"incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')" error while installing numpy on M1 Mac with pip3 on Python Version 3.10

Question

I was trying to install numpy version 1.22.3 on a M1 Macbook with pip3, and pip3 says the package is present, but when I try to import the module, an error gets thrown at me that says
Importing the numpy C-extensions failed. This error can happen for

many reasons, often due to issues with your setup or how NumPy was

installed.
The full text of the error is:
dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-

310-darwin.so, 0x0002): tried: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpy

thon-310-darwin.so' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/usr/lib/_multiarray_umath.cpython-310-da

rwin.so' (no such file)

I followed the link to the troubleshooting documentation provided, and none of the solutions worked.
I've tried reinstalling both pip3 and Python, and that didn't work either.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I was able to fix this issue by uninstalling and reinstalling numpy in my virtual environment.