I am a beginner user attempting to install MNE-Python using the MNE-Python Installer for macOS 10.15 and newer. I successfully downloaded the installer. When I run the installer the following error message is given: “The installation failed. The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.”
- MNE version: 1.9.0_0
- operating system: macOS 15.5
- Prior to running the MNE installer I had Python 3.13.5 installed on my machine.
UPDATE: After attempting some solutions, I found that there may have been some packages that were not compatible. I tried to make some adjustments and this resulted in the following when I tried to test the install (see below). Please let me know if this looks correct or if I need to make any further adjustments. Thanks!
Platform macOS-15.5-arm64-arm-64bit
Python 3.10.18 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Jun 4 2025, 14:46:00) [Clang 18.1.8 ]
Executable /Applications/MNE-Python/1.9.0_0/.mne-python/envs/mne-env/bin/python
CPU Apple M4 Pro (14 cores)
Memory 48.0 GiB
Core
├☑ mne 1.9.0 (latest release)
├☑ numpy 2.2.6 (OpenBLAS 0.3.30 with 14 threads)
├☑ scipy 1.15.2
└☑ matplotlib 3.10.3 (backend=macosx)
Numerical (optional)
├☑ sklearn 1.7.0
├☑ numba 0.61.2
├☑ nibabel 5.3.2
├☑ nilearn 0.12.0
├☑ dipy 1.11.0
├☑ pandas 2.3.0
├☑ h5io 0.2.5
├☑ h5py 3.14.0
└☐ unavailable openmeeg, cupy
Visualization (optional)
├☑ pyvista 0.45.2 (OpenGL 4.1 Metal - 89.4 via Apple M4 Pro)
├☑ pyvistaqt 0.11.2
├☑ vtk 9.4.2
├☑ qtpy 2.4.3 (PyQt6=6.9.0)
├☑ ipympl 0.9.7
├☑ pyqtgraph 0.13.7
├☑ mne-qt-browser 0.7.1
├☑ ipywidgets 8.1.7
└☐ unavailable trame_client, trame_server, trame_vtk, trame_vuetify
Ecosystem (optional)
├☑ mne-bids 0.16.0
├☑ mne-nirs 0.7.1
├☑ mne-features 0.3
├☑ mne-connectivity 0.7.0
├☑ mne-icalabel 0.7.0
├☑ neo 0.14.1
├☑ eeglabio 0.1.0
├☑ edfio 0.4.9
├☑ mffpy 0.10.0
├☑ pybv 0.7.6
└☐ unavailable mne-bids-pipeline