[Doc]: update contributing guide for macOS Apple silicon

[davidxia]

📚 The doc issue

https://docs.vllm.ai/en/stable/contributing/overview.html doesn't work on macOS Apple silicon.

https://docs.vllm.ai/en/latest/getting_started/installation/cpu.html?device=apple#build-wheel-from-source works but requirements/dev.txt isn't compatible.

$ pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
Collecting pre-commit==4.0.1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/lint.txt (line 2))
  Downloading pre_commit-4.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.3 kB)
Collecting absl-py==2.1.0 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 3))
  Downloading absl_py-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.3 kB)
Collecting accelerate==1.0.1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 5))
  Downloading accelerate-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (19 kB)
Collecting aiohappyeyeballs==2.4.3 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 9))
  Downloading aiohappyeyeballs-2.4.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.1 kB)
Collecting aiohttp==3.10.11 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 11))
  Downloading aiohttp-3.10.11-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl.metadata (7.7 kB)
Collecting aiosignal==1.3.1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 16))
  Using cached aiosignal-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.0 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: annotated-types==0.7.0 in ./.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 20)) (0.7.0)
Collecting anyio==4.6.2.post1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 22))
  Using cached anyio-4.6.2.post1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.7 kB)
Collecting argcomplete==3.5.1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 26))
  Downloading argcomplete-3.5.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (16 kB)
Collecting arrow==1.3.0 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 28))
  Using cached arrow-1.3.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (7.5 kB)
Collecting attrs==24.2.0 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 30))
  Using cached attrs-24.2.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (11 kB)
Collecting audioread==3.0.1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 38))
  Downloading audioread-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (8.4 kB)
Collecting awscli==1.35.23 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 40))
  Downloading awscli-1.35.23-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (11 kB)
Collecting backoff==2.2.1 (from -r /Users/dxia/src/github.com/vllm-project/vllm/requirements/test.txt (line 42))
  Downloading backoff-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (14 kB)
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement bitsandbytes==0.45.3 (from versions: 0.31.8, 0.32.0, 0.32.1, 0.32.2, 0.32.3, 0.33.0, 0.33.1, 0.34.0, 0.35.0, 0.35.1, 0.35.2, 0.35.3, 0.35.4, 0.36.0, 0.36.0.post1, 0.36.0.post2, 0.37.0, 0.37.1, 0.37.2, 0.38.0, 0.38.0.post1, 0.38.0.post2, 0.38.1, 0.39.0, 0.39.1, 0.40.0, 0.40.0.post1, 0.40.0.post2, 0.40.0.post3, 0.40.0.post4, 0.40.1, 0.40.1.post1, 0.40.2, 0.41.0, 0.41.1, 0.41.2, 0.41.2.post1, 0.41.2.post2, 0.41.3, 0.41.3.post1, 0.41.3.post2, 0.42.0)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for bitsandbytes==0.45.3

After installing pre-commit manually with pip install pre-commit==4.0.1, running pre-commit fails because runai-model-streamer doesn't have a Mac wheel.

$ pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/google/yapf.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell:tomli.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/PyCQA/isort.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/jackdewinter/pymarkdown.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint.
[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/astral-sh/uv-pre-commit.
[INFO] Initializing environment for local:mypy==1.11.1,types-cachetools,types-setuptools,types-PyYAML,types-requests.
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/google/yapf.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/PyCQA/isort.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/jackdewinter/pymarkdown.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/astral-sh/uv-pre-commit.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for local.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
[INFO] Installing environment for local.
[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
yapf.....................................................................Passed
ruff.....................................................................Passed
codespell................................................................Passed
isort....................................................................Passed
clang-format.............................................................Passed
PyMarkdown...............................................................Passed
Lint GitHub Actions workflow files.......................................Passed
pip-compile..............................................................Failed
- hook id: pip-compile
- exit code: 1

  × No solution found when resolving dependencies:
  ╰─▶ Because runai-model-streamer==0.11.0 has no wheels with a
      matching platform tag (e.g., `macosx_15_0_arm64`) and you require
      runai-model-streamer==0.11.0, we can conclude that your requirements
      are unsatisfiable.

      hint: Wheels are available for `runai-model-streamer` (v0.11.0) on the
      following platform: `manylinux2014_x86_64`

Run mypy for local Python installation...................................Passed
Lint shell scripts.......................................................Passed
Lint PNG exports from excalidraw.........................................Passed
Check SPDX headers.......................................................Passed
Check for spaces in all filenames........................................Passed
Update Dockerfile dependency graph.......................................Passed
Suggestion...............................................................Passed
- hook id: suggestion
- duration: 0.01s

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[reidliu41]

I hit the same, the pip-compile always failed...

[davidxia]

workaround for pre-commit

I tried to build runai-model-streamer from source on my Apple silicon Macbook with USE_BAZEL_VERSION=4.2.1 make build. It was not straightforward. Skipping the hook with SKIP=pip-compile pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure succeeds.

notes on trying to build runai-model-streamer from source on my Apple silicon Macbook

Docs here. First I brew install bazelisk. USE_BAZEL_VERSION is documented here and matches runai-model-streamer's bazel version.

Got error /private/tmp/runai-model-streamer/cpp/utils/logging/BUILD:3:22: Compiling utils/logging/logging.cc failed: (Exit 1): cc_wrapper.sh failed: and gave up.

full error

$ USE_BAZEL_VERSION=4.2.1 make build
make -C py clean && \
        make build_x86_64 && \
        make build_aarch64
make -C runai_model_streamer clean
rm -rf build/ dist/ runai_model_streamer.egg-info/
make -C runai_model_streamer_s3 clean
rm -rf build/ dist/ runai_model_streamer_s3.egg-info/
make -C cpp clean && \
        make -C cpp build ARCH=x86_64 && \
        make -C py build ARCH=x86_64
bazel clean
INFO: Starting clean.
bazel build streamer:libstreamer.so \
                "--crosstool_top=@x86_64//:toolchain" && \
        bazel build s3:libstreamers3.so \
                --define USE_SYSTEM_LIBS= \
                --define BASE_PATH=x86_64 \
                "--crosstool_top=@x86_64//:toolchain"
INFO: Analyzed target //streamer:libstreamer.so (48 packages loaded, 155 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
ERROR: /private/tmp/runai-model-streamer/cpp/utils/logging/BUILD:3:22: Compiling utils/logging/logging.cc failed: (Exit 1): cc_wrapper.sh failed: error executing command external/x86_64/cc_wrapper.sh -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -fstack-protector -Wall -Wthread-safety -Wself-assign -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wno-free-nonheap-object -fcolor-diagnostics -fno-omit-frame-pointer ... (remaining 22 argument(s) skipped)

Use --sandbox_debug to see verbose messages from the sandbox
external/x86_64/cc_wrapper.sh: line 69: /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: No such file or directory
Target //streamer:libstreamer.so failed to build
Use --verbose_failures to see the command lines of failed build steps.
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.285s, Critical Path: 0.08s
INFO: 23 processes: 23 internal.
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully
make[2]: *** [build] Error 1
make[1]: *** [build_x86_64] Error 2
make: *** [build] Error 2

notes on pip install -r requirements/dev.txt

bitsandbytes==0.45.3 only supports Linux and Windows. The last version that might support Mac is 0.42.0. Related issues

• [RFC] Cross-Platform Refactor: Mac M1 support bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes#1020
• Support for Apple silicon bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes#252

[zhengkezhou1]

+1 same problem.