[Rivet] Python, Rivet 1.20, CERN AFS, LXBATCH

[Terrance Figy]

Hello Andy,
I added Python 2.5 to my path variable. This did the trick. Now, I  
can fully utilize the lxbatch system. I'll look into getting things  
to work on SL5 later.
I found when compiling rivet for SL5 that I had to install GSL. Upon  
compiling Sherpa, I recieved a bunch of complaints.
Things are starting to improve in the cern th group regarding  
computing. So, I figured I'd try using lxbatch again.
I think people at Durham will be happy about that. I won't be using  
the desktop system anymore. This week I was able to compile rivet and  
sherpa and link them on the AFS system.
I never thought that would happen. I appreciate you help.
Cheers,
Terrance





On 18 Mar 2010, at 20:30, Andy Buckley wrote:

> Ah, that's probably because SLC5 is a complete mess when it comes to
> compilers, libraries, etc.: the LCG libraries like HepMC, Fastjet,  
> etc.
> are all built with compilers other than the ones that are available as
> standard on the SLC5 system! (I did mention that this seemed a bit  
> dumb
> about a year ago, but the lxplus team didn't see the problem!)
>
> So when using lxplus5 you should first source the setup for a  
> useful LCG
> compiler, e.g.
>
> . /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/contrib/gcc/4.3/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/setup.sh
>
> This is what I did when testing Rivet 1.2.0 pre-release copies on
> lxplus5, and they worked fine. I guess this should be added to the  
> Rivet
> wiki!
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> On 18/03/10 19:21, Terrance Figy wrote:
>> I tried compiling rivet-1.2.0 for slc5 and didn't have any luck  
>> with it.
>> -Terrance
>>
>>
>> On 18 Mar 2010, at 20:15, Andy Buckley wrote:
>>
>>> I recommend using SLC5 at CERN when possible: lxplus5.cern.ch  
>>> should be
>>> enough. If that's not an option, then I know that there are  
>>> Python 2.5
>>> setups on AFS -- the ATLAS software uses one, for sure -- maybe  
>>> the CERN
>>> helpdesk could advise on how to set up the shell environment to  
>>> use one
>>> of those?
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18/03/10 15:24, Eike von Seggern wrote:
>>>> Hi Terrance,
>>>>
>>>> the old Python 2.3 on SL 4 is probably the culprit. It's missing  
>>>> some
>>>> language constructs modern Python version have.
>>>>
>>>> Can you please try the attached patch. You can apply it like this:
>>>>
>>>> cd
>>>> /afs/cern.ch/user/t/terrance/rivet-1.2.0/local/lib64/python2.3/ 
>>>> site-packages/
>>>>
>>>> patch -p0 < PATH/TO/lighthisto.patch
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>     eike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:44 +0100, Terrance Figy wrote:
>>>>> Dear Rivet developers,
>>>>> I was wondering if you could help me understand why the aida2flat
>>>>> script crashes. Should I be using phython 2.5.  Cern AFS seems be
>>>>> using 2.3 by default on the SL4.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> bash-3.00$ aida2flat -help
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/afs/cern.ch/user/t/terrance/rivet-1.2.0/local/bin/aida2flat",  
>>>>> line
>>>>> 5, in ?
>>>>>     import lighthisto
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/afs/cern.ch/user/t/terrance/rivet-1.2.0/local/lib64/python2.3/ 
>>>>> site-packages/lighthisto.py",
>>>>> line 18
>>>>>     for code,name in codepoint2name.iteritems()
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Terrance
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Dr Andy Buckley
>>> SUPA Advanced Research Fellow
>>> Particle Physics Experiment Group, University of Edinburgh
>>>
>>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
>>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Dr Andy Buckley
> SUPA Advanced Research Fellow
> Particle Physics Experiment Group, University of Edinburgh
>
> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
>