Installation¶
Before we start, make sure you are on a linux machine, OSX machine or a linux virtual machine. OSX users must install the developer version, (pip packages are not compiled for OSX for now). On Windows 10 an Ubuntu Linux subsystem can installed via WSL, which should offer better performance than a virtual machine.
Spam works on Python 3.6+.
The install process is in two steps: installing system dependencies, then installing spam.
If you “just” want to use spam, please follow Installing system dependencies corresponding to your system, then Set up a Python virtual environment for spam, then follow the Install spam with pip (for users). This means using pip to install spam, you’ll have occasional updates and will not be able to contribute code.
If you want to contribute to spam, or a cutting-edge version (which is less stable), please follow Installing system dependencies, then Set up a Python virtual environment for spam, and then Install spam with git (for developers).
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Installing system dependencies¶
This step is required for both user and developer install. The installation of these required packages (for spam compilation and for some of our Python dependencies). The details of this step is very system-dependent, please see below for your system:
Note: we use R and rpy2 only for the generation of random fields. It’s considered on optional dependency, however test_excursions.py will fail without it.
System dependencies for Debian/Ubuntu Linux¶
If you’re on Debian/Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo apt install git python3-dev python3-virtualenv python3-tk gcc g++ libeigen3-dev r-base r-cran-randomfields libicu-dev libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libcgal-dev gmsh libfreetype6-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-devNow you’re ready to go to: Set up a Python virtual environment for spam
System dependencies for Scientific Linux 6.9¶
Warning: This is probably out of date.
If you’re on Scientific Linux 6.9 (and you don’t want to update to a reasonably modern distribution, e.g., it’s installed on a cluster):
$ sudo yum install epel-release $ sudo sh -c 'wget -qO- http://people.redhat.com/bkabrda/scl_python27.repo >> /etc/yum.repos.d/scl.repo' $ sudo yum install git swig python27 python27-python-libs python27-runtime python27-python-devel python-pip python-virtualenv gcc eigen3-devel R gmp-devel mpfr-develNow you’re ready to go to: Set up a Python virtual environment for spam
System dependencies to install for other Linux distributions¶
For other linux installations our dependencies are currently:
- Python components:
python3 and python3 development files
python3 virtual env (highly recommended to not install spam right into the system)
python3 tk libraries for matplotlib
- Compilation dependencies:
gcc and/or g++
eigen3 development files
CGAL development files
- External programs we call:
R
gmsh
- Dependencies of the pip packages we use:
libfreetype6-dev (for matplotlib)
libxml2-dev
libxslt-dev
libicu-dev
libgmp-dev
libmpfr-dev
Once these are install you’re ready to go to: Set up a Python virtual environment for spam
System dependencies for OSX 10.14¶
Install
xcodeInstall the following packages from source e.g., to /usr/local, or with homebrew (e.g., brew install cmake). Homwbrew is recommended for simplicity.
cmake
eigen3
gmsh 4.4.1
gmp
mpfr
cgal
install Python 3.7.4 package from python.org for OSX
(optional, see above) install R 3.6.1 package from R for OSX. The rpy2 Python module requires llvm to compile correctly (since there is no openMP support in Apple’s clang).
Install llvm with homebrew (e.g., brew install llvm) - or the instructions from llvm.org for installing llvm from source (with the clang component), and install openmp from llvm.org as well.
llvm may require that you install OSX SDK headers using the following command (which in turn require the Xcode command line tools):
$ xcode-select --install $ open /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkgadd the following to ~/.profile:
# general /usr/local variables , also needed by brew export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib ########### # for LLVM: export LLVM_PREFIX=/usr/local/opt/llvm # or your llvm install location if not using brew export PATH=$PATH:$LLVM_PREFIX/bin export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:$LLVM_PREFIX/lib export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH:$LLVM_PREFIX/lib export CC=$LLVM_PREFIX/bin/clang export CXX=$LLVM_PREFIX/bin/clang++ #the following line may not be needed on all installations export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolcha\ in/usr/include/c++/v1 #if LLVM came with brew you may need this too: export KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK=TRUE #############Thanks to Adrian Sheppard, Steve Hall, and Ryan Hurley for these OSX install notes.
Now you’re ready to go to: Set up a Python virtual environment for spam
System dependencies for Windows 10¶
If you’re on Windows 10, please install Ubuntu 18.04 WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), and follow System dependencies for Debian/Ubuntu Linux.
In order for graphs and images to appear with matplotlib you need to first install VcXsrv and have it running (otherwise XMing can also work). In your Ubuntu subsystem you must then run the following in the terminal:
echo "export DISPLAY=:0;" >> ~/.bashrcNow you’re ready to go to: Set up a Python virtual environment for spam.
Note: If you’d like to run VSCode in Windows 10 and run spam in WSL it is possible, please follow these three links.
Set up a Python virtual environment for spam¶
If the dependencies above installed correctly, now you can go ahead and create a virtual environment for spam. If you’re using Anaconda, please see this note: Installing into Anaconda Environment.
You can create the virtual environment any writable folder on your computer. The virtual environment is created, in the folder you want, using:
$ virtualenv -p python3 spam
This will create a virtual environment called spam in the folder spam. You can then activate the virtual environment:
$ source spam/bin/activate
(spam) $
You should see (spam) written at the beginning of your command line.
You will need to activate this virtual environment in the terminal each time you want to use spam – check for the (spam) at the command prompt!
You should then upgrade your virtual environment to the latest version of pip and setuptools:
(spam) $ pip install -U pip setuptools
Congratulations, now that your virtual environment is set up, you can either:
Install spam with pip (for users)¶
Execute the following line…
(spam) $ pip install spamspam should now be installed! Check whether:
(spam) $ spam-ldic --helpprints out the help for the function, if it does, you’re done!
Install spam with git (for developers)¶
1. Clone spam¶
It can be cloned anywhere on the computer. For example in a folder ~/bin. Before cloning go to the directory:
$ cd ~/bin/
Then clone the repository:
$ git clone https://gricad-gitlab.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/spam.git
Now cd into the spam directory that has been downloaded:
$ cd spam
2. Set up virtual environment¶
Activate the previously-created virtual environment:
$ source path/to/virtualenv/spam/bin/activate
(spam) $
Install pip requirements:
(spam) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
and (optionally) the development tools to calculate coverage, rpy2, and build documentation:
(spam) $ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
3. Install spam into the virtualenv¶
(spam) $ python setup.py install
In the future, when you do
(spam) $ git pull
to download the latest version of the code, you’ll have to repeat setup install above.
Installing Jupyter for use with spam (optional)¶
You need to install Jupyter (with pip or you package manager).
If you work in a virtualenv, you have to add ipykernel in it :
(spam) $ pip install ipykernel
and declare your virtualenv in Jupyter :
(spam) $ python -m ipykernel install --user --name=spam
Then you should be able to select this kernel from Jupyter and download the Jupyter Notebook files from the examples.
Installing into Anaconda Environment¶
If you’re using an Anaconda Python environment, and you want to install spam from pip please try the following:
conda create -n spam python=3.7
conda activate spam
pip install spam
spam-ldic --help
Thanks to Jan-Willem Buurlage for the tip.
Problem with tifffile ?¶
You may find that tifffile complains that it needs a c file to compile _tifffile.
It is not a spam issue but a pip/tifffile one.
It happens when you build tifffile for the first time in a virtualenv without numpy.
After that, the packages without C extension is cached, and each time you pip install, you will use the cached version…
Quick solution, install tifffile with no-cache-dir option :
(spam) $ pip --no-cache-dir install tifffile
Longer and cleaner solution :
get and rm the cached package:
(spam) $ pip uninstall tifffile (spam) $ pip --verbose install tifffile|grep cached ... Using cached wheel link: file:///path/to/file (spam) $ rm /path/to/file
uninstall and reinstall in an env with numpy :
(spam) $ pip install numpy (spam) $ pip --verbose install tifffile |grep tiffile.so ... adding 'tifffile/_tifffile.so' ...
Running spam with docker¶
With this method you don’t need to install spam to run it. You only need to install docker.
We’ve created a docker image based on stretch and python 3.7 with spam and all its dependencies already installed on it. This way you won’t have to install anything to run your programs.
1. Pull the image¶
$ docker pull gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam
2. Input/output folder on the host¶
On your computer (the host), have a folder with all your input data and scripts. The output files will be written in this folder too, as if you were running your script directly on the host.
WARNING: avoid reading and writing outside of this directory.
For example your folder can look like this:
/home/user/myfolder/
im1.tif
im2.tif
myscript.py
3. Run your script¶
You can now run you script with the following command (change /home/user/myfolder/) with the actual path of your folder on the host.
$ docker run --rm -v /home/user/myfolder:/r --workdir /r gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam python myscript.py
You can also directly use spam commands
$ docker run --rm -v /home/user/myfolder:/r --workdir /r gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam spam-ldic --help
4. Jupyter notebooks¶
Finally you can run the image as a jupyter notebook server accessible at http://127.0.0.1:8888 with the command
$ docker run --rm -p 8888:8888 -v /home/user/myfolder:/work/notebooks/myfolder gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam
where -v /home/user/myfolder:/work/notebooks/myfolder binds your host folder with the container. It means that all inputs/outputs will be read/written in /home/user/myfolder.
5. Development¶
It is possible to develop spam with the help of docker to avoid having to install all dependencies on your computer. You only need to clone the source on your host:
[/home/user] $ git clone git@gricad-gitlab.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr:ttk/spam.git
which will put the source code in
/home/user/spam
Then you can run a spam container (with all dependencies) and bind your source code folder with the container (only modify /home/user/spam to meet your actual path):
$ docker run -it --rm -v /home/user/spam:/work --workdir /work gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam bash
which will lead you to a bash terminal on the container in the spam source folder. The workflow can be as follow:
On the container: compile and execute spam
On the host: modify spam with your IDE, look at output files and handle git.
__Note:__ there is no need to keep a container alive and you can use standalone command for each step on the container:
$ # install
$ docker run -it --rm -v /home/user/spam:/work --workdir /work gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam python setup.py install
$ # test
$ docker run -it --rm -v /home/user/spam:/work --workdir /work gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam pytest
$ # doc
$ docker run -it --rm -v /home/user/spam:/work --workdir /work gricad-registry.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ttk/docker-ttk/spam python setup build_sphinx
Installing docker¶
We recommend following the official instructions to install docker. However on debian based systems you can follow these steps:
$ sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
$ echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
$ sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock