No module named Appkit

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Sat Sep 10, 2022 12:51 pm
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No module named Appkit

I'm trying to install the Sonos plugin in an Indigo 2022.1.2 install that I've recently migrated to a new M1 Mac Mini running Mac OS 12.5.1. When the plugin starts up, I get this error:

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   Enabling plugin "Sonos 1.0.17" using API v2.0
   Warning                         plugin "Sonos 1.0.17" may not be compatible with next Indigo release without an update
   Starting plugin "Sonos 1.0.17" (pid 9073)
   Sonos Error                     Error in plugin execution InitializeMain:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "plugin.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 2022.1/Plugins/Sonos.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/Sonos.py", line 26, in <module>
ImportError: No module named AppKit

   Stopping plugin "Sonos 1.0.17" (pid 9073)
   Stopped plugin "Sonos 1.0.17"


Any advice for getting past this? I see several references to this error in other threads, but no one responded with any suggestions to fix it.

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Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:27 pm
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Re: No module named Appkit

I did some Googling and see some references to AppKit as a developer toolset. Do I need to install Xcode on this new Mini? I'd rather not unless I need to, but I will if I must.

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Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:26 pm
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Re: No module named Appkit

I did some more Googling, and I'm wondering whether this might be related to pyobjc and the fact that Python 2.7 isn't installed on this new Mini?

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Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:00 am
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Re: No module named Appkit

Installing Xcode didn't fix it. And I looked in /Library/Frameworks and it appears that at least some of Python 2.7 is there. (I think I recall reading that Indigo might install Python 2.7 and 3.10?)

Anyway, I'm open to suggestions. Matt? Jay? Nick?

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Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:51 pm
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Re: No module named Appkit

Continuing to investigate this. It looks like I should be able to add AppKit to Python 2.7 using pip, but pip isn't included in the Python 2.7 that Indigo installed. (I'm assuming the Indigo installer installed Python 2.7). I considered installing it myself, but this announcement viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25938&p=208723 advises against that. I know next to nothing about Python, so I don't know how to add pip other than with a Python install.

Suggestions continue to be welcome.

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Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:52 pm
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Re: No module named Appkit

You sure there's no pip2 installed?

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Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:34 pm
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Re: No module named Appkit

I sure don't see it. I looked in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin

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mike@Mac-mini bin % ls -l
total 184
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      6 Sep  9 20:51 2to3 -> 2to3-2
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      8 Sep  9 20:51 2to3-2 -> 2to3-2.7
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin    140 Apr 19  2020 2to3-2.7
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      5 Sep  9 20:51 idle -> idle2
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      7 Sep  9 20:51 idle2 -> idle2.7
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin    138 Apr 19  2020 idle2.7
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      6 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc -> pydoc2
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      8 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin    123 Apr 19  2020 pydoc2.7
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      7 Sep  9 20:51 python -> python2
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin     14 Sep  9 20:51 python-config -> python2-config
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      9 Sep  9 20:51 python2 -> python2.7
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin     16 Sep  9 20:51 python2-config -> python2.7-config
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin  28640 Apr 19  2020 python2.7
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin   1726 Apr 19  2020 python2.7-config
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      8 Sep  9 20:51 pythonw -> pythonw2
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin     10 Sep  9 20:51 pythonw2 -> pythonw2.7
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin  28656 Apr 19  2020 pythonw2.7
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin      9 Sep  9 20:51 smtpd.py -> smtpd2.py
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin  18586 Apr 19  2020 smtpd2.7.py
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin     11 Sep  9 20:51 smtpd2.py -> smtpd2.7.py
mike@Mac-mini bin %


