Unable to install FF14 due to Python2 errors?

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Unable to install FF14 due to Python2 errors?

Im trying to install FF14 on my MacBook, something that I've done before and should be fairly easy. Ive done a bit of python development and used pyenv to make changing which python version im using easier.

Initially I got an error that it wanted me to report to apple because it said that python 2 wasn't installed specifically in the location it wanted. So I went to python.org and downloaded the latest official release of 2.7.18.

Now upon trying to start the game I am greeted with this error.

I tried to use pip to install cxutils but I get the same error.

Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Apr 21, 2022 7:09 PM

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ku4hx

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Apr 22, 2022 2:43 AM in response to MintCollie

Have you contacted the developer? It's their responsibility to make their product compatible with Apple's OS, not the other way around.

Contact a developer: How to contact an app developer – Apple Support (AU)

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MintCollie Author

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Apr 22, 2022 10:49 AM in response to ku4hx

I did try contacting their support team, They apologized for the product not reaching up to my expectations and to "stay on alert for the updates" but said there was no update on a universal version of the game.

I have played the game before on my M1 MacBook so I know it does run, but this was more than a few months ago.

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Apr 22, 2022 11:59 AM in response to MintCollie

Apple removed Python 2.7.18 from the Monterey distribution with macOS 12.3.1. This was promised as far back as Catalina.

The Python.org installer links the Python binaries from that 2.7.18 framework back to /usr/local/bin, not /usr/bin where it was when provided by Apple. Change your ~/.zshrc PATH statement to the following where $HOME/bin and /opt/homebrew/bin are optional.

export PATH="$HOME/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:${PATH}"

Because Python 2.7.18 is deprecated, packages that you now are attempting to install may no longer support that Python version and are revised to require some newer release of Python 3. If any of your code is attempting to access Apple frameworks via the scripting bridge, you will have to install the PyPy Pyobjc version 5.3 which was the last version to support Python 2.7.18. That works from personal experience.

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