Cannot import ROOT 6.22 in Python 3.9.1 "could not load cppyy_backend library"

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Hi all.
I just installed ROOT using Homebrew and I cannot import it in python3, getting the following error:

'>>> import ROOT
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
File “/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/ROOT/init.py”, line 22, in
import cppyy
File “/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/cppyy/init.py”, line 131, in
from ._cpython_cppyy import *
File “/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/cppyy/_cpython_cppyy.py”, line 18, in
c = loader.load_cpp_backend()
File “/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/cppyy_backend/loader.py”, line 74, in load_cpp_backend
raise RuntimeError(“could not load cppyy_backend library”)
RuntimeError: could not load cppyy_backend library

ROOT Version: 6.22/06
Platform: OSX Catalina 10.15.7
Compiler: Homebrew GCC 10.2.0_3

Thank you for your help

Luca

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Hi @mole.luca,

It seems that libcppyy_backend.so or any of its dependencies failed to load. Could you please confirm that your build includes that library by running the following command?

$ find /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/ -name 'libcppyy_backend*'

If it does, you can check that any dependencies are found in your DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. The output of ldd should show no “file not found” lines. Could you please verify that?

$ ldd /path/to/cppyy_backend.so/as/provided/by/find

Cheers,
J.

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Hi @jalopezg. Thank you for the help.
Indeed I could locate the libcppyy_backend.so file and I run the ld command as you suggested. Here the output:

ld: warning: platform not specified
ld: warning: -arch not specified
ld: warning: No platform min-version specified on command line
ld: warning: ignoring file /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2//lib/root/libcppyy_backend3_9.so, building for -unknown but attempting to link with file built for macOS-x86_64
Undefined symbols for architecture unknown:
“_main”, referenced from:
implicit entry/start for main executable
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture unknown

Kind regards

Luca

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Hi @mole.luca,

Sorry for the delay in this reply. You need to run ldd (dynamic library dump) -not ld, i.e., the linker from your compiler toolchain. To this end, you can run:

$ ldd /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/libcppyy_backend3_9.so

Cheers,
J.

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Hi @jalopezg. Thank you for the answer. Apparently there is no ldd in Mac. Looking it the internet I could find a suggestion that the command otool -L could do the job. I tried and this is the output.

/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/libcppyy_backend3_9.so:
/usr/local/opt/root/lib/root/libcppyy_backend3_9.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
@rpath/libCore.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 902.1.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1281.100.1)

I hope this is what you meant.
Kind regards

Luca

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Hi @mole.luca,

Sorry for the delay in the reply. The output looks good to me, except the 0.0.0 in both, compatibility version and current version (in libcppyy_backend3_9.so and libCore.so), which looks weird.

Could you please also attach the output of the following commands?

$ otool -hvl /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/libcppyy_backend3_9.so
$ otool -hvlL /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/libCore.so

I am sure @etejedor could give you a more definitive answer. Unfortunately, he is off until April.

Cheers,
J.

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Hi @jalopezg. Thank you for the reply. Here are the outputs that you requested.
Kind regards

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   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 4.12.0
compatibility version 4.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 64
         name /usr/local/opt/xz/lib/liblzma.5.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 8.5.0
compatibility version 8.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 64
         name /usr/local/opt/lz4/lib/liblz4.1.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1.9.3
compatibility version 1.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 48
         name /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1.2.11
compatibility version 1.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 64
         name /usr/local/opt/zstd/lib/libzstd.1.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1.4.8
compatibility version 1.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 120
         name /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSymbolication.framework/Versions/A/CoreSymbolication (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 64535.33.2
compatibility version 1.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 48
         name /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 902.1.0
compatibility version 1.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 56
         name /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1281.100.1
compatibility version 1.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 88
         name /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1894.60.100
compatibility version 45.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 104
         name /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1677.104.0
compatibility version 150.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 96
         name /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 1677.104.0
compatibility version 300.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 56
         name /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 02:00:02 1970
      current version 228.0.0
compatibility version 1.0.0
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      cmd LC_FUNCTION_STARTS
  cmdsize 16
  dataoff 4411368
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Load command 24
      cmd LC_DATA_IN_CODE
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  dataoff 4446080
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          cmd LC_RPATH
      cmdsize 56
         path /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root (offset 12)
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Indeed, @etejedor would probably know - but until then you might want to check with the Homebrew folks (you shouldn’t be the first to notice this) or you can try with the following workaround: export CPPYY_BACKEND_LIBRARY=/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.22.06_2/lib/root/libcppyy_backend3_9.so and then starting Python.

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Thank you @Axel, your workoround works!
I could at least import ROOT in python. I hope I will not encounter further issues.
Regards and thanks to everyone.
By the way, where I can contact the homebrew folks?

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GitHub - Homebrew/discussions: 🗣 Public open-ended discussions. Replacement for our Discourse. could be a good starting point.

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