pymqi on macos Library not loaded: @rpath/libmqic_r.dylib

I'm trying to set up IBM MQ and pymqi on my macbook. MQ is done via docker, no issues there. I've installed the IBM MQ from https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2019/02/05/ibm-mq-macos-toolkit-for-developers/ and followed the instructions. I pip installed pymqi with no issues after that.

But when simply running import pymqi I get

ImportError: dlopen(/Users/.../Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pymqi/pymqe.so, 2): Library not loaded: @rpath/libmqic_r.dylib

I've been on this for a day now trying all manner of linking, copying, permissions of files, setting env vars etc. No suggestions seem to work despite it being quite a common issue (looking at google results at least).

libmqic_r.dylib is available in two locations including /opt/mqm/lib64

otool output for this is below which I notice does not have LC_RPATH but I don't really understand it... i'm relatively new to python

libmqic_r.dylib:
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          cmd LC_ID_DYLIB
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         name @rpath/libmqic_r.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 1 Thu Jan  1 01:00:01 1970
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      cmd LC_SOURCE_VERSION
  cmdsize 16
  version 0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
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         name @rpath/libmqe_r.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 01:00:02 1970
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compatibility version 0.0.0
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          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
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         name /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 01:00:02 1970
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compatibility version 1.0.0
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IBM has released a set of dev patterns for MQ, and Python is included - https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-dev-patterns

My understanding is that most (I am guessing not the C#) have been tested on a mac, as they have mac set-up instructions - https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-dev-patterns/tree/master/Python

I suspect that you are missing -

Add /IBM-MQ-Toolkit-Mac-x64-9.1.1.0/bin and /IBM-MQ-Toolkit-Mac-x64-9.1.1.0/samp/bin, to the PATH by editing /etc/paths

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH = /IBM-MQ-Toolkit-Mac-x64-9.1.1.0/lib64

If this is the first time you have done any coding on your mac, you might be missing a c compiler. You will need to install Xcode.