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@rwebb
rwebb
opened on Nov 17, 2025

I tried installing with pip and pipx with the same results. I also installed with a custom build director and --no-clean to see what the build looks like. After the build, I see this error (same as all the installs I have tried):

clang: error: no such file or directory: 'deps/extensions/svg/SwiftDraw.o'

The error is after this command:
clang -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -Wl,-rpath,/Users/rwebb/miniconda3/envs/attn-simulator-py310/lib -L/Users/rwebb/miniconda3/envs/attn-simulator-py310/lib -Wl,-rpath,/Users/rwebb/miniconda3/envs/attn-simulator-py310/lib -L/Users/rwebb/miniconda3/envs/attn-simulator-py310/lib build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/foundry/Vandercook.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/io/AnimatedGif.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/io/Pages.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/io/SysAdmin.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/io/Video.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/module.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/pathmatics/gpc.o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/deps/extensions/pathmatics/pathmatics.o deps/extensions/svg/SwiftDraw.o -o build/lib.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-310/_plotdevice.cpython-310-darwin.so -framework AppKit -framework Foundation -framework Quartz -framework Security -framework AVFoundation -framework CoreMedia -framework CoreVideo -framework CoreText

After the error, looking in deps/extensions there is no svg directory.

I am on macOS 15.7.1 with the latest Xcode and Xcode command line tools: 26.1.1

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  1. rwebb commented on Nov 17, 2025

    @rwebb
    rwebb
    on Nov 17, 2025
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    I haven't found any useful clues online on how to solve this issue.

  2. rwebb commented on Nov 18, 2025

    @rwebb
    rwebb
    on Nov 18, 2025
    Author

    There is a SwiftDraw_Module.o in the location that SwiftDraw.o is not found in initially. Should the SwiftDraw_Module.o be used instead?

  3. rwebb commented on Nov 18, 2025

    @rwebb
    rwebb
    on Nov 18, 2025
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    Ah, running the setup.py from the current main works: pip install pyobjc; python setup.py dev

  4. rwebb
    closed this as completedon Nov 18, 2025

  5. fish2000 commented on Nov 5, 2026

    @fish2000
    fish2000
    on Nov 5, 2026

    I still have this issue. Commenting out one line in deps/extensions/svg/Makefile seems to fix everything:

    «develop»:MacBookPro:plotdevice[(no branch) •]$ python setup.py build
running build
running build_py
copying plotdevice/run/__init__.py -> build/lib.macosx-27.0-arm64-cpython-315/plotdevice/run
running build_ext
cd SwiftDraw && swift build -c release --target SwiftDraw --arch arm64 --arch x86_64
Building for production...
[141 / 153] 
### Many PyObjC depreciation warnings omitted ###
Build complete! (13.98 sec)
cp SwiftDraw/.build/apple/Products/Release/SwiftDraw*.o SwiftDraw.o
cp: SwiftDraw/.build/apple/Products/Release/SwiftDraw*.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [SwiftDraw.o] Error 1
running build_scripts
«develop»:MacBookPro:plotdevice[(no branch) •]$

    … if the line with the offending cp command is commented out, the setup.py build and related commands run cleanly.

  6. fish2000
    added a commit that references this issue on Nov 5, 2026

    Remove the offending `cp` command from `deps/extensions/svg/Makefile`

    d9461fb
  7. samizdatco
    added a commit that references this issue on Nov 9, 2026

    find SwiftDraw.o via `swift build --show-bin-path`

    698fb24
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