[SOLVED] Python error trying to install gensim on MacOS

trying to install gensim on MacBook Pro (i7, Sonoma 14.7.1) using PyCharm (Python@3.13). I've tried several suggestions from stack, github and other sources but none worked.

Based on what little I found online, it seems that it cannot find openblas, even though it is installed. But it is installed and openBLAS. Is this just a strict case sensitivity or something else?

How do I resolve this? Also, when I try to open the full log, path to file does not exist.

Here is the output in the PyCharm Console:

pip install --upgrade gensim        
Collecting gensim
  Using cached gensim-4.3.3.tar.gz (23.3 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting numpy<2.0,>=1.18.5 (from gensim)
  Using cached numpy-1.26.4.tar.gz (15.8 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting scipy<1.14.0,>=1.7.0 (from gensim)
  Using cached scipy-1.13.1.tar.gz (57.2 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [45 lines of output]
      + meson setup /private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-install-ox0sfkbg/scipy_7a9a4932c4254c9d93723beb50b0e629 /private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-install-ox0sfkbg/scipy_7a9a4932c4254c9d93723beb50b0e629/.mesonpy-ry56tq_q -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md --native-file=/private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-install-ox0sfkbg/scipy_7a9a4932c4254c9d93723beb50b0e629/.mesonpy-ry56tq_q/meson-python-native-file.ini
      The Meson build system
      Version: 1.6.0
      Source dir: /private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-install-ox0sfkbg/scipy_7a9a4932c4254c9d93723beb50b0e629
      Build dir: /private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-install-ox0sfkbg/scipy_7a9a4932c4254c9d93723beb50b0e629/.mesonpy-ry56tq_q
      Build type: native build
      Project name: scipy
      Project version: 1.13.1
      C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 16.0.0 "Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.4)")
      C linker for the host machine: cc ld64 1115.7.3
      C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (clang 16.0.0 "Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.4)")
      C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld64 1115.7.3
      Cython compiler for the host machine: cython (cython 3.0.11)
      Host machine cpu family: x86_64
      Host machine cpu: x86_64
      Program python found: YES (/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxx/PycharmProjects/pythonProjectTrainingList/.venv/bin/python)
      Found pkg-config: YES (/usr/local/bin/pkg-config) 2.3.0
      Run-time dependency python found: YES 3.13
      Program cython found: YES (/private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-build-env-9qebkipc/overlay/bin/cython)
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-but-set-variable: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-function: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-conversion: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-misleading-indentation: YES
      Library m found: YES
      Fortran compiler for the host machine: gfortran (gcc 14.2.0 "GNU Fortran (Homebrew GCC 14.2.0_1) 14.2.0")
      Fortran linker for the host machine: gfortran ld64 1115.7.3
      Compiler for Fortran supports arguments -Wno-conversion: YES
      Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-ld_classic: YES
      Checking if "-Wl,--version-script" : links: NO
      Program pythran found: YES 0.15.0 0.15.0 (/private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-build-env-9qebkipc/overlay/bin/pythran)
      Did not find CMake 'cmake'
      Found CMake: NO
      Run-time dependency xsimd found: NO (tried pkgconfig, framework and cmake)
      Run-time dependency threads found: YES
      Library npymath found: YES
      Library npyrandom found: YES
      pybind11-config found: YES (/private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-build-env-9qebkipc/overlay/bin/pybind11-config) 2.12.1
      Run-time dependency pybind11 found: YES 2.12.1
      Run-time dependency scipy-openblas found: NO (tried pkgconfig)
      Run-time dependency openblas found: NO (tried pkgconfig, framework and cmake)
      Run-time dependency openblas found: NO (tried pkgconfig and framework)
      
      ../scipy/meson.build:163:9: ERROR: Dependency "OpenBLAS" not found, tried pkgconfig and framework
      
      A full log can be found at /private/var/folders/92/9fd9rgg976s7zn44fvbxjw000000gn/T/pip-install-ox0sfkbg/scipy_7a9a4932c4254c9d93723beb50b0e629/.mesonpy-ry56tq_q/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.