Can't install on MacOS via pip

[sfsdfd]

Running pip, with or without su, on MacOS produces the following error:

Command "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='/private/var/folders/cm/60_4h2mj23d_70fhqwvtjf7m0000gn/T/pip-build-bd88s9/pdftotext/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/cm/60_4h2mj23d_70fhqwvtjf7m0000gn/T/pip-eNla3s-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/cm/60_4h2mj23d_70fhqwvtjf7m0000gn/T/pip-build-bd88s9/pdftotext/

This library is DOA until the dependency issue is resolved.

[jalan]

I only have linux, so we'll have to rely on Mac users like you to diagnose this and suggest a fix. The snippet you provided doesn't have much info. Perhaps pip has created, or can create, a more thorough log?

[rmharriman]

I had a similar error before using Homebrew to install poppler and pkg-config. It works fine now on MacOSX 10.11.6.

[jalan]

I have added macOS instructions to the README. Thanks, @rmharriman 👍

[pgg1610]

Hello,
In spite of using Homebrew to install pkg-config and poppler I am getting an error when pip installing the package.
` Failed building wheel for pdftotext
Running setup.py clean for pdftotext
Failed to build pdftotext
Installing collected packages: pdftotext
Running setup.py install for pdftotext ... error
Complete output from command /Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='/private/var/folders/_r/6hhq_8ps5118p6sqqz231j480000gq/T/pip-install-bs_fmc2s/pdftotext/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'))" install --record /private/var/folders/_r/6hhq_8ps5118p6sqqz231j480000gq/T/pip-record-z7no6qza/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
running install
running build
running build_ext
building 'pdftotext' extension
creating build
creating build/temp.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.7
gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -Wunreachable-code -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/include -arch x86_64 -I/Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/include -arch x86_64 -DPOPPLER_CPP_AT_LEAST_0_30_0=1 -I/Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/include/python3.7m -c pdftotext.cpp -o build/temp.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.7/pdftotext.o -Wall -mmacosx-version-min=10.9
In file included from pdftotext.cpp:5:
/usr/local/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:39:22: warning: rvalue references are a C++11 extension [-Wc++11-extensions]
text_box(text_box&&);
^
/usr/local/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:40:33: warning: rvalue references are a C++11 extension [-Wc++11-extensions]
text_box& operator=(text_box&&);
^
2 warnings generated.
creating build/lib.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.7
g++ -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/lib -arch x86_64 -L/Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/lib -arch x86_64 -arch x86_64 build/temp.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.7/pdftotext.o -lpoppler-cpp -o build/lib.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.7/pdftotext.cpython-37m-darwin.so
clang: warning: libstdc++ is deprecated; move to libc++ with a minimum deployment target of OS X 10.9 [-Wdeprecated]
ld: library not found for -lstdc++
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
error: command 'g++' failed with exit status 1

----------------------------------------

Command "/Users/pghaneka/miniconda3/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='/private/var/folders/_r/6hhq_8ps5118p6sqqz231j480000gq/T/pip-install-bs_fmc2s/pdftotext/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'))" install --record /private/var/folders/_r/6hhq_8ps5118p6sqqz231j480000gq/T/pip-record-z7no6qza/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/_r/6hhq_8ps5118p6sqqz231j480000gq/T/pip-install-bs_fmc2s/pdftotext/`

[jalan]

@pgg1610 Does it work if you do this first?

conda install libgcc

[shanmukh5]

@pgg1610 Does it work if you do this first?

conda install libgcc

@jalan This works for me. I faced the same issue

[vish1200]

Hi, I'm having issues installing this via pip on my Mac. I have installed all of the dependencies in listed in the read me file. The error I get is below

Building wheels for collected packages: pdftotext
  Building wheel for pdftotext (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Complete output from command /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/bin/python -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/private/var/folders/f1/wd32_gd10q58w4bdk8t5f1540000gn/T/pip-install-_esxfiou/pdftotext/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /private/var/folders/f1/wd32_gd10q58w4bdk8t5f1540000gn/T/pip-wheel-rmq22rql --python-tag cp36:
  ERROR: running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_ext
  building 'pdftotext' extension
  creating build
  creating build/temp.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.6
  gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -Wunreachable-code -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include -arch x86_64 -I/Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include -arch x86_64 -DPOPPLER_CPP_AT_LEAST_0_30_0=1 -I/usr/local/include -I/Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/python3.6m -c pdftotext.cpp -o build/temp.macosx-10.7-x86_64-3.6/pdftotext.o -Wall -mmacosx-version-min=10.9
  cc1plus: warning: command line option ‘-Wstrict-prototypes’ is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ [enabled by default]
  In file included from pdftotext.cpp:5:0:
  /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:37:22: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘...’ before ‘&&’ token
       text_box(text_box&&) = default;
                        ^
  /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:37:28: error: invalid constructor; you probably meant ‘poppler::text_box (const poppler::text_box&)’
       text_box(text_box&&) = default;
                              ^
  /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:38:33: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘...’ before ‘&&’ token
       text_box& operator=(text_box&&) = default;
                                   ^
  /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:63:5: error: ‘unique_ptr’ in namespace ‘std’ does not name a type
       std::unique_ptr<text_box_data> m_data;
       ^
  /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:38:15: error: defaulted declaration ‘poppler::text_box& poppler::text_box::operator=(poppler::text_box)’
       text_box& operator=(text_box&&) = default;
                 ^
  /Users/vishalpatel/anaconda3/include/poppler/cpp/poppler-page.h:38:15: error: does not match expected signature ‘poppler::text_box& poppler::text_box::operator=(poppler::text_box&)’
  error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for pdftotext

Any idea why this is? I'm new to this so apologies if I have not provided the correct information here

[jalan]

@vish1200 It looks like your anaconda build environment doesn't support C++11 by default. Can you try again with CPPFLAGS="-std=c++11" pip install pdftotext?

[dmitri-f]

@vish1200 It looks like your anaconda build environment doesn't support C++11 by default. Can you try again with CPPFLAGS="-std=c++11" pip install pdftotext?

Thanks, that helped me (Mac OS 10.14.6, brew)

[mvasil]

I faced many of the same issues mentioned above; the fixes worked for me (MacOSX 10.14.6, python 3.7):

brew install pkg-config poppler
conda install libgcc
pip install pdftotext