tensorflow / tensorflow/tflite-support
Cannot install tflite-support==0.4.4 on macOS 15.5 (Apple Silicon M4); metadata_writers module not found
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Description
I am unable to install tflite-support==0.4.4 on macOS 15.5 running on an Apple Silicon M4 chip. I have tried multiple Python versions (3.8, 3.9, 3.11, and 3.12) but pip always fails to find a compatible wheel for 0.4.4. Instead, pip either reports “No matching distribution found” or installs an older alpha release (e.g., 0.1.0a1). As a result, when I attempt to import tflite_support.metadata_writers, I get:
ImportError: cannot find reference 'metadata_writers' in 'tflite_support/__init__.py'
I need the metadata_writers functionality to generate metadata files for TFLite models, but I cannot install the correct version of the library that contains it.
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Start with the published tflite-support==0.4.4 package metadata and the tflite_support/init.py entry point; check which platform and Python-version artifacts are available and whether metadata_writers is included. Done means establishing a supported installation path for Apple Silicon or clearly documenting the compatibility limitation, with the reported metadata_writers import as the check.
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- Tech stack
- python, tensorflow
- Domain
- build-system, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100