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Installation of py3exiv2 on macOS Big Sur fails | ERROR: No .egg-info directory found in

I'm trying to install py3exiv2 on macOS Big Sur with

pip install py3exiv2

and

pip3 install py3exiv2

both of which yield

ERROR: No .egg-info directory found in/private/var/folders/gf/g7tsgb6x4l9gyms1jm5kmlsc0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-__dllgi9

Are there any workarounds for this issue?

I already have pyexiv2, exiv2 and boost.python running on Python 3.7.0

Solution

  • I found a similar issue listed by Robert here for macOS Catalina,

    Installing dependencies using

    brew install boost-python3 gexiv2 pygobject3

    Then downloading the py3exiv2 package and installing using

    pip install py3exiv2-{version_number}.tar.gz

    Works like a Charm on macOS Big Sur too!