How to handle ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.msvccompiler' on Mac OSX (Intel) using f2py?
Samuel H Dupree Jr <[email protected]> Sun, 4 Jan 2026 20:18:37 -0500
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I am resurrecting a Python program I wrote a few years under Python 3.9.
I'm presently:
* Running Python 3.11 under Mac OSX Sequoia (ver. 15.7.1)
* Using NumPy version 1.26.4
* Running on an Intel (x86-64) Mac Pro Desktop (2019)
*
The program uses a Fortran 77 subroutine that was wrapped using f2py
when I running Python 3.9. However, when I attempt to wrap that same
subroutine (the source code is attached to this note) using f2py in
Python 3.11, I get the following error message.
(base) user@Mac-Pro accgravityfiled_builder_f2py % */f2py -c
accgravityfield.f -m accgravityfield /*
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/bin/f2py", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
^^^^^^
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/f2py/f2py2e.py",
line 766, in main
run_compile()
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/f2py/f2py2e.py",
line 594, in run_compile
build_backend = f2py_build_generator(backend_key)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/f2py/_backends/__init__.py",
line 6, in f2py_build_generator
from ._distutils import DistutilsBackend
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/f2py/_backends/_distutils.py",
line 3, in <module>
from numpy.distutils.core import setup, Extension
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/distutils/core.py",
line 24, in <module>
from numpy.distutils.command import config, config_compiler, \
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/distutils/command/config.py",
line 19, in <module>
from numpy.distutils.mingw32ccompiler import generate_manifest
File
"/Users/user/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/distutils/mingw32ccompiler.py",
line 27, in <module>
from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version as
get_build_msvc_version
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.msvccompiler'
(base) user@Mac-Pro accgravityfiled_builder_f2py %
As for gfortran is concerned:
(base) user@Mac-Pro accgravityfiled_builder_f2py % gfortran -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gfortran
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/15.2.0/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin24/15/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin24
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/opt/gcc
--libdir=/usr/local/opt/gcc/lib/gcc/current --disable-nls
--enable-checking=release --with-gcc-major-version-only
--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran --program-suffix=-15
--with-gmp=/usr/local/opt/gmp --with-mpfr=/usr/local/opt/mpfr
--with-mpc=/usr/local/opt/libmpc --with-isl=/usr/local/opt/isl
--with-zstd=/usr/local/opt/zstd --with-pkgversion='Homebrew GCC 15.2.0'
--with-bugurl=https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues
--with-system-zlib --build=x86_64-apple-darwin24
--with-sysroot=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX15.sdk
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 15.2.0 (Homebrew GCC 15.2.0)
(base) user@Mac-Pro accgravityfiled_builder_f2py %
I have two questions:
1. Why is f2py in a Mac OSX Intel based environment attempting to
import '*/distutils.msvccompiler/*' that is required for Windows'
environment only?
2. What do I need to do to eliminate this problem?
Any thoughts?
Sam Dupree
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accgravityfield.f
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subroutine accgravityfield( Ndim, Mdim, NMAX, Nm, Ae, GM,
1 C, S, X, Ac)
C -------------------------------------------------------------------------
C
C Purpose: To compute geopotential acceleration
C -------
C
C Inputs:
C ------
C Ndim I*4 max. degree (row dimension od C and S matrices)
C Mdim I*4 max. order loaded (column dimension C and S matrices)
C NMAX I*4 max. degree and order loaded
C Nm I*4 desired degree and order (Nm <= NMAX)
C Ae R*8 mean equatorial radius of the model [m]
C GM R*8 Earth gravitational constant [m**3/s**2]
C C R*8 array (0:Ndim,0:Mdim) Harmonic coefficients C(n,m)
C S R*8 array (0:Ndim,0:Mdim) Harmonic coefficients S(n,m)
C X R*8 array (3) ECEF cartesian coordinates [m]
C
C Outputs:
C -------
C Ac R8 array (3) with geopotential (x, y, z) accelerations [m/s**2]
C
C Author: HKK - INPE - May 2012 - Version 1.0
C
C References:
C ----------
C
C Kuga, H.K.; Carrara, V. "Fortran- and C-codes for higher order
C and degree geopotential computation."
