mecab_patch.py

import os

# Patch before importing Melo
os.environ["MECABRC"] = "/dev/null"

import MeCab

# Patch MeCab.Tagger to return dummy if needed
try:
    MeCab.Tagger()
except RuntimeError:
    import melo.text.japanese
    melo.text.japanese._TAGGER = None  # Disable Tagger to prevent failure