to my TODO list :)

mwhittaker commented

2021-02-07 20:32:09 +00:00

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In commits 6bb6eb2914, 9f0532a7d5, and a4dfc6f751, I removed the dependency on numpy. We still depend on matplotlib, though, and I think matplotlib depends on numpy, so trying to pip install quoracle on an Apple M1 will probably still fail I'm guessing. For that though, I think we just have to wait for things to get fixed upstream :)

In commits 6bb6eb29143827d0db2701426d3a14a2cde69278, 9f0532a7d53f96dc25bdcde9c56d2fea9bfa6f4f, and a4dfc6f7515f332b5eafd32f737778120c822ea0, I removed the dependency on numpy. We still depend on matplotlib, though, and I think matplotlib depends on numpy, so trying to `pip install quoracle` on an Apple M1 will probably still fail I'm guessing. For that though, I think we just have to wait for things to get fixed upstream :)

heidihoward commented

2021-02-08 09:17:40 +00:00

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Agreed, it should just be a matter of time before numpy is updated for M1 :)