I am having an import error with the fitz library in PyCharm

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I am having this issue of importing the fitz library in PyCharm. I pip installed PyMuPDF and in my code I added "import fitz" but it is giving me this error:

ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fitz/_fitz.so, 0x0002): tried: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fitz/_fitz.so' (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/fitz/_fitz.so' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fitz/_fitz.so' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64'))

How do I fix this error?

it is a environment problem, you should use the env which you install pymupdf in. please check in pycharm->settings -> python interpreter — Xiaomin Wu, Aug 26 '23 at 23:35
How do I change it so that I can use the venv? Cause it shows that I have a venv environment setup but I am not to sure if I am using it. — jjboi8708, Aug 27 '23 at 01:24
Yeah so I just checked and it seems like I am using the right venv. But I am still getting this error. — jjboi8708, Aug 27 '23 at 01:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '23 at 15:46

It seems you're using M1-macbook, hence this error (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64')). Directly doing pip install PyMuPDF builds for 'x86_64' architecture. You need to build the PyMuPDF directly from the source release by the following:

First install mupdf, swig and freetype

brew install mupdf swig freetype

then install from the source:

pip install https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF/archive/master.tar.gz

You can learn more from here:

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '23 at 08:14

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The problem with this not working on my mac mini m2 chip was because there wasn't any wheel that supported it but there is a new wheel. Just use this in your terminal if you're having the same problem.

pip install --upgrade pymupdf

answered Aug 30 '23 at 08:14

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I am having an import error with the fitz library in PyCharm

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