How do I install PyAudio in virtualenv on Mac OS X 10.7

python macos virtualenv pyaudio
gazzwi86 picture gazzwi86 · Nov 21, 2012 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

I have tried

easy_install pyaudio

and it doesn't work. I get the following:

Searching for pyaudio
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pyaudio/
Reading http://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/
Best match: pyaudio 0.2.7
Downloading http://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/packages/pyaudio-0.2.7.tar.gz
Processing pyaudio-0.2.7.tar.gz
Writing /var/folders/vg/98k5hfl52m16wm45ckdx1_5c0000gp/T/easy_install-s1wLkT/PyAudio-0.2.7/setup.cfg
Running PyAudio-0.2.7/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/folders/vg/98k5hfl52m16wm45ckdx1_5c0000gp/T/easy_install-s1wLkT/PyAudio-0.2.7/egg-dist-tmp-pFDrFR
warning: no files found matching '*.c' under directory 'test'
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-mno-fused-madd'
src/_portaudiomodule.c:29:10: fatal error: 'portaudio.h' file not found
#include "portaudio.h"
         ^
1 error generated.
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'clang' failed with exit status 1

Answer

The Unfun Cat picture The Unfun Cat · Nov 21, 2012

It seems that you have not installed Portaudio.
You can get it from Macports or Homebrew.

  • sudo port install portaudio
  • sudo brew install portaudio

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