[EvtGen] Fwd: Hw7 vs. Hw++2.7.1

[Marco Zaro]

Dear EvtGen Developers,
(cc David and Christian)
I am encountering problems with the herwig-bootstrap scripts, which attempts to download the following file
http://evtgen.warwick.ac.uk/static/srcrep/R01-06-00/EvtGen.R01-06-00.tar.gz
as it looks like it is corrupted, and it cannot be extracted.
Can you please fix it?
Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,

Marco

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Marco Zaro <m.zaro at nikhef.nl>
> Subject: Re: Hw7 vs. Hw++2.7.1
> Date: 8 Mar 2018 11:00:26 GMT+1
> To: David Grellscheid <david.grellscheid at durham.ac.uk>
> Cc: Christian Reuschle <creuschle at hep.fsu.edu>
> 
> I did it, but the problem is still there. Looks like the file on the warwick server is corrupted.
> Bye,
> M
> 
> On 08 Mar 2018, at 10:59, David Grellscheid <david.grellscheid at durham.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> You can simply remove it and it will redownload again. Or download it by
>> hand and put it into place.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> 
>> On 08/03/2018 09:48, Marco Zaro wrote:
>>> A follow up:
>>> if I go into HW7/src, and try to extract EvtGen by hand, I get
>>> tar -xf EvtGen.R01-06-00.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>>> tar: Child returned status 1
>>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>> 
>>> so probably the file is corrupted?
>>> thanks,
>>> 
>>> Marco
>>> 
>>> On 08 Mar 2018, at 09:41, Marco Zaro <m.zaro at nikhef.nl> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi David, Christian,
>>>> with ./herwig-bootstrap HW7
>>>> I get an error with EvtGen:
>>>> 
>>>> Download http://evtgen.warwick.ac.uk/static/srcrep/R01-06-00/EvtGen.R01-06-00.tar.gz as EvtGen.R01-06-00.tar.gz
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> File "./herwig-bootstrap", line 1122, in <module>
>>>>   "EvtGen.%s.tar.gz" % evtgen_version)
>>>> File "./herwig-bootstrap", line 521, in download
>>>>   tar = tarfile.open(tar_name,'r')
>>>> File "/nfs/soft/python/python-2.7.5-sl6_amd64_gcc44/lib/python2.7/tarfile.py", line 1665, in open
>>>>   raise ReadError("file could not be opened successfully")
>>>> tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What can be the problem here?
>>>> 
>>>> thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Marco
>>>> 
>>>> On 07 Mar 2018, at 20:17, Christian Reuschle <creuschle at hep.fsu.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>> 
>>>>> many thanks for the quick response.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, yes, Marco, please feel free to actually report anything in that regard, since it will be of great help to us for debugging purposes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you install everything, it should not get in conflict with your existing installations, since sourcing the activate script, as described on https://herwig.hepforge.org/tutorials/installation/bootstrap.html, should set all environment variables consistently. So, starting from a clean bootstrap, installing everything, should work fine. Let us know if it works, and also maybe which platform you are using.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 03/07/2018 11:41 AM, David Grellscheid wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> can you please try the clean bootstrap, and let it install everything?
>>>>>> Like it says in the help comments on the bootstrap script, there are so
>>>>>> many things that can go wrong that we cannot effectively support
>>>>>> debugging any of the --with / --without options.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If even 'herwig-bootstrap foobar' goes wrong, by all means, please let
>>>>>> me know.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> See you,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> David
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 06/03/2018 18:23, Christian Reuschle wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Marco Zaro (in cc) wants to use Hw7 as the shower back-end with
>>>>>>> MG5_aMC at NLO. He has some trouble, though, in getting Hw7 installed via
>>>>>>> the bootstrap script. I usually install without the bootstrap script,
>>>>>>> and as such first have to reproduce it myself. In the meantime I thought
>>>>>>> you might be of more help. If I may ask, could you have a look into the
>>>>>>> forwarded messages of Marco, and see whether you might have a quick answer?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Many thanks and best regards,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>>>> Subject:     Re: Hw7 vs. Hw++2.7.1
>>>>>>> Date:     Tue, 6 Mar 2018 18:15:19 +0100
>>>>>>> From:     Marco Zaro <m.zaro at nikhef.nl>
>>>>>>> To:     Christian Reuschle <creuschle at hep.fsu.edu>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>>> Sure, please send it to David
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> M
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from Samsung Mobile.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>>>>> From: Christian Reuschle
>>>>>>> Date:06/03/2018 17:41 (GMT+01:00)
>>>>>>> To: Marco Zaro
