problem with alps - python - Comp-phys-alps-users

19 Jan 2011


      Dear friends,
I am trying to install ALPS and my interest is to use it in
combination with python, which I am still learning. The installation
has so far been more or less easy. However I am stuck with a problem
with python. Possibly its only python
I downloaded
alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost.tar.gz
and followed the instructions in
http://alps.comp-phys.org/mediawiki/index.php/Download_and_install_ALPS_2#Bu...
for a generic distribution, until
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make test
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where some errors are reported:
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$ make test
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The following tests FAILED:
      1 - ising_single (Failed)
      2 - loop_single (Failed)
      3 - exchange (Failed)
     90 - python_hlist_test (Failed)
     91 - python_mcdata (Failed)
     92 - python_pyhdf5 (Failed)
Errors while running CTest
make: *** [test] Error 8
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Some of them are trivial, I think. Namely, for the Ising model instead
of having an error of exactly 0, the error is of the order of 10^-8.
However for the python part it is mode problematic. I managed to trace
back the errors to the command
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carlosp@papa ~/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps
$ /usr/bin/ctest --force-new-ctest-process -V
UpdateCTestConfiguration  from
:/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps/DartConfiguration.tcl
UpdateCTestConfiguration  from
:/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps/DartConfiguration.tcl
Test project /home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps
Constructing a list of tests
Done constructing a list of tests
Checking test dependency graph...
test 1
    Start 1: python_hlist_test
1: Test command: /usr/bin/cmake -Dcmd=hlist_test.py -Dinput=hlist_test
-Doutput=hlist_test
-Dsourcedir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps
-Dbinarydir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps
-Dcmddir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps
-P /home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/config/run_python_test.cmake
1: Test timeout computed to be: 9.99988e+06
1: CMake Error at
/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/config/run_python_test.cmake:33
(message):
1:   error runing test 'python_hlist_test.py': Traceback (most recent call
1:   last):
1:
1:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps/hlist_test.py",
line 28, in <module>
1:       from pyalps.hlist import HList
1:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/lib/pyalps/__init__.py",
line 38, in <module>
1:       from tools import *
1:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/lib/pyalps/tools.py",
line 31, in <module>
1:       import tempfile
1:     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/tempfile.py", line 34, in <module>
1:       from random import Random as _Random
1:     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/random.py", line 45, in <module>
1:       from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as
_e, ceil as _ceil
1:
1:   ImportError: cannot import name pi
1:
1:   ; shell output: 1!
1:
1:
1/3 Test #1: python_hlist_test ................***Failed    0.09 sec
test 2
    Start 2: python_mcdata
2: Test command: /usr/bin/cmake -Dcmd=mcdata.py -Dinput=mcdata
-Doutput=mcdata
-Dsourcedir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps
-Dbinarydir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps
-Dcmddir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps
-P /home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/config/run_python_test.cmake
2: Test timeout computed to be: 9.99988e+06
2: CMake Error at
/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/config/run_python_test.cmake:33
(message):
2:   error runing test 'python_mcdata.py': Traceback (most recent call last):
2:
2:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps/mcdata.py",
line 30, in <module>
2:       from pyalps.alea import *
2:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/lib/pyalps/__init__.py",
line 38, in <module>
2:       from tools import *
2:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/lib/pyalps/tools.py",
line 31, in <module>
2:       import tempfile
2:     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/tempfile.py", line 34, in <module>
2:       from random import Random as _Random
2:     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/random.py", line 45, in <module>
2:       from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as
_e, ceil as _ceil
2:
2:   ImportError: cannot import name pi
2:
2:   ; shell output: 1!
2:
2:
2/3 Test #2: python_mcdata ....................***Failed    0.09 sec
test 3
    Start 3: python_pyhdf5
3: Test command: /usr/bin/cmake -Dcmd=pyhdf5.py -Dinput=pyhdf5
-Doutput=pyhdf5
-Dsourcedir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps
-Dbinarydir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps
-Dcmddir=/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps
-P /home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/config/run_python_test.cmake
3: Test timeout computed to be: 9.99988e+06
3: CMake Error at
/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/config/run_python_test.cmake:33
(message):
3:   error runing test 'python_pyhdf5.py': Traceback (most recent call last):
3:
3:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps/pyhdf5.py",
line 30, in <module>
3:       import pyalps.hdf5 as h5
3:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/lib/pyalps/__init__.py",
line 38, in <module>
3:       from tools import *
3:     File "/home/carlosp/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/lib/pyalps/tools.py",
line 31, in <module>
3:       import tempfile
3:     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/tempfile.py", line 34, in <module>
3:       from random import Random as _Random
3:     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/random.py", line 45, in <module>
3:       from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as
_e, ceil as _ceil
3:
3:   ImportError: cannot import name pi
3:
3:   ; shell output: 1!
3:
3:
3/3 Test #3: python_pyhdf5 ....................***Failed    0.09 sec
0% tests passed, 3 tests failed out of 3
Total Test time (real) =   0.28 sec
The following tests FAILED:
      1 - python_hlist_test (Failed)
      2 - python_mcdata (Failed)
      3 - python_pyhdf5 (Failed)
Errors while running CTest
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however the "bad" line seems to be working in normal python:
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carlosp@papa ~/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps $ python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Jan 19 2011, 11:02:33)
[GCC 4.4.4] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
...
...
...
from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as _e, ceil as _ceil
exit()
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my python version:
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carlosp@papa ~/Desktop/alps-2.0.0-r5363-src-with-boost/alps/test/pyalps
$ python -V
Python 2.6.6
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Thanks a lot for your help!
carlos