The final goal was to have a working environment with: Tensorflow, numpy, pandas, pyqt5, psycopg2. I successfully installed TF, numpy and pandas but not pyqt5. That's what I did: Installed X-Code command tools Installed miniforge installed Tensorflow via pip: pip install --upgrade --force --no-dependencies https://github.com/apple/tensorflow...w_macos-0.1a3-cp38-cp38-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl https://github.com/apple/tensorflow...s_macos-0.1a3-cp38-cp38-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl. 4. Installed pandas and numpy. 5. TRIED to install pyqt5 via conda install with: (1)conda install --name new_env pyqt5 (2)conda install --name new_env -c conda-forge pyqt5 (3)pip install pyqt (4)pip install pyqt5 But none of that worked out. For commands (1) and (2) came out: "PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels: pyqt Current channels: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-arm64 https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-arm64 https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-arm64 https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch While for (4) command: ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyqt (from versions: none) ERROR: No matching distribution found for pyqt and (5): ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: command: /Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/bin/python3.8 /Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/tmpmwnbekdr cwd: /private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-install-cp4t3jsy/pyqt5 Complete output (31 lines): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 126, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel hook = backend.prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel AttributeError: module 'sipbuild.api' has no attribute 'prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 280, in <module> main() File "/Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 263, in main json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs']) File "/Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 130, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel return _get_wheel_metadata_from_wheel(backend, metadata_directory, File "/Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 159, in _get_wheel_metadata_from_wheel whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings) File "/private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-build-env-qeibpe1m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sipbuild/api.py", line 51, in build_wheel project = AbstractProject.bootstrap('pep517') File "/private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-build-env-qeibpe1m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_project.py", line 83, in bootstrap project.setup(pyproject, tool, tool_description) File "/private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-build-env-qeibpe1m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 481, in setup self.apply_user_defaults(tool) File "project.py", line 63, in apply_user_defaults super().apply_user_defaults(tool) File "/private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-build-env-qeibpe1m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyqtbuild/project.py", line 70, in apply_user_defaults super().apply_user_defaults(tool) File "/private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-build-env-qeibpe1m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 227, in apply_user_defaults self.builder.apply_user_defaults(tool) File "/private/var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/pip-build-env-qeibpe1m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyqtbuild/builder.py", line 66, in apply_user_defaults raise PyProjectOptionException('qmake', sipbuild.pyproject.PyProjectOptionException ---------------------------------------- ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/bin/python3.8 /Users/stefanozimmitti/miniforge3/envs/new_env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /var/folders/7p/vn4_9dqx69z015z9jy8m3wbh0000gn/T/tmpmwnbekdr Check the logs for full command output. I tried to be as specific as possible, my final goal was having a working version of Tensorflow on my Mac M1, along with a couple more packages like pandas, numpy, PyQT5 and psycopg2. I succeded to install Tensorflow, pandas and numpy, need help on PyQt5 Continue reading...