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Hw7 vs. Hw++2.7.1
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Okay, tell you what. I'll try to install it with the bootstrap script
>>>>>>> myself, and then report back what happens. Not sure though, whether I
>>>>>>> can do it today.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I will also forward your question to David if that's okay.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 03/06/2018 11:34 AM, Marco Zaro wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sorry again.
>>>>>>>> If I install manually starting from the HW7 tarball and pass the same
>>>>>>>> paths to ./configure, it complains for the boost system library
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> checking for the Boost system library... no
>>>>>>>> configure: error: cannot find the flags to link with Boost system
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> any hint?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> thanks a lot!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>> On 06 Mar 2018, at 17:27, Marco Zaro <m.zaro at nikhef.nl
>>>>>>>> <mailto:m.zaro at nikhef.nl>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>>>>> sorry, If I reduce the dependecies at the minimum
>>>>>>>>> ./herwig-bootstrap HW7 --with-boost=boost_1_64_0/ --with-fastjet=fj/
>>>>>>>>> --with-hepmc=HepMC2/ --with-lhapdf=LHAPDF6/ --with-rivet=rivet/local
>>>>>>>>> --with-gsl=rivet/local/ --with-thepeg=ThePEG21 --without-madgraph
>>>>>>>>> --without-njet --without-vbfnlo --without-openloops --without-hjets
>>>>>>>>> --without-gosam --without-pythia --without-evtgen
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> when it installs Herwig-7.1.0.tar.bz2
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I still have the gsl issue…
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> so i am quite blocked.
>>>>>>>>> Ciao,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 03/06/2018 11:39 AM, Christian Reuschle wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> that sounds strange. Anyway, then I hold off for now in contacting
>>>>>>>> David. Let me know if there are further issues.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Just out of curiosity. Which versions of Hw7 and ThePEG are you using?
>>>>>>>> I'm just asking since with every Hw version there always a
>>>>>>>> corresponding ThePEG version that should go with it. For Hw7.1.1 it
>>>>>>>> should be ThePEG2.1.1, for For Hw7.1.2 it should be ThePEG2.1.2, etc.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>> On 06 Mar 2018, at 17:21, Marco Zaro <m.zaro at nikhef.nl
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:m.zaro at nikhef.nl>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>>>>>> thanks, in the meanwhile I discovered I had ThePeg21 already
>>>>>>>>>> installed, so passing its path solves the problem, or at least it
>>>>>>>>>> seems…
>>>>>>>>>> I will write you if I have other problems
>>>>>>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 06 Mar 2018, at 17:18, Christian Reuschle <creuschle at hep.fsu.edu
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:creuschle at hep.fsu.edu>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> at the moment I can't see what's wrong in your installation line at
>>>>>>>>>>> first glance. I have to say, though, I never use the bootstrap
>>>>>>>>>>> script, but rather do the installation manually. If that's okay I
>>>>>>>>>>> would like to forward your issue to David Grellscheid, who
>>>>>>>>>>> initially wrote the bootstrap script. Would that be okay?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 03/06/2018 11:13 AM, Marco Zaro wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks for the help.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I am currently trying to install H7 with the ./bootstrap script,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but specifying some paths to libraries that I already have.
>>>>>>>>>>>> the command I use is
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./herwig-bootstrap HW7 --with-boost=boost_1_64_0/
>>>>>>>>>>>> --with-fastjet=fj/ --with-hepmc=HepMC2/ --with-lhapdf=LHAPDF6/
>>>>>>>>>>>> --with-rivet=rivet/local --with-gsl=rivet/local/
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> It complains it cannot find GSL (It is inside rivet/local,
>>>>>>>>>>>> together with yoda)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> checking for gsl location... not found
>>>>>>>>>>>> configure: error: Can't find rivet/local//lib/libgsl.a or the
>>>>>>>>>>>> headers in rivet/local//include
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> however, inside rivet/local/lib I have libgsl.a, and also
>>>>>>>>>>>> rivet/local/include/gsl/ exists as a folder and contains the
>>>>>>>>>>>> headers. In rivet/local/bin I have the three executables
>>>>>>>>>>>> *rivet/local/bin/gsl-config**rivet/local/bin/gsl-histogram**rivet/local/bin/gsl-randist*
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> What is going wrong?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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