C www.dem.inpe.br/~hkk/software/high_geopot.html
C Last access May 2012.
C
C -----------------------------------------------------------------------
IMPLICIT NONE
INTEGER NMAX, Nm, Ndim, Mdim
C REAL*8 Ae, GM, C(0:NMAX,0:Nm), S(0:NMAX,0:Nm), x(3), Ac(3)
DOUBLE PRECISION Ae, GM, C(0:Ndim,0:Mdim), S(0:Ndim,0:Mdim)
DOUBLE PRECISION X(3), Ac(3)
C Locals
INTEGER n, m
DOUBLE PRECISION r, q, t, u, tf, al, sl, cl, Gmr
DOUBLE PRECISION pn(0:Nm), qn(0:Nm)
DOUBLE PRECISION Pnm, dPnm, anm, bnm, fnm
DOUBLE PRECISION am, an, Pnm1m, Pnm2m, sm, cm, sml, cml
DOUBLE PRECISION qC, qS, Xc, Xs, Xcf, Xsf, Xcr, Xsr, Vl, Vf, Vr
DOUBLE PRECISION J2, J3, J4, PInm
C DOUBLE PRECISION Omega
C
Cf2py intent(in) Ndim, Mdim, NMAX, Nm, Ae, GM, C, S, X
Cf2py intent(out) Ac
Cf2py depend(Ndim,Mdim) C, S
C
C Auxiliary variables
r = sqrt(X(1)*X(1) + X(2)*X(2) + X(3)*X(3))
q = Ae / r
t = X(3) / r ! sin (lat)
u = sqrt (1.d0 - t*t)
tf = t/u ! tan (lat)
al = atan2( X(2), X(1) )
sl = sin (al) ! sin (long)
cl = cos (al) ! cos (long)
Gmr = GM / r
C Process J2, J3, J4 accelerations
Ac(1) = -GM * X(1) / r**3
Ac(2) = -GM * X(2) / r**3
Ac(3) = -GM * X(3) / r**3
if( Nm .eq. 0 ) then
if( NMAX .ge. 2 ) then
PInm = dsqrt( 1.d0 / 5.d0 )
J2 = -C(2,0) / PInm
Ac(1) = Ac(1) - J2*(3.d0/2.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**2)*
1 (X(1)/r)*(1.d0-5.d0*(t**2))
Ac(2) = Ac(2) - J2*(3.d0/2.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**2)*
1 (X(2)/r)*(1.d0-5.d0*(t**2))
Ac(3) = Ac(3) - J2*(3.d0/2.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**2)*
1 (X(3)/r)*(3.d0-5.d0*(t**2))
end if
if( NMAX .ge. 3 ) then
PInm = dsqrt( 1.d0 / 7.d0 )
J3 = -C(3,0) / PInm
Ac(1) = Ac(1) - J3*(5.d0/2.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**3)*
1 (X(1)/r)*(3.d0*t-7.d0*(t**3))
Ac(2) = Ac(2) - J3*(5.d0/2.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**3)*
1 (X(2)/r)*(3.d0*t-7.d0*(t**3))
Ac(3) = Ac(3) - J3*(5.d0/2.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**3)*
1 (6.d0*(t**2)-7.d0*(t**4)-(3.d0/5.d0))
end if
if( NMAX .eq. 4 ) then
PInm = dsqrt( 1.d0 / 9.d0 )
J4 = -C(4,0) / PInm
Ac(1) = Ac(1) + J4*(15.d0/8.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**4)*
