[Rivet] problem in running Rivet with Dockers

Pietro Govoni pietro.govoni at cern.ch
Tue Aug 21 23:20:59 BST 2018


Hello Holger,

that was fast!
It works, thanks,

pietro


> On 21 Aug 2018, at 23:59, Holger Schulz <iamholger at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Pietro,
> 
> I just replaced the image on dockerhub.
> 
> Please do a
> 
> docker pull docker.io/hepstore/rivet:2.6.1
> The plotting now works fine. Sorry about that, it was an oversight
> on my behalf.
> 
> Let me know if you run into more problems and many thanks for 
> your feedback,
> 
> Holger
> 
> 
> On 21/08/18 16:30, Holger Schulz wrote:
>> Hi Pietro,
>> 
>> sure, no problem. I'll update the docker image to contain
>> a latex installation. I'll let you know once it's done.
>> 
>> Holger
>> 
>> 
>> On 21/08/18 16:27, Pietro Govoni wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear Rivet developers,
>>> 
>>> I am new to your software and to Dockers, and I am trying to start using the two on my MacBook Pro (op. system 10.13.6).
>>> After installing Dockers and getting the container hepstore/rivet:2.6.1, I can run the bash shell and Rivet itself (the command I tried is [1]).
>>> On the other hand, when I get to making the plots with rivet-mkhtml, I get the error: "ERROR: required program 'latex' could not be found. Exiting...".
>>> Now, I have latex on my computer, but I guess that rivet-mkhtml is searching for it in the Dockers container, where is not. I also tried (successfully) to install it there when running the bash shell, but I don't know how to update the container so that the installation remains there.
>>> 
>>> Would you please help me going forward?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> pietro
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [1] alias             rivet='docker run -i  --rm  -u `id -u $USER`:`id -g`  -v $PWD:$PWD -w $PWD  hepstore/rivet:2.6.1 rivet'
>>> [2 ]alias      rivet-mkhtml='docker run -i  --rm  -u `id -u $USER`:`id -g`  -v $PWD:$PWD -w $PWD  hepstore/rivet:2.6.1 rivet-mkhtml'
>>> 
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