[Rivet] rivet bootstrap problems

[Ulrike Schnoor]

Hi Andy,

ok, the reason was that before, I was using python 2.4.2 (where the
"ctypes" module does not exist). Now I am using python 2.7.1 and the
bootstrap went through fine.

Thanks again for your support!
Ulrike



2011/3/16 Andy Buckley <andy.buckley at ed.ac.uk>:
> Hi Ulrike,
>
> This is an interesting system you're installing on! The problem is that
> an import of the "dl" Python module is failing... but that import is
> *already* a fallback in the case that the "ctypes" module is also
> missing! Maybe the PYTHONPATH variable is getting overwritten and so
> Python can't find its own standard library! Can you try this on your system:
>
> $ python
>>>> import ctypes
>>>> import dl
>
> and send us the output? I think that this problem would also probably
> break rivet itself when you try to run it, so it's worth solving properly.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
> On 16/03/11 14:23, Ulrike Schnoor wrote:
>> Hi Ben and Andy,
>>
>> thanks for your help! I am using Rivet 1.5.0 now and I have installed
>> the GSL. However, I am getting another error when running the
>> bootstrap (see attachment).
>>
>> Do you have an idea what could be the reason (and the fix) for that?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ulrike
>>
>>
>> 2011/3/16 Andy Buckley <andy.buckley at ed.ac.uk>:
>>> Also, please use Rivet 1.5.0 rather than 1.5.0a2: the latter is an alpha
>>> pre-release which was only tarred up for some user testing. In fact,
>>> I'll remove it now for that reason!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16/03/11 10:12, Ben Waugh wrote:
>>>> Hi Ulrike,
>>>>
>>>> You are missing the GSL (GNU Scientific Library) header files. On
>>>> RedHat-based systems they are in a package called "gsl-devel", and the
>>>> GSL libraries are in "gsl". You will need to install these, or the SLES
>>>> equivalent packages.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> On 16/03/11 10:05, Ulrike Schnoor wrote:
>>>>> Hi Rivet developers,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to install RIVET 1.5.0a2 on a Linux Networx PC-Farm
>>>>> running SLES 10 SP2 without AFS. To do this, I am running the
>>>>> bootstrapping script in the following way:
>>>>>
>>>>> ./rivet-bootstrap --prefix=$HOME/Programs/rivet-1.5.0a2local
>>>>>
>>>>> The configuration prints the messages shown in the attachment.
>>>>> According to the promt, I am asking you for help in this problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ulrike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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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.
>
>