I also looked in /usr/local/bin

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mike@Mac-mini bin % ls -l
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  67 Sep  9 20:51 2to3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/2to3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  68 Sep  9 20:51 2to3-2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/2to3-2
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  70 Sep  9 20:51 2to3-2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/2to3-2.7
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  72 Sep  9 20:51 2to3-3.10 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/2to3-3.10
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  66 Sep  9 20:51 idle -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/idle
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  67 Sep  9 20:51 idle2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/idle2
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  69 Sep  9 20:51 idle2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/idle2.7
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  68 Sep  9 20:51 idle3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/idle3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  71 Sep  9 20:51 idle3.10 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/idle3.10
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  45 Sep  9 20:52 indigo-clean-and-zip-plugin -> /usr/local/indigo/indigo-clean-and-zip-plugin
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  29 Sep  9 20:52 indigo-host -> /usr/local/indigo/indigo-host
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  39 Sep  9 20:52 indigo-restart-plugin -> /usr/local/indigo/indigo-restart-plugin
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  30 Sep  9 20:52 indigo-start -> /usr/local/indigo/indigo-start
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  29 Sep  9 20:52 indigo-stop -> /usr/local/indigo/indigo-stop
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin  67 Sep  9 20:51 pip3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/pip3
lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  admin  70 Sep  9 20:51 pip3.10 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/pip3.10
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  67 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pydoc
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  68 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pydoc2
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  70 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pydoc2.7
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  69 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/pydoc3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  72 Sep  9 20:51 pydoc3.10 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/pydoc3.10
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  68 Sep  9 20:51 python -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  75 Sep  9 20:51 python-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  69 Sep  9 20:51 python2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  76 Sep  9 20:51 python2-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  71 Sep  9 20:51 python2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  78 Sep  9 20:51 python2.7-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  70 Sep  9 20:51 python3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  77 Sep  9 20:51 python3-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  78 Sep  9 20:51 python3-intel64 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3-intel64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  73 Sep  9 20:51 python3.10 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3.10
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  80 Sep  9 20:51 python3.10-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3.10-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  81 Sep  9 20:51 python3.10-intel64 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3.10-intel64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  69 Sep  9 20:51 pythonw -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  70 Sep  9 20:51 pythonw2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  72 Sep  9 20:51 pythonw2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2.7
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  70 Sep  9 20:51 smtpd.py -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/smtpd.py
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  73 Sep  9 20:51 smtpd2.7.py -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/smtpd2.7.py
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  71 Sep  9 20:51 smtpd2.py -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/smtpd2.py
mike@Mac-mini bin %


Pip3 is there -- but I installed Python 3.1 manually in order to get aiobafi6 running (before I knew I wasn't supposed to do that) . I don't think the Indigo install included it with 3.10 either. But I'm not positive about that.

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Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:38 am
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Re: No module named Appkit

There is definitely something wrong with that python 2 install. This is what I see:

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Last login: Thu Sep  1 19:24:46 on ttys000
TinyMac:~ admin$ cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/
TinyMac:bin admin$ ls -la
total 264
drwxrwxr-x  33 root  admin   1056 Jun 14 17:45 .
drwxrwxr-x  12 root  admin    384 Jun 14 17:45 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      6 Jun 14 17:45 2to3 -> 2to3-2
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      8 Jun 14 17:45 2to3-2 -> 2to3-2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    140 Apr 19  2020 2to3-2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    309 May  3 10:02 easy_install
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    309 May  3 10:02 easy_install-2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    295 May  3 10:04 f2py
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    295 May  3 10:04 f2py2
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    295 May  3 10:04 f2py2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    460 May  3 10:04 futurize
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      5 Jun 14 17:45 idle -> idle2
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      7 Jun 14 17:45 idle2 -> idle2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    138 Apr 19  2020 idle2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    464 May  3 10:04 pasteurize
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    291 May  3 10:03 pip
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    291 May  3 10:03 pip2
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    291 May  3 10:03 pip2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      6 Jun 14 17:45 pydoc -> pydoc2
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      8 Jun 14 17:45 pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin    123 Apr 19  2020 pydoc2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      7 Jun 14 17:45 python -> python2
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin     14 Jun 14 17:45 python-config -> python2-config
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      9 Jun 14 17:45 python2 -> python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin     16 Jun 14 17:45 python2-config -> python2.7-config
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin  28640 Apr 19  2020 python2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin   1726 Apr 19  2020 python2.7-config
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      8 Jun 14 17:45 pythonw -> pythonw2
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin     10 Jun 14 17:45 pythonw2 -> pythonw2.7
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin  28656 Apr 19  2020 pythonw2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      9 Jun 14 17:45 smtpd.py -> smtpd2.py
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root  admin  18586 Apr 19  2020 smtpd2.7.py
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin     11 Jun 14 17:45 smtpd2.py -> smtpd2.7.py


I think you should delete the /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/ directory then rerun the Indigo installer. We install pyobjc as part of the install process and that's what enables the AppKit import, so clearly the installer didn't get run correctly.

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Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:04 am
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Re: No module named Appkit

That fixed it. Now my Python 2.7 directory looks like yours and the plugin runs. Thanks!
I have no idea how this happened. The Indigo installer didn't complain about anything the first time it ran.

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Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:48 am
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Re: No module named Appkit

That worked for me as well.

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