Mediapipe Import Error on macOS 11

[GrillingUXO]

I encountered an ImportError when running a Python script that uses Mediapipe on macOS 11.7. The issue appears to be related to compatibility between Mediapipe's native bindings and the system's libraries (libc++).

OS Platform and Distribution

macOS 11.7.10 BIg Sur

Compiler version

No response

Programming Language and version

Python 3.9.7

Installed using virtualenv? pip? Conda?(if python)

pip

MediaPipe version

0.10.5

Bazel version

No response

XCode and Tulsi versions (if iOS)

No response

Android SDK and NDK versions (if android)

No response

Android AAR (if android)

None

OpenCV version (if running on desktop)

4.10.0.84

Describe the problem

A bug happened!

Complete Logs

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/ng/Downloads/program.py", line 10, in <module>
    import mediapipe as mp
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mediapipe/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from mediapipe.python import *
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mediapipe/python/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from mediapipe.python._framework_bindings import resource_util
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mediapipe/python/_framework_bindings.cpython-39-darwin.so, 2): Symbol not found: __ZNKSt3__115basic_stringbufIcNS_11char_traitsIcEENS_9allocatorIcEEE3strEv
  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mediapipe/python/_framework_bindings.cpython-39-darwin.so (which was built for Mac OS X 13.0)
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib

[kuaashish]

Hi @GrillingUXO,

Could you try running the following command?

pip install msvc-runtime

Additionally, you can refer to this similar issue: #1839 for potential solutions.

If the issue persists, please let us know whether your macOS is Intel-based or Silicon-based, along with the complete steps to reproduce the issue. This will help us investigate further.

Thank you!!

[GrillingUXO]

pip install msvc-runtime

Hi @GrillingUXO,

Could you try running the following command?

pip install msvc-runtime

Additionally, you can refer to this similar issue: #1839 for potential solutions.

If the issue persists, please let us know whether your macOS is Intel-based or Silicon-based, along with the complete steps to reproduce the issue. This will help us investigate further.

Thank you!!

Thanks for your reply, but it seems like the msvc-runtime package is not available on PyPI,

\u@wfng \w$ pip3 install msvc-runtime
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement msvc-runtime (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for msvc-runtime

[kuaashish]

Hi @GrillingUXO,

There is a known issue with installing MediaPipe in a virtual environment. Could you try installing it outside of the virtual environment and let us know if the installation is successful?

Thank you!!