Changes between Version 24 and Version 25 of DevNotes/DevGuide/CondaDevSetup

Timestamp:

Jun 5, 2018 10:33:46 AM (6 years ago)

Author:

richardh

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DevNotes/DevGuide/CondaDevSetup

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-== [=#anchor1 Step 6 - try the new qt gui (highly experimental work in progress)] ==
-''Some notes as of 18 Jan 2018 based on a Windows 7 install. Start with Git bash in your sasview directory.''
+== [=#anchor1 Step 6 - try the new qt gui (work in progress)] ==
+''Some notes, updated 5th June 2018, based on a Windows 7 install. Start with Git bash in your sasview directory.''
 
 source deactivate
@@ -68 +68 @@
 git checkout ESS_GUI
 
-''Look for sasview/build_tools/conda_py3_qt5_env.yml, open it in an editor, save it somewhere else outside of git control, '''remove''' any pip lines for sasview and sasmodels which will elsewise throw errors. ''
+''Look for sasview/build_tools/conda_py3_qt5_env.yml, open it in an editor, save it somewhere else outside of git control, '''remove''' in the pip section the lines for sasview and sasmodels, then '''add '''there - tinycc==1.1 the compiler for the models.''
 
-conda env create -f=/path to your new yml file/conda_py3_qt5_env_new.yml
+''[Note - if later whilst running sasview you have problems with models not compiling or loading, close sasview, delete the contents of the directory users/your-user-name/sasmodels/compiled_models, then re-start, which will force re-compilation using the current compiler.]''
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+conda env create -f=/path-to-your-new-yml-file/conda_py3_qt5_env_new.yml
 
 source activate qt5
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 python run.py
 
-''If run.py gives an error from line 1140 in readCategoryInfo, you likely have the old version of the categories file. Delete the file serial_cat.json from your user directory (C:\<username>\.sasview\ in Windows) and then run the latest *release* version of sasview. This will automatically generate the correct categories.json file.''
+''If run.py gives an error from line 1140 in readCategoryInfo, you likely have the old version of the categories file. Delete the file serial_cat.json from your user directory  ( c:/users/username/.sasview in Windows) and then run the latest *release* version of sasview. This will automatically generate the correct categories.json file.''
 
 ''You may then need to install 64 bit Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 compiler by following the link requested, as the latest changes to use only TinyCC compiler are not yet merged with this branch. Other useful conda commands:''