Trying to install pycrypto on Mac OSX mavericks

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I am currently trying to install pycrypto and when I execute python setup.py build I receive this following error:

cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -Wl,-F. build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/_fastmath.o -lgmp -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/Crypto/PublicKey/_fastmath.so
ld: illegal text-relocation to '___gmp_binvert_limb_table' in /usr/local/lib/libgmp.a(mp_minv_tab.o) from '___gmpn_divexact_1' in /usr/local/lib/libgmp.a(dive_1.o) for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

I've already tried reinstalling the command line tools and removing old instances of Xcode.

Any help would be great thanks

score 34 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 18 '14 at 20:27

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This worked for me. (Should work if you are on Xcode 5.1)

ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future pip install pycrypto

edited Sep 18 '14 at 20:27

idmean

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answered Mar 15 '14 at 14:23

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For others; if using buildout you can use the [environment] tag, or simply run python bootstrap.py && ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future bin/buildout – Doug Apr 30 '14 at 03:22
not working. `clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1` – andilabs May 20 '14 at 09:45

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '14 at 16:54

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This did it for me:

  sudo port install gmp
  sudo ln -s  /opt/local/lib/libgmp.dylib  /usr/lib/libgmp.dylib  
  ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error CFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include sudo -E pip install pycrypto

answered Apr 04 '14 at 16:54

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Using the last line worked for me, even without the first two. – Ari May 12 '14 at 22:21
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You can use `LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib` instead of linking libgmp. Not sure if it's actually safer, since you might link with other libs from /opt/local though. – remram Nov 06 '14 at 04:39
what worked for me on El Capitan was `brew install gmp` and `ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error CFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar/gmp/6.1.0/lib/ pip install pycrypto` (you might need to change gmp dir version) – fjsj May 09 '16 at 16:39

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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I ran into the same issue and was able to fix it by installing gmp:

brew install gmp

Then I nuked my build directory and started over with the pycrypto install and it succeeded.

This also fixes the warning message during pycrypto's configure script:

warning: GMP or MPIR library not found; Not building Crypto.PublickKey._fastmath

See related question.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Oct 30 '13 at 16:38

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score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 01 '15 at 05:56

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On Yosemite:

CC=clang sudo -E pip install pycrypto

answered Apr 01 '15 at 05:56

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`Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pycrypto in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages` -- my script still can't find PyCrypto – chovy Dec 02 '15 at 07:17
Sounds like `/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages` is not in your `PYTHONPATH` – thinkski Dec 03 '15 at 00:50
could be....`PYTHONPATH` is null. I already solved it by doing `easy_install` for pyCrypto – chovy Dec 03 '15 at 05:20

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 25 '18 at 18:59

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This works on Mojave and is better IMO than the other presented options: brew install gmp CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \ LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar/gmp/6.1.2_2/lib \ pip install pycrypto

answered Nov 25 '18 at 18:59

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 25 '16 at 18:56

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on El Capitan I just did this ...

sudo easy_install livestreamer
sudo easy_install PyCrypto

et voila... I can now save streams to my HDD.

answered Jan 25 '16 at 18:56

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

I noticed recently that I needed brew to install gmp to get pip install pycrypto working again after upgrading OSX 10.9 and Xcode 5. But then the gmp build started failing on illegal text-relocation. It seems a known issue 12946 causes the compiler to fail compiling position independent code:

cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -Wl,-F. -Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future -Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/_fastmath.o -lgmp -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/Crypto/PublicKey/_fastmath.so

ld: illegal text-relocation to '___gmp_binvert_limb_table' in /usr/local/lib/libgmp.a(mp_minv_tab.o) from '___gmpn_divexact_1' in /usr/local/lib/libgmp.a(dive_1.o) for architecture x86_64

clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

Similar to the answer provided by radiofrequency I symlinked the shared library of gmp into the system's /usr/lib directory as a workaround:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/gmp/5.1.3/lib/libgmp.dylib /usr/lib/libgmp.dylib

The gmp developer should add --with-pic.

Side point: the number of warnings building pycrypto does not provide comfort.

This worked for me. Obviously the version of gmp needs to be changed depending on the one installed on the machine. In my case I substituted 5.1.3 with 6.0.0a. Thanks. — foebu, Dec 28 '14 at 14:24

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 29 '14 at 04:02

For those of you also looking to install pycrypto as well as the cryptography package, this is the command that ended up working for me:

env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib" CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include" pip install cryptography

score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 12 '15 at 20:40

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For installation of PyCrypto use MacPorts and following command. I tested it on the newest version of Mac OS X - Yosemite:

Python Version 2.7:

sudo port install py27-crypto

Python Version 3.4:

sudo port install py34-crypto

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answered Apr 12 '15 at 20:16

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 02 '15 at 08:09

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This is the only thing that worked for me on Mac/El Capitan:

sudo easy_install -U livestreamer

answered Dec 02 '15 at 08:09

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 06:38

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To install pycrypto run the following command

$ CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar/gmp/6.1.2_2/lib pip install pycrypto

answered Dec 16 '19 at 06:38

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 31 '14 at 08:02

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Install homebrew (single line for installation at bottom of page), then try:

$ sudo pip install pycrypto

answered Jan 31 '14 at 08:02

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Did you install homebrew? – einnocent Apr 28 '14 at 07:10
intall home brew, then what? – chovy Dec 01 '15 at 08:22
Then the thing in the answer – einnocent Dec 01 '15 at 18:14

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 29 '14 at 00:36

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If I'm not mistaken, pip and homebrew are both package managers, but homebrew is built on ruby and pip is built on python.

$ sudo pip install pycrypto

This command you referred to needs pip installed, not homebrew.

This way to get pip

answered Apr 29 '14 at 00:36

Guto Hernandes

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If you do not have pip installed already, then you can install it first with `sudo python -m ensurepip` – FyKnight Jul 13 '17 at 06:09

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Nov 12 '14 at 17:43

I'm a new comer to python; I experienced this problem also; and it vexed me. None of the solutions posted worked for me, so I archived libgmp.a and libgmp.la temporarily, and pip then installed Crypto without error. Is this an acceptable approach? I have no understanding as to why this worked...

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