ImportError: No module named AppKit

[eduairet]

Hi! I'm trying to use Visual Studio Code to make some scripts, but when I try to pair it I get the following message:

user@user-MacBook-Pro ~ % roboFont -h
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/roboFont", line 3, in <module>
    from AppKit import NSWorkspace, NSWorkspaceLaunchWithoutActivation, NSRunningApplication, NSURL, NSDistributedNotificationCenter
ImportError: No module named AppKit

Does anyone know what's happening?

Thanks!!

[frederik]

ah, I assume you have a custom python2 installed. Where AppKit is not installed.

I would recommend (not only for RoboFont but as lots of macOS tools uses python) not to overwrite your system python.

[eduairet]

@frederik Thank you!!! I had a 2.7 version which I installed for something, I just deleted it and now it works 😄

[ArrowType]

@eduairet said in ImportError: No module named AppKit:

ImportError: No module named AppKit

This post suggests that the error ImportError: No module named AppKit would come from overwriting one’s system python, but I am fairly certain I have avoided ever doing that on my current system. However, I do suspect that maybe changes to my PATH variable might affect this... How could I determine why /Applications/RoboFont.app/Contents/Resources/RoboFont.py is unable to import AppKit? Should I somehow adjust my PATH variable to correct this?

[ArrowType]

I resolved my AppKit problem by opening a new terminal window and installing PyObjC with pip install -U pyobjc