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I have problems getting pdf-tools to run on Emacs (from railwaycat) on MacOs - ARM64 i.e. on Apple Silicon.

GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, Carbon Version 165 AppKit 2113.6) of 2023-08-08

I installed the pdf-tools without problems (via the drop-down-menu)

 pdf-tools 1.1.0 installed Support library for PDF documents

but when I execute the standard activation command

 (pdf-tools-install)

which tries to compile the poppler server, I get warnings and linker errors:

ld: warning: ignoring file /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.dylib, building for macOS-arm64 but attempting to link with file built for macOS-x86_64 [...] ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[1]: *** [epdfinfo] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 =========================== Build failed. ;o( ===========================

Any ideas how can get the compiler to link with ARM64 dynlibs or how to provide/create these?

Any help appreciated!

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It would be helpful to know how did you install that Emacs version. Taking into account the error messages, you have somewhere a wrong Emacs version. I suggest to use brew, it will install/compile from sources, so here are some steps to follow to have success:

  • remove your actual Emacs installation
  • install macOS command line tools, with xcode-select --install
  • install brew from this page (needs previous item)
  • in your terminal type brew tap railwaycat/emacsmacport
  • optional brew info emacs-mac to see all dependencies that will be installed
  • now brew install emacs-mac --with-modules

The installation process will download the source code, will apply some patches (I guess you did not do that step), and then usual autoconfig, make, make-install will follow (~5 min).

Once you have that, start Emacs from /opt/homebrew/opt/emacs-mac/Emacs.app, and then install pdf-tools.

Note: I tested yesterday the above steps, pdf-tools installs and work OK, M1 machine.

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  • Hi Ian, thanks a lot for the detailed description. It's good to know you got it working on Apple Silicon. I'll try it as soon as I find the time and report back. Commented Feb 28, 2024 at 19:19
  • Just tried it, works like a charm! :-) Thanks a lot! PS: For other readers: I had to install PDF tools after installing Emacs: M-x package-install <RET> pdf-tools M-x pdf-tools-install Commented Feb 28, 2024 at 20:16
  • Then mark the question as answered, please. Commented Feb 29, 2024 at 12:31

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