<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">My understanding is that the executable asymptote command-line binary is included with MacTeX/TeXLive (2020), along with support packages to use it with TeX. That executable seems to be <span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 13px;" class="">asy </span>in <span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 13px;" class="">/Library/TeX/texbin </span>(actually, tracing the link, in <span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 13px;" class="">/usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin</span>). And I can get that to work with the TeXShop Asymptote engine.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MacTeX/TeXLive also include the GUI app <span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 13px;" class="">xasy</span>, which I want to be able to use without going through TeXShop</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">QUESTION: How can I get <span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 13px;" class="">xasy</span> to work (under macOS Catalina)?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If I try to execute <span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 13px;" class="">xasy</span> at the Terminal command line, I get the error message show below.</div><div class="">I did look at the troubleshooting link referenced in the error but still do not see how to proceed. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I did run the 3-line python script, provided at the end of the troubleshooting page, to check environmental variables. But I don’t have a clue still as to what could be wrong.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">$ xasy</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Traceback (most recent call last):</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 22, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> from . import multiarray</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.py", line 12, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> from . import overrides</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/overrides.py", line 7, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import (</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">ImportError: dlopen(/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so, 2): Library not loaded: @rpath/libopenblas.dylib</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> Referenced from: /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> Reason: image not found</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Traceback (most recent call last):</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/Library/TeX/texbin/xasy", line 6, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> from Window1 import MainWindow1</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/asymptote/GUI/Window1.py", line 10, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> import numpy as np</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 140, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> from . import core</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 48, in <module></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> raise ImportError(msg)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">ImportError: </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Importing the numpy C-extensions failed. This error can happen for</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">many reasons, often due to issues with your setup or how NumPy was</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">installed.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">We have compiled some common reasons and troubleshooting tips at:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> <a href="https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/troubleshooting-importerror.html" class="">https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/troubleshooting-importerror.html</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Please note and check the following:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> * The Python version is: Python3.7 from "/opt/anaconda3/bin/python3"</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> * The NumPy version is: "1.19.1"</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">and make sure that they are the versions you expect.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Please carefully study the documentation linked above for further help.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Original error was: dlopen(/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so, 2): Library not loaded: @rpath/libopenblas.dylib</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> Referenced from: /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""> Reason: image not found</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class="">
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