Casadi for M1 Macs (Apple silicon)

Håkon Haugann

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Oct 5, 2021, 8:30:48 AM10/5/21

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Hi,

I'm having trouble installing Casadi for Python on my new Mac running macOS 11.4 on an Apple M1 chip. I suppose this new chip architecture is causing the issues.

Has anyone had success with the installation on a similar setup?

Håkon Haugann

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Oct 11, 2021, 8:09:27 AM10/11/21

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I got it working eventually by building from source.

git clone https://github.com/casadi/casadi.git casadi

cd casadi

git checkout 3.5.5

mkdir build

cd build

cmake -DWITH_PYTHON=ON -DWITH_PYTHON3=ON ..

make

sudo make install

I had to make sure it built using a locally installed Python version and not one from a Conda environment.

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Jatin Kumar

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Oct 12, 2021, 3:24:47 AM10/12/21

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Hi!

Thanks for the guide. I work exclusively in a conda environment. Do you think there's a way to install it there?

Jatin Kumar

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Oct 12, 2021, 4:15:39 AM10/12/21

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Also, I tried doing what is written above with a lot of errors I don't understand with CMake. Seems like unchartered territory for me.

Joel Andersson

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Oct 19, 2021, 8:16:58 PM10/19/21

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Installing from sources, especially if you don't have to build the MATLAB/Octave front-ends and many of the interfaces is usually pretty straightforward.

I usually build CasADi on Mac (11.6) using Clang from Xcode command line tools and Homebrew.

These instructions are a bit outdated, unfortunately, but Homebrew still works fine: https://github.com/casadi/casadi/wiki/InstallationMac