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How to install PyAudio into a VirtualEnv on Mac OS X 10.10

Install portaudio using homebrew (or method of your choice)

brew install portaudio

create $HOME/.pydistutils.cfg using the include and lib directories of your portaudio install:

[build_ext]
include_dirs=/Users/jrobert1271/homebrew/Cellar/portaudio/19.20140130/include/
library_dirs=/Users/jrobert1271/homebrew/Cellar/portaudio/19.20140130/lib/

Then in your virtualenv:

pip install --allow-external pyaudio --allow-unverified pyaudio pyaudio
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jpaxer commented Jan 18, 2023

pip install --allow-external pyaudio --allow-unverified pyaudio pyaudio doesn't work for me. It says:

Usage:   
  pip install [options] <requirement specifier> [package-index-options] ...
  pip install [options] -r <requirements file> [package-index-options] ...
  pip install [options] [-e] <vcs project url> ...
  pip install [options] [-e] <local project path> ...
  pip install [options] <archive url/path> ...

no such option: --allow-unverified
```   FYI, I followed the steps in the original post.

 I am using MacOS Ventura 13.0 and need pyaudio for speechRecognition

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