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Unable to (pip install xmlsec) since brew version 4.0.13 #254
Description
Hi,
I am using MacOS 13.2.1 (22D68), I didn't have any issue Installing xmlsec when I had brew version ~2.x.x. I've recently updated brew to version 4.0.13, and I haven't been able to pip install xmlsec since. Any idea what might this be?
I have below dependencies installed
libxml2 = 2.10.4
libxmlsec1 = 1.3.0
The error that I am getting
pip install xmlsec
Collecting xmlsec
Using cached xmlsec-1.3.13.tar.gz (64 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting lxml>=3.8
Using cached lxml-4.9.2-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl (4.7 MB)
Building wheels for collected packages: xmlsec
Building wheel for xmlsec (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× Building wheel for xmlsec (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [65 lines of output]
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38
creating build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/xmlsec
copying src/xmlsec/py.typed -> build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/xmlsec
copying src/xmlsec/tree.pyi -> build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/xmlsec
copying src/xmlsec/__init__.pyi -> build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/xmlsec
copying src/xmlsec/constants.pyi -> build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/xmlsec
copying src/xmlsec/template.pyi -> build/lib.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/xmlsec
running build_ext
building 'xmlsec' extension
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442
creating build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src
clang -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -Wunreachable-code -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include -DOPENSSL_NO_SSL3 -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include -D__XMLSEC_FUNCTION__=__func__ -DXMLSEC_NO_FTP=1 -DXMLSEC_NO_MD5=1 -DXMLSEC_NO_GOST=1 -DXMLSEC_NO_GOST2012=1 -DXMLSEC_NO_CRYPTO_DYNAMIC_LOADING=1 -DXMLSEC_CRYPTO_OPENSSL=1 -DMODULE_NAME=xmlsec -DMODULE_VERSION=1.3.13 -I/usr/local/Cellar/libxmlsec1/1.3.0/include/xmlsec1 -I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include -I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include/openssl -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml/includes -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml/includes/libxml -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml/includes/libxslt -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml/includes/libexslt -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml/includes/extlibs -I/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-build-env-wv9r2lgj/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/lxml/includes/__pycache__ -I/Users/abed/.pyenv/versions/3.8.13/include/python3.8 -c /private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/constants.c -o build/temp.macosx-13.2-x86_64-cpython-38/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/constants.o -g -std=c99 -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-error=declaration-after-statement -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Os
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/constants.c:319:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'xmlSecSoap11Ns'
PYXMLSEC_ADD_NS_CONSTANT(Soap11Ns, "SOAP11");
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/constants.c:304:46: note: expanded from macro 'PYXMLSEC_ADD_NS_CONSTANT'
tmp = PyUnicode_FromString((const char*)(JOIN(xmlSec, name))); \
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/common.h:19:19: note: expanded from macro 'JOIN'
#define JOIN(X,Y) DO_JOIN1(X,Y)
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/common.h:20:23: note: expanded from macro 'DO_JOIN1'
#define DO_JOIN1(X,Y) DO_JOIN2(X,Y)
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/common.h:21:23: note: expanded from macro 'DO_JOIN2'
#define DO_JOIN2(X,Y) X##Y
^
<scratch space>:60:1: note: expanded from here
xmlSecSoap11Ns
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/constants.c:320:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'xmlSecSoap12Ns'; did you mean 'xmlSecXPath2Ns'?
PYXMLSEC_ADD_NS_CONSTANT(Soap12Ns, "SOAP12");
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/constants.c:304:46: note: expanded from macro 'PYXMLSEC_ADD_NS_CONSTANT'
tmp = PyUnicode_FromString((const char*)(JOIN(xmlSec, name))); \
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/common.h:19:19: note: expanded from macro 'JOIN'
#define JOIN(X,Y) DO_JOIN1(X,Y)
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/common.h:20:23: note: expanded from macro 'DO_JOIN1'
#define DO_JOIN1(X,Y) DO_JOIN2(X,Y)
^
/private/var/folders/3r/5tl2g0hd1s5892x7v6_l80680000gp/T/pip-install-l82wgx3k/xmlsec_b1821a1b8b0e4f2e9d01654d56c1f442/src/common.h:21:23: note: expanded from macro 'DO_JOIN2'
#define DO_JOIN2(X,Y) X##Y
^
<scratch space>:62:1: note: expanded from here
xmlSecSoap12Ns
^
/usr/local/Cellar/libxmlsec1/1.3.0/include/xmlsec1/xmlsec/strings.h:34:33: note: 'xmlSecXPath2Ns' declared here
XMLSEC_EXPORT_VAR const xmlChar xmlSecXPath2Ns[];
^
2 errors generated.
