Import issue on MacOS M1

[dariolamaj]

Hi there,
when I'm trying to import the BlingFire library I get the following error. Any suggestions on how to fix it?
`---------------------------------------------------------------------------
OSError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[15], line 1
----> 1 from blingfire import *
3 text = 'After reading this post, you will know: What "natural language" is and how it is different from other types of data. What makes working with natural language so challenging. [1]'
5 print(text_to_sentences(text))

File /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/blingfire/init.py:19
17 # detect Mac OSX
18 elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
---> 19 blingfire = cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(path, "libblingfiretokdll.dylib"))
20 else:
21 # detect linux
22 blingfire = cdll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(path, "libblingfiretokdll.so"))

File /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/ctypes/init.py:454, in LibraryLoader.LoadLibrary(self, name)
453 def LoadLibrary(self, name):
--> 454 return self._dlltype(name)

File /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/ctypes/init.py:376, in CDLL.init(self, name, mode, handle, use_errno, use_last_error, winmode)
373 self._FuncPtr = _FuncPtr
375 if handle is None:
--> 376 self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
377 else:
378 self._handle = handle

OSError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/blingfire/libblingfiretokdll.dylib, 0x0006): tried: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/blingfire/libblingfiretokdll.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64')), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/blingfire/libblingfiretokdll.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/blingfire/libblingfiretokdll.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64'))`

[eshiofune]

same issue.

[shaibow]

up +1

[filmo]

+1

[aaronbriel]

+1

[anthonypuppo]

The latest distributions haven't been updated since #147 was merged. Workaround:

1. Get the appropriate binary either by:
   • Compiling yourself by following the steps outlined here.
   • Downloading from the runtimes folder.
2. Swap out the distributed one for the correct one you got in the previous step.

[marcinsawinski]

Hi,
Are there any updates on osx? The default installation throws: libblingfiretokdll.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64e' or 'arm64'))
After substituting the file with one retrieved from https://github.com/microsoft/BlingFire/tree/master/nuget/lib/runtimes/osx-arm64/native/ the error messages changes to libblingfiretokdll.dylib' (not a mach-o file).

Any ideas how to fix it?

[lfoppiano]

Folks,
I believe I've fixed this task on my fork making the use of Blingfire less painful on ARM architecture (this include Linux as well).

I've release it as blingfire2 in pypi: https://pypi.org/project/blingfire2/

I tried to reach out to Microsoft but without success.

https://github.com/lfoppiano/BlingFire