# Missed \_lzma.cpython-38-darwin.so in ParaView 5.9.0

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missed-lzma-cpython-38-darwin-so-in-paraview-5-9-0/6515
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [February 20, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missed-lzma-cpython-38-darwin-so-in-paraview-5-9-0/6515 "2021-02-20T18:34:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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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: [February 20, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missed-lzma-cpython-38-darwin-so-in-paraview-5-9-0/6515/1 "2021-02-20T18:34:33Z")

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We can’t load ‘lzma’ module in ParaView Python console:

```auto
>>> import lzma
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Applications/ParaView-5.9.0.app/Contents/Libraries/lib/python3.8/lzma.py", line 27, in <module>
    from _lzma import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_lzma'

```

Check for the file on disk:

```auto
$ cd /Applications/ParaView-5.9.0.app/Contents
$ find . -name '*lzma.*'
./Libraries/lib/python3.8/lzma.py
./Libraries/lib/python3.8/test/test_lzma.py
./Libraries/lib/python3.8/ __pycache__ /lzma.cpython-38.pyc
./Libraries/lib/python3.8/ __pycache__ /lzma.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
./Libraries/lib/python3.8/ __pycache__ /lzma.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc

```

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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: [February 21, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missed-lzma-cpython-38-darwin-so-in-paraview-5-9-0/6515/2 "2021-02-21T04:35:03Z")

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This is a quick fix:

```auto
mkdir /Applications/ParaView-5.9.0.app/Contents//Libraries/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload/
cp /usr/local/Cellar/python@3.8/3.8.*/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload/_lzma.cpython-38-darwin.so \
	/Applications/ParaView-5.9.0.app/Contents//Libraries/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload/_lzma.cpython-38-darwin.so

```

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missed-lzma-cpython-38-darwin-so-in-paraview-5-9-0/6515/3 "2021-05-15T18:42:41Z")

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Thanks. I’ve made [an MR](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/common-superbuild/-/merge_requests/419) to add it to the package. It will be in 5.10.