Cannot build visit on Sonoma 14.7.1

[jrobcary]

The build_visit script fails during the numpy build

inflating: numpy-1.16.6/numpy/matrixlib/tests/test_interaction.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./setup.py", line 9, in
import setuptools
File "/Users/cary/projects/visitbuild/setuptools-44.0.0/setuptools/init.py", line 20, in
from setuptools.dist import Distribution, Feature
File "/Users/cary/projects/visitbuild/setuptools-44.0.0/setuptools/dist.py", line 36, in
from setuptools import windows_support
File "/Users/cary/projects/visitbuild/setuptools-44.0.0/setuptools/windows_support.py", line 2, in
import ctypes
File "/Users/cary/projects/visitbuild/third_party/python/3.7.7/arm-apple-darwin23_clang/lib/python3.7/ctypes/init.py", line 7, in
from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ctypes'
Could not install setuptools
numpy build failed. Bailing out.

build_visit3_3_3_log.gz

Ideally I would like to use Qt6 and vtk-9. Is that possible with build_visit?

[biagas]

[jrobcary]

Worked. Closing.

[jrobcary]

Oops. Accidentally deleted the KB's fix, which was to move to visit-3.4.1 and use --qt6. Closing as that worked.