[CIG-SHORT] Problem building pylith 2.2.1 from source on macOS

[Josimar Alves da Silva]

Hi Brad,

I am trying to build pylith-2.2.1 from source but the compilation stops at
the h5py installation.  My machine runs on macOS v. 10.13.6. Note that I
was able to build it on a linux computer without any problems.

A summary of the error is below and the complete full set log is attached.
Would you have any suggestions to fix this issue ?

Thank you,
Josimar

Error summary:

Download error on https://pypi.org/simple/pkgconfig/: unknown url type:
https -- Some packages may not be found!

Couldn't find index page for 'pkgconfig' (maybe misspelled?)

Download error on https://pypi.org/simple/: unknown url type: https -- Some
packages may not be found!

No local packages or working download links found for pkgconfig

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "setup.py", line 167, in <module>

    cmdclass = CMDCLASS,

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/setuptools/__init__.py", line
128, in setup

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/setuptools/__init__.py", line
123, in _install_setup_requires

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 504,
in fetch_build_eggs

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 774, in resolve

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 1057, in best_match

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 1069, in obtain

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 571,
in fetch_build_egg

  File
"build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
line 667, in easy_install

distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Could not find suitable distribution for
Requirement.parse('pkgconfig')

make[2]: *** [h5py] Error 1

make[1]: *** [installed_h5py] Error 2

make: *** [installed_pylith] Error 2
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