pynitrokey >=0.4.26 not installable on Arm

[robin-nitrokey]

On Arm systems, pip only installs pynitrokey up to version 0.4.25. This is probably due to the indirect dependency pc_ble_driver_py (pulled in by nrfutil), see NordicSemiconductor/pc-ble-driver-py#202.

Related issues:

• Current nrfutil 6.1.0 is not installable on Arm-64 architectures via pip NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfutil#337
• Mac M1 support: temporary solution NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfutil#361
• Add support for ARM and ARM64 NordicSemiconductor/pc-ble-driver#271

[runcom]

@robin-nitrokey is there any known workaround?

[robin-nitrokey]

Yes. You should be able to install Python and pynitrokey in a Rosetta terminal (see e. g. this discussion). Or you could build pc_ble_driver_py and pc_ble_driver_py from source and install the wheel with pip before installing pynitrokey (as described in this comment – though you should be able to use the upstream master as the PR has been merged).

[monwarez]

This also block FreeBSD support to pynitrokey 0.4.25 (with local patches for libusbio 2.1.11, and a minimal patches for nitropy to launch on FreeBSD)

[chri2]

@daringer installation worked fine on a Purism Librem5 (aarch64). If this is really resolved https://docs.nitrokey.com/software/nitropy/all-platforms/installation#arm-not-supported should be updated.