I am currently trying to install NEST in order to be able to use it within an IDE, like Spyder. For the moment I am only able to do the following:

open Terminal

This works when I use it in the terminal of the computer, but when I open Spyder and execute the following:

I get the following error message in the IPython console:

I am using a Macbook pro M1Max, MacOS 12.0, Spyder 5.1.5, Python 3.9.7.

I followed the instruction for building nest on your website (https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/mac_install.html) and used your recommendation for M1 macs (https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/conda_tips.html).

I  build Nest following your instruction, the only error I got was when I ran :

(nest-simulator-dev) julienballbe@pclnrs241 NEST % make installcheck

NEST Testsuite Results

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Phase                    Tests   Skipped  Failures    Errors      Time

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01 basetests                 6         0         0         0       2.0

02 selftests                 8         0         0         0       1.0

03 unittests               179         0         0         0      47.0

04 regressiontests          94         2         0         0      55.0

07 pynesttests              93         0         0        93       2.0

07 pynesttests nc            0         0         0         0       0.0

08 cpptests                 30         0         0         0       0.0

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Total                      410         2         0        93     107.0

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THE NEST TESTSUITE DISCOVERED PROBLEMS

    The following tests failed

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_NodeCollection

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_aeif_lsodar

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_changing_tic_base

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_clopath_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_all_to_all

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_array_fixed_indegree

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_array_fixed_outdegree

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_arrays

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_conngen

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_fixed_indegree

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_fixed_outdegree

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_fixed_total_number

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_one_to_one

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_pairwise_bernoulli

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_connect_symmetric_pairwise_bernoulli

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_create

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_current_recording_generators

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_erfc_neuron

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_errors

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_events

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_facetshw_stdp

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_get_set

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_getconnections

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_getnodes

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_glif_cond

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_glif_psc

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_helper_functions

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_jonke_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_json

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_labeled_synapses

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_mc_neuron

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_multiple_synapses

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_nodeParametrization

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_onetooneconnect

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_parameter

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_parrot_neuron

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_parrot_neuron_ps

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_poisson_generator_rate_change

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_pp_psc_delta

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_pp_psc_delta_stdp

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_quantal_stp_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_random123

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_random_parameter

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_rate_copy_model

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_rate_instantaneous_and_delayed

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_rate_neuron

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_rate_neuron_communication

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_recording_backend_ascii

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_recording_backend_memory

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_recording_backends

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_refractory

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_regression_issue-1034

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_regression_issue-1409

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_regression_issue-2069

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_regression_issue-2125

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_siegert_neuron

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_split_simulation

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_stack

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_status

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_stdp_multiplicity

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_stdp_nn_synapses

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_stdp_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_stdp_triplet_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_step_rate_generator

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_synapsecollection

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_threads

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_tsodyks2_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_urbanczik_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_visualization

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_vogels_sprekeler_synapse

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_weight_recorder

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_weights_as_lists

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_conn_builder

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_disconnect

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_disconnect_multiple

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_enable_multithread

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_growth_curves

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_sp_manager

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_synaptic_elements

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_sp.test_update_synaptic_elements

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_SynapseCollection_distance

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_basics

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_connect_layers

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_connect_sliced

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_connection_with_elliptical_mask

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_create_spatial

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_dumping

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_layerNodeCollection

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_layer_GetStatus_SetStatus

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_plotting

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_rotated_rect_mask

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_selection_function_and_elliptical_mask

    | .share.nest.testsuite.pytests.test_spatial.test_spatial_distributions

    Please report test failures by creating an issue at

        https://github.com/nest/nest_simulator/issues

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make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/installcheck] Error 1

make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/all] Error 2

make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/rule] Error 2

make: *** [installcheck] Error 2

Can you please help me with this?

I stay at your disposal for any further information.

Thank you for your help,

Best feelings,

Julien Ballbé

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