<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="">I tried the MacPorts port of asymptote. But that does not seem to include xasy!<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 20 Aug2020, at 6:20 PM, William Slough <<a href="mailto:wslough@gmail.com" class="">wslough@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Murray,<br class=""><br class="">My guess is that the GUI version, xasy, is not necessarily expected to run "out of the box" from a MacTeX installation, even though the script to start it is present. For what it's worth, I'm still on Mojave and when I tried to run xasy I got a slightly different error when try to run xasy:<br class=""><br class=""><font face="monospace" class="">Traceback (most recent call last):<br class=""> File "/Library/TeX/texbin/xasy", line 4, in <module><br class=""> import PyQt5.QtWidgets as Qw<br class="">ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt5'</font><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">This may not be the answer you are looking for, but I think the simplest way to get it to run is to install it via Macports. If you already use Macports, this will probably be a simple matter to do a "port install." (Using Macports is one of the recommended approaches for OS X given on the Asymptote site. The other is compiling from source, which could be a daunting procedure.)</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Bill Slough</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Eastern Illinois University</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Mathematics and Computer Science Department (emeritus)</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Charleston, IL</font></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 10:51 AM Murray Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:murrayeisenberg@gmail.com" class="">murrayeisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;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/_<a href="http://multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so/" target="_blank" class="">multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so</a>, 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/_<a href="http://multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so/" target="_blank" class="">multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so</a></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" target="_blank" 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/_<a href="http://multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so/" target="_blank" class="">multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so</a>, 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/_<a href="http://multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so/" target="_blank" class="">multiarray_umath.cpython-37m-darwin.so</a></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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