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How to install mayavi on MacBook Pro M1

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Install mayavi on MacBook Pro M1

pip3 install vtk==9.0.2

pip install PyQt5

If pip install failed (which did on my Mac), install from Homebrew:

brew install PyQt5

and make symbol link:

ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pyqt@5/5.15.4_2/lib/python3.9/site-packages/PyQt /Users/zhaoyafei/miniforge3/lib/python3.9/site-packages

Replace "/Users/zhaoyafei/miniforge3/lib/python3.9/site-packages" with your python lib path.

git clone https://github.com/enthought/mayavi.git
cd mayavi
python setup.py install

my two cents:

thanks you walkoncross for the above
the above failed for me at the last step with error: unknown target CPU 'apple-m1'
there is another (possibly useful) installation procedure here, haven't tried it though
for anyone struggling -- consider using plotly instead, it's a one-line install that bloody works