1 (X(1)/r)*(1.d0-14.d0*(t**2)+21.d0*(t**4))
Ac(2) = Ac(2) + J4*(15.d0/8.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**4)*
1 (X(2)/r)*(1.d0-14.d0*(t**2)+21.d0*(t**4))
Ac(3) = Ac(3) + J4*(15.d0/8.d0)*(Gmr/r)*(q**4)*
1 (X(3)/r)*(5.d0-70.d0*(t**2)/3.d0+21.d0*(t**4))
end if
return
end if
C Summation initialization
C Omega = 0.d0
Vl = 0.d0
Vf = 0.d0
Vr = 0.d0
C Store sectoral
pn(0) = 1.d0
pn(1) = 1.7320508075688773D0 * u ! sqrt(3) * cos (lat)
qn(0) = 1.d0
qn(1) = q
do m = 2, Nm
am = dble(m)
pn(m) = u * sqrt(1.d0+0.5d0/am) * pn(m-1)
qn(m) = q * qn(m-1)
end do
C Initialize sin and cos recursions
sm = 0.d0
cm = 1.d0
C Outer loop
do m = 0, Nm
C init
am = dble(m)
C For m = n
Pnm = pn(m) ! m=n sectoral
dPnm = -am * Pnm * tf
Pnm1m = Pnm
Pnm2m = 0.d0
C Init Horner's scheme
qC = qn(m) * C(m,m)
qS = qn(m) * S(m,m)
Xc = qC * Pnm
Xs = qS * Pnm
Xcf = qC * dPnm
Xsf = qS * dPnm
Xcr = (am+1.d0) * qC * Pnm
Xsr = (am+1.d0) * qS * Pnm
C Inner Loop
do n = m+1, Nm
an = dble(n)
anm = sqrt( ((an+an-1.d0)*(an+an+1.d0))
& / ((an-am)*(an+am)) )
bnm = sqrt( ((an+an+1.d0)*(an+am-1.d0)*(an-am-1.d0))
& / ((an-am)*(an+am)*(an+an-3.d0)) )
fnm = sqrt( ((an*an-am*am)*(an+an+1.d0))/(an+an-1.d0) )
C recursion P and dP
Pnm = anm * t * Pnm1m - bnm * Pnm2m
dPnm = -an * tf * Pnm + fnm * Pnm1m / u ! Signal opposite to paper
C Store
Pnm2m = Pnm1m
Pnm1m = Pnm
C Inner sum
if (n .lt. 2) cycle
qC = qn(n) * C(n,m)
qS = qn(n) * S(n,m)
Xc = (Xc + qC * Pnm)
Xs = (Xs + qS * Pnm)
Xcf = (Xcf + qC * dPnm)
Xsf = (Xsf + qS * dPnm)
Xcr = (Xcr + (an+1.d0) * qC * Pnm)
Xsr = (Xsr + (an+1.d0) * qS * Pnm)
end do
C Outer sum
C Omega = Omega + (Xc*cm + Xs*sm)
Vl = Vl + am*(Xc *sm - Xs *cm)
Vf = Vf + (Xcf*cm + Xsf*sm)
Vr = Vr + (Xcr*cm + Xsr*sm)
C sin and cos recursions to next m
cml = cl*cm - sm*sl
sml = cl*sm + cm*sl
cm = cml ! save to next m
sm = sml ! save to next m
end do
C Finalization, include n=0 (P00=1),
C for n=1 all terms are zero: C,S(1,1), C,S(1,0) = 0
C Potential
C Omega = Gmr * (1.d0+Omega)
C Gradient
Vl = -Gmr * Vl
Vf = Gmr * Vf
Vr = -(Gmr/r) * (1.d0+Vr)
C Body X, Y, Z accelerations
Ac(1) = u*cl*Vr - t*cl*Vf/r - sl*Vl/(u*r)
Ac(2) = u*sl*Vr - t*sl*Vf/r + cl*Vl/(u*r)
Ac(3) = t*Vr + u*Vf/r
return
end