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how I got FlatCAM 8.1 working on OS X [a long time ago — see comment thread for lots of good tips from others!]
brew update
brew install pyqt geos spatialindex
easy_install pip
pip install virtualenv
cd Development/Others\'/
mkdir FlatCAM
cd FlatCAM
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install numpy matplotlib rtree scipy shapely simplejson
# copy contents of FlatCAM_8.1.zip into FlatCAM folder
python FlatCAM.py
@Isaprez
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Isaprez commented Jul 11, 2024

anyone know about this error ?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/isai/Desktop/FlatCAM/FlatCAM.py", line 6, in
from app_Main import App
File "/Users/isai/Desktop/FlatCAM/app_Main.py", line 94, in
from appTools import *
File "/Users/isai/Desktop/FlatCAM/appTools/init.py", line 38, in
from appTools.ToolShell import FCShell
File "/Users/isai/Desktop/FlatCAM/appTools/ToolShell.py", line 19, in
import tclCommands
File "/Users/isai/Desktop/FlatCAM/tclCommands/init.py", line 75, in
module = loader.find_module(name).load_module(name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'FileFinder' object has no attribute 'find_module'

@FlyingSamson
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I presume you are trying to run flatcam with python 3.12, because FileFinder.find_module, which has been deprecated since python 3.4 and removed in 3.12 (see https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/importlib.html#importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_module).

So you can either switch to python < 3.12 or try to fix that line by using load_spec instead.

@kokospalme
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Did someone manage to pack flatcam in a standalone app with py2app or pyInstaller? I'm trying to get flatcam work on my Mac (OSX 16.x) but I have no luck. I tried with different python versions but had no luck. I would super grateful if someone could compile flatcam to a standalone application. There is also an icon in .icns format I made from the png logo. Feel free to contact me, I'll share it with you.

@danieleotto
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I presume you are trying to run flatcam with python 3.12, because FileFinder.find_module, which has been deprecated since python 3.4 and removed in 3.12 (see https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/importlib.html#importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_module).

So you can either switch to python < 3.12 or try to fix that line by using load_spec instead.

Has anyone fixed this? the original code line is module = loader.find_module(name).load_module(name)
i've changed to module = loader.find_spec(name).create_module(name) but it triggers the ModuleSpec Object has no attribute 'create_module'

It likes the find_spec change but not the create_module one

@thomergil
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On the off-chance people don't know this:

brew tap tomoyanonymous/flatcam
brew install flatcam-beta

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