# MacOS ParaView 5.8.1-RC1 Python 3 issue

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-paraview-5-8-1-rc1-python-3-issue/4874
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-paraview-5-8-1-rc1-python-3-issue/4874 "2020-07-17T14:29:35Z")
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### Author: ![MBG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@MBG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MBG)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-paraview-5-8-1-rc1-python-3-issue/4874/1 "2020-07-17T14:29:35Z")

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```auto
>>> 
Python 3.7.4 (default, Jul 17 2020, 07:58:07) 
[Clang 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42)] on darwin
>>> from paraview.simple import *
>>> 
>>> import xarray as xr
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/xarray/ __init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Python/pkg_resources/ __init__.py", line 959, in <module>
    class Environment:
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Python/pkg_resources/ __init__.py", line 963, in Environment
    self, search_path=None, platform=get_supported_platform(),
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Python/pkg_resources/ __init__.py", line 190, in get_supported_platform
    plat = get_build_platform()
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Python/pkg_resources/ __init__.py", line 395, in get_build_platform
    plat = get_platform()
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Libraries/lib/python3.7/sysconfig.py", line 675, in get_platform
    get_config_vars(),
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Libraries/lib/python3.7/sysconfig.py", line 551, in get_config_vars
    _init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.8.1-RC1-994-g5af6d421a1.app/Contents/Libraries/lib/python3.7/sysconfig.py", line 422, in _init_posix
    _temp = __import__ (name, globals(), locals(), ['build_time_vars'], 0)
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_sysconfigdata_m_darwin_darwin'

```