how to use tf-text on mac m2 ?

[aino-gautam]

Hi,

I am trying to use tf-text on Mac M2. Not clear if your repo provides the wheel or only tutorial. pip3 install tf-text / tf_text results in no matching distribution.

TIA

[sun1638650145]

@aino-gautam First, this repository provides tutorials. Additionally, to save time, you can directly download pre-compiled whl from the releases page. As for why you couldn't find a match, it's because the official distribution doesn't provide ARM whl.

[aino-gautam]

Thanks for your kind response. Do you think it's feasible to build a wheel for ARM / M2 from source? My skills in CPP are not terrible 😊 or is the limitation because of metal lib from Apple?

[sun1638650145]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but if you're referring to building tensorflow-text from source, there is a tutorial available for that. The official releases are only provided for x86-64 macOS and Linux, similar to how Raspberry Pi support is community-maintained.

[sun1638650145]

@aino-gautam Due to your prolonged lack of response to this issue, I will now close this issue.