Unable to install on Macs that use Apple M-series (ARM) chips

[wigging]

Installing the pvapy package on an Apple MacBook Pro (M series, ARM) fails in a conda environment as shown below:

Channels:
 - defaults
 - epics
Platform: osx-arm64
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed
PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:
  - pvapy
Current channels:
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-arm64
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-arm64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/epics/osx-arm64
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The same problem occurs when trying to install in a Python virtual environment using pip. It looks like the pvapy package is not installable on Macs that use the Apple M-series chips which are ARM processors.

[SeijDeLeon]

I was able to install pvapy on a 2020 Apple M1 (Ventura 13.4.1) using pip.

I am unable to install pvapy on a 2023 Apple M2 (Sonoma 14.0) using either pip or conda. Not sure why it worked on the M1 but not the M2.

[sveseli]

Sorry for the delay in response. I do not really have access to M2 machine for builds/packaging yet, but should get this in the next few weeks, at which point I'll try to generate package that you could use.