error: command '/usr/bin/clang' failed with exit code 1
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for xmlsec
Failed to build xmlsec
ERROR: Could not build wheels for xmlsec, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
Activity
dpritchett commentedon Apr 13, 2023
libxmlsec1 released v1.3.0 yesterday, guessing it's related 😵💫
Release 1.3.0 on GitHub
dpritchett commentedon Apr 13, 2023
Can confirm that manually reverting to a copy of the last known good pre-1.3.0
xmlsec1version (1.2.37) Formula fixed me up:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/7f35e6ede954326a10949891af2dba47bbe1fc17/Formula/libxmlsec1.rb
Specific workaround steps:
brew edit libxmlsec1. An editor opens up, full of the contents of the latest downloadedxmlsecformula from GitHub or wherever they come fromand hit save
brew install /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libxmlsec1.rbpip install xmlsecReferences
dpritchett commentedon Apr 13, 2023
Here's the PR that removed soap from
xmlsecback in November: lsh123/xmlsec#427abdwebus commentedon Apr 13, 2023
Thank you @dpritchett. Your workaround worked for me 👍
dpritchett commentedon Apr 13, 2023
Hopefully #252 will be addressed soon so this can be fixed 🤞🏻
johnnymetz commentedon Apr 17, 2023
Per the workaround above, I had to run
brew unlink libxmlsec1in between steps 2 and 3 and it worked for me.D3X commentedon Apr 17, 2023
A "better" (cleaner) workaround is to create a local tap and extract the previous version, like so:
Once
python-xmlsecis updated to supportlibxmlsec11.3+, you can uninstall the extracted version and remove the tap by doing:Edit: This no longer works, because there were new patch versions of
libxmlsec1released and the formula can't find the archive for 1.2.37 at the old URL. A quick fix is to edit the formula to point to the correct URL before installing it:And update line 4 with the correct URL:
Thanks to @karthicraghupathi for that!
srivastavashobhit-sl commentedon Apr 21, 2023
@D3X, I am facing this error when using the workaround. (I am new to MacOS)
~ % brew tap-new $USER/local-2
Error: /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/ssrivastava/homebrew-local-2/README.md already exists
~ % brew extract --version=1.2.37 libxmlsec1 $USER/local-2
==> Searching repository history
Error: Could not find libxmlsec1! The formula or version may not have existed.
xibolun commentedon Apr 26, 2023
when you use brew 4.0.14 version, you should pay attention to brew home path is /opt/homebrew, not /usr/local/Homebrew;
i also workaround it with below method;
very much thank to @dpritchett : )
dingxiong commentedon Apr 27, 2023
I need one more step
orionsparks commentedon Jun 9, 2023
Anxiously awaiting this update on an M1.
MattFisher commentedon Jun 21, 2023
Doesn't seem to work (anymore?) - it returns
Using Homebrew 4.0.24-4-g9e747d8
vdejager commentedon Jun 28, 2023
I can confirm that downgrading to libxmlsec1 1.2.37 worked. 1.3.1 broke our SAML workflow completely
dpritchett commentedon Jun 28, 2023
brew editseems to have broken in a recent update, so here's an even hackier workaround that almost fails but still got me what I needed:Remove the official formula
Download the last known good formula and shove it into
/tmpInstall the local copy of the last known good formula from
/tmpalexeocto commentedon Jul 7, 2023
I got a 404 when using the wget link you provided, however the concept for this did work when I found an alternative source. Thanks a lot for pointing this out. Would have never solved this otherwise.
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karthicraghupathi commentedon Mar 21, 2024
I prefer this method. However I ran into this error when I ran these commands:
The package's URL has now changed. It is present in
older-releases. To fix this, run the following command:And make the following changes:
Once these changes are complete, you can re-run the following to complete installation:
wind-shift commentedon Apr 16, 2024
It’s been a year and the issue is still not fixed on macos, requiring the user to use the abovementionned work-around
Any hope to have the xmlsec build fixed at some point ?
DavidQuartz commentedon Apr 17, 2024
I have this same issue. Is there any luck this would be fixed in the package without us having to resort to a workaround for MacOS?
vdejager commentedon Apr 17, 2024
mxamin commentedon Apr 17, 2024
This is gonna be resolved in the new version, see #284
[unbugware] `ensure_libxmlsec1`
jffiorillo commentedon Aug 29, 2024
I'm still having this issue, is it meant to be fixed?
nachoaguirre commentedon Oct 25, 2024
Thanks! it worked for me... the only problem I had was that it gave me this error when installing the formula from /tpm folder:
"Error: openssl@1.1 has been disabled because it is not supported upstream! It was disabled on 2024-10-24.".I solved it by editing /tml/libxmlsec1.rb, changing
depends_on "openssl@1.1"to
depends_on "openssl@3"xu20160924 commentedon Nov 1, 2024
openssl@1.1 is disabled, I face the same problem on this, the one more step needed in my situation is to add --build-from-source like this, that's worked for me
spilth commentedon Nov 7, 2024
I'm encountering this on macOS right now and from everybody's collected solutions I landed on the following:
sudo xcodebuild -license acceptContents for
libxmlsec1.rb:utkarshdx commentedon Dec 11, 2024
Now openssl@1.1 is deprecated so we need to edit the content of /tmp/libxmlsec1.rb and replace all the instances of openssl@1.1 to openssl@3 and then hit brew install --formula /tmp/libxmlsec1.rb
that-one-arab commentedon Jul 14, 2025
As of today, this is the definite hotfix for this problem.
ethanhusband commentedon Jul 28, 2025
Just adding to this, I personally found issues making it link against openssl3 instead of 1.1, and got it working with these tweaks
brew install --formula libxmlsec1.rbwould just pull in the tap with openssl1.1 anyway, so instead I ranbrew install --build-from-source ./libxmlsec1.rb. The above change is such that building from source works. When doing this it respected the openssl3 preferenceHope this helps someone!
tvuotila commentedon Nov 6, 2025
FYI I will delete my tap in near future as the tap is not needed anymore.
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