[FLASH-USERS] installing flmake (was "changing maxblocks")

[Slavin, Jonathan]

Hi Scott,

I'm glad you got it working.  I would just add that for my system, (CentOS
6.6 with anaconda python)  I didn't need the second run of "python
setup.py".  In your case, I guess for some reason the flash module was
getting installed in the wrong order.

Regards,
Jon

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Scott Feister <sfeister at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> *[RESOLVED]*
> Thanks for your help. Your question spurred a workaround to the problem.
>
> I'm testing on a single desktop PC with 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS. It is
> packaged with python 2.7.6. The first time I call "python setup.py
> --install" it returns an error (see below). After nosing around on my
> machine a little more, I resolved my issue; I needed to run "python
> setup.py install --user" twice in a row, and then add "~/.local/bin" to my
> user path.
>
> *Below are some flmake startup instructions for future users (Ubuntu
> 14.04.3 LTS, FLASH 4.3):*
> *1.* Unzip the FLASH 4.3 tarball.
> *2.* Navigate into the tools folder: "cd tools"
> *3.* Run "python setup.py install --user"; it does some work and then (in
> my case) returns an error:
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> *running install[SNIP]running install_egg_infoWriting
> /home/joeblow/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flash-0.1.egg-infoTraceback
> (most recent call last):  File "setup.py", line 207, in <module>
> run_setup()  File "setup.py", line 199, in run_setup
> make_bash_completion()  File "setup.py", line 118, in
> make_bash_completion    import flash.flmake.__init__ImportError: No module
> named flash.flmake.__init__*
> *4.* Run "python setup.py install --user" a second time and it returns no
> error:
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> *running install[SNIP]For bash-completion please add the following lines
> to your ~/.bashrc:# Enable completion for flmakeif [ -f
> /home/joeblow/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flash/flmake/flmake ] ;
> then     source
> /home/joeblow/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flash/flmake/flmakefi*
>
> *5.* The executable "flmake" is now installed into "~/.local/bin". Copy
> and paste the suggested text (replace *joeblow* with your username) to
> the bottom of ~/.bashrc, *along with adding "~/.local/bin" to your path *(if
> it is not already on your path):
>
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>
>
> *if [ -f
> /home/joeblow/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flash/flmake/flmake ] ;
> then     source
> /home/joeblow/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flash/flmake/flmakefiexport
> PATH=$PATH:/home/joeblow/.local/bin*
> *6.* Restart the terminal to reload your bash profile. From here, you can
> follow the flmake user's guide
> <http://flash.uchicago.edu/site/flashcode/user_support/tools4b/usersguide/flmake/index.html>.
> The above steps worked if 1)"flmake" + TAB now autocompletes with "flmake
> setup" "flmake build", etc., and 2) calling "flmake setup Sedov -auto"
> returns several lines, hopefully followed by "SUCCESS" (and, if you have
> not set up git, a warning about version control).
>
> *7.* Of course, you will have to resolve all of FLASH's dependencies (per
> the FLASH user's guide
> <http://flash.uchicago.edu/site/flashcode/user_support/>), change the
> Makefile.h, etc. before attempting any real simulations. (Shoot me an
> email, sfeister at gmail.com, if you want tips for this on Ubuntu.)
>
> Best,
>
> Scott
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Slavin, Jonathan <jslavin at cfa.harvard.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> What happens when you do "python setup.py install --user" in the tools
>> directory?  How is python installed on your system?  Also, what's your
>> operating system/distribution.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Scott Feister <sfeister at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jon, Roman, and the greater community,
>>>
>>> Does anybody know the full sequence of steps for getting flmake working
>>> on a fresh installation? The "cd tools; python setup.py install --python"
>>> step from the webpage does not seem to suffice in getting it up and running
>>> on my machine. The setup instructions for FLASH were *very *good and I
>>> got FLASH working in "no time", but I cannot get flmake to run at all
>>> for the life of me. Are there more detailed setup instructions somewhere
>>> that I am missing?
>>>
>>> My impression from talking with people and looking at old user forum
>>> discussions is that flmake development is basically on hold, but that it
>>> still should work (and could be very useful) with the right setup in FLASH
>>> 4.3. In any case, given the support status it would probably be helpful to
>>> temper this line in the manual
>>> <http://flash.uchicago.edu/site/flashcode/user_support/tools4b/usersguide/flmake/index.html>:
>>> "It is highly recommended that both novice and advanced users adopt flmake
>>> as it enables reproducible research while simultaneously making FLASH
>>> easier to use." Kind of confusing for a new user!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Scott (Ohio State)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Slavin, Jonathan <
>>> jslavin at cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ​Hi Roman,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I did copy the source simulation tree before running. setup.  I
>>>> found out a while back that I needed to do that otherwise my changes didn't
>>>> get picked up.  I do like flmake, especially for the ease of separating
>>>> runs and tracking changes.  It's too bad that it doesn't seem to be
>>>> supported currently.
>>>>
>>>> Jon​
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 1:00 PM, <
>>>> flash-users-request at flash.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Btw, I'm not sure how you use flmake now, but the preferred work-flow
>>>>> with flmake  would be to to make a copy of the simulation directory
>>>>> (e.g.  $FLASH_SOURCE/source/Simulation/SimulationMain/Sedov) under
>>>>> ./simulations/Sedov in your working directory,  before running setup.
>>>>> This way all subsequent changes of the source files occur locally and
>>>>> not under the FLASH tree.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ________________________________________________________
>>>> Jonathan D. Slavin                 Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
>>>> jslavin at cfa.harvard.edu       60 Garden Street, MS 83
>>>> phone: (617) 496-7981       Cambridge, MA 02138-1516
>>>> cell: (781) 363-0035             USA
>>>> ________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ________________________________________________________
>> Jonathan D. Slavin                 Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
>> jslavin at cfa.harvard.edu       60 Garden Street, MS 83
>> phone: (617) 496-7981       Cambridge, MA 02138-1516
>> cell: (781) 363-0035             USA
>> ________________________________________________________
>>
>>
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phone: (617) 496-7981       Cambridge, MA 02138-1516
cell: (781) 363-0035             USA
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