--- ./setup.py	2021-03-28 18:35:09.000000000 -0400
+++ ./setup.py	2021-03-28 18:39:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -24,36 +24,38 @@
 with open('magenta/version.py') as in_file:
   exec(in_file.read())  # pylint: disable=exec-used
 
+# turn off requirements to avoid "distribution was not found and is required" issues
+# these requirements are provided by `port file py-magenta`
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
-    'absl-py',
-    'dm-sonnet',
+    # 'absl-py',
+    # 'dm-sonnet',
     # tensor2tensor has a dependency on dopamine-rl, which we don't use.
     # pin to a version that doesn't require pygame installation because that
     # has too many external non-python dependencies.
-    'dopamine-rl <= 3.0.1',
-    'imageio',
-    'librosa >= 0.6.2, < 0.8.0',
-    'matplotlib >= 1.5.3',
-    'mido == 1.2.6',
-    'mir_eval >= 0.4',
-    'note-seq',
-    'numba < 0.50',  # temporary fix for librosa import
-    'numpy',
-    'Pillow >= 3.4.2',
-    'pretty_midi >= 0.2.6',
-    'pygtrie >= 2.3',
-    'python-rtmidi >= 1.1, < 1.2',  # 1.2 breaks us
-    'scikit-image',
-    'scipy >= 0.18.1',
-    'six >= 1.12.0',
-    'sk-video',
-    'sox >= 1.3.7',
-    'tensor2tensor',
-    'tensorflow',
-    'tensorflow-datasets',
-    'tensorflow-probability',
-    'tf_slim',
-    'wheel',
+    # 'dopamine-rl <= 3.0.1',
+    # 'imageio',
+    # 'librosa >= 0.6.2, < 0.8.0',
+    # 'matplotlib >= 1.5.3',
+    # 'mido == 1.2.6',
+    # 'mir_eval >= 0.4',
+    # 'note-seq',
+    # 'numba < 0.50',  # temporary fix for librosa import
+    # 'numpy',
+    # 'Pillow >= 3.4.2',
+    # 'pretty_midi >= 0.2.6',
+    # 'pygtrie >= 2.3',
+    # 'python-rtmidi >= 1.1, < 1.2',  # 1.2 breaks us
+    # 'scikit-image',
+    # 'scipy >= 0.18.1',
+    # 'six >= 1.12.0',
+    # 'sk-video',
+    # 'sox >= 1.3.7',
+    # 'tensor2tensor',
+    # 'tensorflow',
+    # 'tensorflow-datasets',
+    # 'tensorflow-probability',
+    # 'tf_slim',
+    # 'wheel',
 ]
 
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {