scitech December 2018

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OpenMPI COPRs
by Orion Poplawski 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

I've been working on the following COPRs: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/scitech/openmpi3.1/ https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/scitech/openmpi4.0/ And collecting notes on problems here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jBK_lnsOMcAsgGj8qr0-1Db6wtiegrFQExF… https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U2YobgRn592CFoiKBxCFvCNTf0vqozTyVYo… Many of the 4.0 builds fail because I've left in (for now) the default dropping of the MPI1 API. That affects a bunch of things. I've filed some upstream bugs on many of the issues. There are some worrying "Illegal instruction" failures on Fedora Rawhide x86_64 builds for a number of packages that I haven't yet tracked down. -- Orion Poplawski Manager of NWRA Technical Systems 720-772-5637 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion(a)nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 https://www.nwra.com/

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Re: Octave package install
by Morgan Hough 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Gotcha, thanks. Good to know. On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 11:50 AM Dave Love <dave.love(a)manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > Morgan Hough <morgan.hough(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > Thanks Dominik > > > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 12:02 AM Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski < > > dominik(a)greysector.net> wrote: > > > >> Hello, Morgan. > >> > >> On Sunday, 02 December 2018 at 12:06, Morgan Hough wrote: > >> > Hi fedora-scitech-sig, > >> > > >> > I am testing some of the scitech packages and just wanted to know what > >> was > >> > expected behavior. If I install Octave should I then be able to > install > >> > octave packages from octave-forge? I am trying to install dicom with > "pkg > >> > install -forge dicom" and I receive the error message: > >> > > >> > pkg: unable to find the mkoctfile command, Octave installation is > >> incomplete > >> > > >> > Is there an additional package I should install via dnf to use > octave's > >> > internal package install mechanism, is there additional environment > >> > configuration to do or is this just not supported at this time which > is > >> > fine. Thanks in advance for your time. > >> > >> dnf install /usr/bin/mkoctfile > > Generally you should expect to need <name>-devel to install add-ons for > <name>, be they Octave, R, Python, etc. >

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Resurrecting the FEniCS packaging effort
by Jason L Tibbitts III 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

So a while back (i.e. maybe six years ago) there was an effort ongoing to get the FEniCS suite (https://fenicsproject.org/) packaged properly in Fedora. It appears that effort rolled up a few years ago without being completed, though a few of the required packages are still in the distribution. Now some researchers here are wanting to use FEniCS and they're expecting me to make it work for them. Currently they're trying to install it through that mess that is Anadonda (but not that Anaconda, the other one that stole the name). It seems this comes in as several gigabytes of precompiled crap including its own C compiler, copies of system libraries like libibstcd++ and boost, its own version of Qt, and other horrific things I didn't even try to delve into. Why anyone thought this was a good idea, I'll never know, but there it is. So, I'd like to look into what it would take to get things going again. But the problem is that I know nothing about FEniCS and will certainly never use the software myself, which makes me something less than a perfect candidate for a maintainer. Is there anyone else here that might be interested in having this software around in Fedora who might be able to help with maintainership? Here's a rundown on the current status of the FEniCS-related packages: * python-ufl, python-instant and python-fiat are currently in the distribution (owned by Fabian Affolter) but about 2.5 years out of date. * python-ufc was in the distribution but has been orphaned and retired since 2015. But I don't think it's needed currently. * python-viper isn't actually needed, I guess. * python-ffc and dolfin never completed review. * python-dijitso appears to be a new dependency. * I'm not sure if my folks need mshr. It (of course) seems to bundle CGAL and Tetgen, both of which are already packaged. I don't yet know if any new requirements have shown up in the past few years. But if not, it looks like the effort involved is updating three packages and then getting three new packages made and into the distribution. Fortunately there are existing specfiles to crib from for two of those three (and for the most part, the python modules aren't terrible to package in any case). So, is anyone interested in chipping in? Even if it's just with package reviews, that could be a great help. - J<

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Octave package install
by Morgan Hough 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Hi fedora-scitech-sig, I am testing some of the scitech packages and just wanted to know what was expected behavior. If I install Octave should I then be able to install octave packages from octave-forge? I am trying to install dicom with "pkg install -forge dicom" and I receive the error message: pkg: unable to find the mkoctfile command, Octave installation is incomplete Is there an additional package I should install via dnf to use octave's internal package install mechanism, is there additional environment configuration to do or is this just not supported at this time which is fine. Thanks in advance for your time. Cheers, -Morgan

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