Solution: how to run Cecilia5 on modern macs

[funxiun]

Hi

I was fiddling around today to get Cecilia5 working again on my Mac Mini M1.
This is what I found:

Don't use the release packages from their website (ajaxsoundstudio.com) but use the source code provided here on Github.

First, open a terminal window and install homebrew :

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

When homebrew is installed, install these packages:
brew install git flac libogg libvorbis libopusenc mpg123 lame portmidi

Create a directory called git and enter it:

mkdir git
cd git

Clone the Cecilia5 source code:
git clone https://github.com/belangeo/cecilia5.git

Enter the cecilia5 directory and run Cecilia5:

cd cecilia5
./Cecilia5.py

In my case, Cecilia5 runs :)
Maybe this can be extended by Mac experts how to add a nice icon etc and to avoid entering the terminal window to use Cecilia5.

Hope this helps!

[oivindi]

Running on modern Macs hasn't really been the problem - it seems the OS, in this case Sonoma, has been the problem. Are you running Sonoma? :)

[mark-summ]

Running into all kinds of trouble on Sequoia 15.1, we desperately need a packaged ARM app. One can only dream...

EDIT: Managed to get a packaged app working on an M4 running Sequoia 15.1. Only took 6 hours of trying everything under the sun!

1. cd into the cloned git repo.
2. Downgrade to Python 3.11 (ensures compatibility with the pyo module, as it provides pre-built wheels for this version)
3. install packages:

pip install wxPython
pip install pyo

4. It should now run python cecilia5.py

To package it into an .app:

1. Run pip install setuptools==57.5.0
2. Change setup.py to what I've pasted below.
3. Run python setup.py py2app (ensure py2app is installed)
4. The .app in the dist folder should work. :)

setup.py:

from setuptools import setup

APP = ['Cecilia5.py']
APP_NAME = 'Cecilia5'
DATA_FILES = ['Resources/']
OPTIONS = {
    'argv_emulation': False,
    'strip': False,  # For debugging purposes.
    'iconfile': 'Resources/Cecilia5.icns',
    'includes': [
        'wx.adv',
        'wx.html',
        'wx.xml',
        'jaraco.text',
        'pkg_resources',
        'packaging',
        'backports.tarfile',
    ],
    'excludes': [
        'setuptools._vendor',
    ],
}

setup(
    name=APP_NAME,
    app=APP,
    data_files=DATA_FILES,
    options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
    setup_requires=['py2app'],
)

[julienrobert]

Hi, I tried your instructions and did not succeed.
I was not able to run python without python3, maybe that's the problem. I had to run

pip3 install wxPython
pip3 install pyo

When I run python3 cecilia5.py, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Cecilia5.py", line 25, in
from Resources.Variables import loadBitmaps
File "/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Resources/Variables.py", line 24, in
from pyo import pa_get_default_devices_from_host
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyo/init.py", line 27, in
from .lib import analysis as analysis
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyo/lib/analysis.py", line 30, in
from ._core import *
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyo/lib/_core.py", line 47, in
from .._pyo import *
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyo/_pyo.cpython-311-darwin.so, 0x0002): Library not loaded: /opt/homebrew/opt/flac/lib/libFLAC.12.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyo/libsndfile.1.dylib
Reason: tried: '/opt/homebrew/opt/flac/lib/libFLAC.12.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/opt/flac/lib/libFLAC.12.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/flac/lib/libFLAC.12.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libFLAC.12.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)

[mark-summ]

file),

Looks like you need to install the pyo dependencies first?

brew install portaudio flac libsndfile

[julienrobert]

Ok thanks.

Now I'm getting these errors

Preferences file not found. Using defaults...

/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Resources/CeciliaPlot.py:971: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if self._xSpec is not 'none':
/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Resources/CeciliaPlot.py:977: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if self._ySpec is not 'none':
/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Resources/CeciliaPlot.py:1496: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if self._xSpec is not 'none':
/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Resources/CeciliaPlot.py:1519: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if self._ySpec is not 'none':

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Cecilia5.py", line 115, in
sp = CeciliaSplashScreen(None, img=CeciliaLib.ensureNFD(SPLASH_FILE_PATH), callback=onStart)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/jrls/Downloads/cecilia5-5.4.0/Resources/splash.py", line 53, in init
self.w, self.h = self.bmp.GetWidth(), self.bmp.GetHeight()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
wx._core.wxAssertionError: C++ assertion ""IsOk()"" failed at /private/var/folders/w4/hp1my1ln4216vrmvp2_w45dm0000gn/T/pip-req-build-i0obld2n/ext/wxWidgets/src/osx/core/bitmap.cpp(1407) in GetWidth(): invalid bitmap

[marzaugen]

sorry, I'm not a programmer... so for me it's a bit hard to follow you.
But I have been a total fan of Cecilia for 20 years.
is anyone able to create a patch to let Cecilia run on modern macs? I think many of us will be thankful...