Julia on M1: libhd5f not defined - import

Question

I am encountering a bug in Julia v1.7.2.
I am trying to include a util.jl file that uses a Module.
Everything in that module works fine (I have put into a Pluto.jl notebook and everything runs).
However, when I try the following lines of code,
using Pkg
Pkg.activate(joinpath(#__DIR__, "../../dev/"))
using Module
I get this error
Activating project at `~/Desktop/dev`
ERROR: LoadError: UndefVarError: libhdf5 not defined
Stacktrace:
[1] top-level scope
# ~/.julia/packages/HDF5/pIJra/src/api_types.jl:119
[2] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
# Base ./Base.jl:418
[3] include(x::String)
# HDF5 ~/.julia/packages/HDF5/pIJra/src/HDF5.jl:1
[4] top-level scope
# ~/.julia/packages/HDF5/pIJra/src/HDF5.jl:51
[5] include
# ./Base.jl:418 [inlined]
[6] include_package_for_output(pkg::Base.PkgId, input::String, depot_path::Vector{String}, dl_load_path::Vector{String}, load_path::Vector{String}, concrete_deps::Vector{Pair{Base.PkgId, UInt64}}, source::String)
# Base ./loading.jl:1318
[7] top-level scope
# none:1
[8] eval
# ./boot.jl:373 [inlined]
[9] eval(x::Expr)
# Base.MainInclude ./client.jl:453
[10] top-level scope
# none:1
in expression starting at /Users/me/.julia/packages/HDF5/pIJra/src/api_types.jl:119
in expression starting at /Users/me/.julia/packages/HDF5/pIJra/src/HDF5.jl:1
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile HDF5 [f67ccb44-e63f-5c2f-98bd-6dc0ccc4ba2f] to /Users/me/.julia/compiled/v1.7/HDF5/jl_m27neP.
Stacktrace:
[1] error(s::String)
# Base ./error.jl:33
[2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::IO, internal_stdout::IO, ignore_loaded_modules::Bool)
# Base ./loading.jl:1466
[3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
# Base ./loading.jl:1410
[4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
# Base ./loading.jl:1120
[5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
# Base ./loading.jl:1013
[6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
# Base ./loading.jl:997
[7] include
# ./Base.jl:418 [inlined]
[8] include_package_for_output(pkg::Base.PkgId, input::String, depot_path::Vector{String}, dl_load_path::Vector{String}, load_path::Vector{String}, concrete_deps::Vector{Pair{Base.PkgId, UInt64}}, source::String)
# Base ./loading.jl:1318
[9] top-level scope
# none:1
[10] eval
# ./boot.jl:373 [inlined]
[11] eval(x::Expr)
# Base.MainInclude ./client.jl:453
[12] top-level scope
# none:1
in expression starting at /Users/me/Desktop/src/Module.jl:1
However, if I just try
using HDF5
I don't have any problem.
I don't understand why I can use using HDF5 just fine; I can run everything in the module just fine; but when I try to import the module, I get an error saying there is a problem with HDF5. Can anyone provide some additional insight into how Julia works that could make this problem make sense to me?

Answer 1

Are you running with Rosetta or the native build? If native, you should try 1.8rc3 since 1.7 has a lot of bugs with M1 native.