Emacspeak initialization error on Mac OS due to Foundation package

[tvraman]

Emacspeak initialization error on Mac OS due to Foundation package

[robertmeta]

Getting it working on MacOS 12+ was a bit of a slog for me as well, I wrote a guide: https://gist.github.com/robertmeta/9a43eb5a2dd47481e51fa07d24b295f3

[Newton-Climate]

Hi Robert, I Have a quick question for you. Which python version do you have installed and running emacspeak? I tried python 3.9+, and it doesn’t work. The way I solved this problem with the Foundation library and PyObjC was by using Python 3.7 in a separate anaconda environment. thanks for sending along that link and taking the time to write it. Best, Newton

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[robertmeta]

Mine is 3.10.8

[robertmeta]

@Newton-Climate just curious if you got up and running?

[Newton-Climate]

Hi Robert, thanks for following up. I didn’t get it working on python 3.9+ after following the instructions unfortunately. I was still getting the same error about the Foundation package. Maybe it’s related to my Apple M1 chip or the new OS X? I just made a new Conda environment with Python 3.7 to make it work. Best, Newton

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[robertmeta]

Do you happen to use zsh, or any alternative shell? I added instructions for dealing with an oddity where emacs will work when run from the terminal, but not via the built-in finder runner in OSX.

• pip3 install pyobjc

vs.

• env -i pip3 install pyobjc

[robertmeta]

@tvraman I think this issue can be closed, the original user got it working, and we have updated the python shebang a couple times since then. This issue likely has to do with lots of fiddly bits regarding multiple python versions on mac. I think my comment above will fix 9/10 of these cases (install the pip3 libraries with and without env setup).