ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_pywhispercpp'

[ezyyeah]

Hey!

I've seen related issues like #44 and #34 but none of the solutions I've tried have resolved the problem.
I attempted to build the wheel using:

CMAKE_ARGS="-DWHISPER_COREML=1" python -m build --wheel

However, installing it and running still results in the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/ezy/Python/Others/pywhispercpp/pywhispercpp/examples/assistant.py", line 17, in <module>
    import pywhispercpp.constants as constants
  File "/Users/ezy/.pyenv/versions/3.11.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pywhispercpp/constants.py", line 10, in <module>
    import _pywhispercpp as _pwcpp
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_pywhispercpp'

I've also tried installing from source and exploring a few different approaches, but no luck so far.

Device: MacBook Pro (Mac15,6), Apple M3 Pro, 11-core CPU (5 performance + 6 efficiency), 18 GB RAM, macOS 15.2 (24C101), Darwin Kernel 24.2.0

Let me know if there's anything else I can try.

[absadiki]

@ezyyeah,
What about installing from pip? Is it the same?
The issues you linked are a bit old. If you want to build from source with CoreML support, you need to use the following command:

WHISPER_COREML=1 pip install git+https://github.com/absadiki/pywhispercpp