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MacOS pycharm can not install python Mediapipe version 0.10.0 with pip

I am trying to install the latest version of mediapipe 0.10.0 using pip install mediapipe==0.10.0 but always I get the same error: ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement mediapipe==0.10.0 (from versions: 0.8.3.1, 0.8.4.2, 0.8.5, 0.8.6.2, 0.8.7.1, 0.8.7.2, 0.8.7.3, 0.8.8, 0.8.8.1, 0.8.9, 0.8.9.1, 0.8.10, 0.8.10.1, 0.8.11, 0.9.0, 0.9.0.1, 0.9.1.0) ERROR: No matching distribution found for mediapipe==0.10.0

I tried python versions 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and none of them worked. Although the previous version is always installed without error.

I used pip from terminal and from pycharm managing packages

Solution

  • The latest version in the list of available ones 0.9.1.0, so to investigate where the issue might be, we can check for any differences in the releases. For this, we can check the files section of the PyPi project page:

    For 0.10.0 (which pip doesn't see compatible for you):

    mediapipe-0.10.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_universal2.whl
    mediapipe-0.10.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_universal2.whl
    mediapipe-0.10.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_12_0_universal2.whl
    mediapipe-0.10.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_12_0_universal2.whl

    For 0.9.2.1 (which pip doesn't see compatible for you):

    mediapipe-0.9.2.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl
    mediapipe-0.9.2.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl
    mediapipe-0.9.2.1-cp39-cp39-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl
    mediapipe-0.9.2.1-cp38-cp38-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl

    For 0.9.1.0 (which pip does see compatible for you):

    mediapipe-0.9.1.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl
    mediapipe-0.9.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl
    mediapipe-0.9.1.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl
    mediapipe-0.9.1.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl

    Now we can check differences. All python tags are the same cp38, cp39, cp310, cp311, so as long as you are using python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 or 3.11 it is compatible. The difference is the platform tag.

    For version 0.9.1, the tag is macosx_10_15 indicating a compatibility with MacOS version >= 10.15

    For 0.9.2.1, the tag is macosx_12_0, so we now have a compatibility with MacOS version >= 12

    You have most likely a lower version, so you cannot install the more recent mediapipe versions. Upgrade your OS and it should work