Error installing pip pyicu

Question

I have been trying to install musicbrainz server on my mac and there is a step where I have to install pip pyicu. I keep getting this error:

Collecting pyicu         


        

Answer 1

for me to get it works:

1) install icu4c with brew:

brew install icu4c
brew link icu4c --force

2) check the version:

ls /usr/local/Cellar/icu4c/

it prompts something like: 64.2

3) execute bellow commands with substitution of proper version from previous step (first line only integer part, second and third line with decimal part):

export ICU_VERSION=64
export PYICU_INCLUDES=/usr/local/Cellar/icu4c/64.2/include
export PYICU_LFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar/icu4c/64.2/lib

4) finally install python package for pyicu:

pip install pyicu --upgrade

IF YOU FAIL with above (happen already to me on OS X 10.15) you may need:

brew install pkg-config

export PYICU_CFLAGS=-std=c++11:-DPYICU_VER='"2.3.1"'