Mac M3 Python can't find Cairo

[hathawayj]

ggsave(chart, "anychart.png")

results in

{
	"name": "OSError",
	"message": "no library called \"cairo-2\" was found\nno library called \"cairo\" was found\nno library called \"libcairo-2\" was found\ncannot load library 'libcairo.so.2': dlopen(libcairo.so.2, 0x0002): tried: 'libcairo.so.2' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSlibcairo.so.2' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo.so.2' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'libcairo.so.2' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo.so.2' (no such file, not in dyld cache).  Additionally, ctypes.util.find_library() did not manage to locate a library called 'libcairo.so.2'\ncannot load library 'libcairo.2.dylib': dlopen(libcairo.2.dylib, 0x0002): tried: 'libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSlibcairo.2.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache).  Additionally, ctypes.util.find_library() did not manage to locate a library called 'libcairo.2.dylib'\ncannot load library 'libcairo-2.dll': dlopen(libcairo-2.dll, 0x0002): tried: 'libcairo-2.dll' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSlibcairo-2.dll' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo-2.dll' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'libcairo-2.dll' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo-2.dll' (no such file, not in dyld cache).  Additionally, ctypes.util.find_library() did not manage to locate a library called 'libcairo-2.dll'",
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Additionally, ctypes.util.find_library() did not manage to locate a library called 'libcairo.so.2'\ncannot load library 'libcairo.2.dylib': dlopen(libcairo.2.dylib, 0x0002): tried: 'libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSlibcairo.2.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo.2.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache).  Additionally, ctypes.util.find_library() did not manage to locate a library called 'libcairo.2.dylib'\ncannot load library 'libcairo-2.dll': dlopen(libcairo-2.dll, 0x0002): tried: 'libcairo-2.dll' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSlibcairo-2.dll' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo-2.dll' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'libcairo-2.dll' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libcairo-2.dll' (no such file, not in dyld cache).  Additionally, ctypes.util.find_library() did not manage to locate a library called 'libcairo-2.dll'"
}

Trying this command seems to show that Python doesn't see Cairo because I have the files in those locations.

 curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/master/includes/debug/cairo-lookup-macos.py" | python3 -

I tried BREW install and conda install and neither worked

I think it is an M3 issue but I can't quite figure it out. I would love help.

[hathawayj]

[alshan]

Hi, try pip3 install cairosvg.
See "Install" section in cairoSVG docs.

[IKupriyanov-HORIS]

Hi! There is a CairoSVG issue with the workaround. Hopefully, this information may help.

[alshan]

No follow up questions. Supposedly the workaround helped.

[hathawayj]

It didn't work. Thanks for checking.