Issue during installation for M1 mac

[itsyogesh]

Hi folks,

I was trying to install the required packages but it seems there is an issue with mecab-python3. Here is the error log I saw:

 × Running setup.py install for mecab-python3 did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [14 lines of output]
      /Users/yogesh/Projects/Playground/storyteller/.env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/installer.py:27: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setuptools.installer is deprecated. Requirements should be satisfied by a PEP 517 installer.
        warnings.warn(
      running install
      /Users/yogesh/Projects/Playground/storyteller/.env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
        warnings.warn(
      running build
      running build_py
      creating build
      creating build/lib.macosx-13.1-arm64-cpython-310
      creating build/lib.macosx-13.1-arm64-cpython-310/MeCab
      copying src/MeCab/__init__.py -> build/lib.macosx-13.1-arm64-cpython-310/MeCab
      copying src/MeCab/cli.py -> build/lib.macosx-13.1-arm64-cpython-310/MeCab
      running build_ext
      error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'mecab-config'
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: legacy-install-failure

× Encountered error while trying to install package.
╰─> mecab-python3

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for output from the failure.

I am using an M1 Mac so I am not sure if there any additional steps I missed.

[jaketae]

Hey @itsyogesh, thanks for opening this issue.

Seems like the issue is coming from mecab-python3. Can you try running this?

pip install mecab-python3

Based on some quick search, it appears that the TTS package has a dependency on mecab, which is causing issues for M1 users. The issue doesn't list a clear solution, but I'm willing to investigate it further.

Also, I'm in the middle of making this project pip-installable, so hopefully installing will get a lot easier. Let me know how this goes!

[itsyogesh]

Hey @jaketae, thanks for the response, seems like the issue was getting the mecab either installed from source or brew before installing mecab-python3. Here is where I found out.

SamuraiT/mecab-python3#84

I've gotten it installed and working now. Thanks for all the help. I have added a PR for this too.

[jaketae]

Hey @itsyogesh, thanks for digging into this further and offering to open a PR. I've merged the changes. Thank you!