Thank you for your advice, Bruce. After trying a few things that didn't work (I already had Wx installed through apt, so that wasn't the culprit), I attempted to remove Demeter entirely and reinstall it from scratch. This proved to be a serious mistake, as I presumably failed to completely purge my system, and now cannot even get any installed programs to run at all. Running ./Build Test produces lines upon lines of Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200), and attempting to run dathena outputs this garbage:

Can't locate PerlIO/utf8_strict.pm in @INC (you may need to install the PerlIO::utf8_strict module) (@INC contains: /home/melville/perl5/lib/perl5/5.22.1/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi /home/melville/perl5/lib/perl5/5.22.1 /home/melville/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi /home/melville/perl5/lib/perl5 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.22 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22 /usr/share/perl/5.22 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base .) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Mixin/Linewise/Readers.pm line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Mixin/Linewise/Readers.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Config/INI/Reader.pm line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Config/INI/Reader.pm line 5.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl/5.22/parent.pm line 20.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/IniReader.pm line 2.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/Config.pm line 31.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/Config.pm line 31.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter.pm line 191.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter.pm line 191.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 24.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 24.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/bin/dathena line 31.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/dathena line 31.
Use of uninitialized value $Larch::larch_exe in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Larch.pm line 288.
Can't exec "-q": No such file or directory at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Larch.pm line 288.

I've attached a full error log from the build test, but I'm hardly optimistic I can clean up my mess at this point. My current plan is to create a 19.10 partition just to run Demeter. Such is the life of a mediocre Linux user.

Thanks,
Jo Melville
 


On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 4:12 PM Jo Melville <melville@mit.edu> wrote:
Hello all,

I am having some troubles successfully building Demeter from source on my Linux machine. All dependencies appeared to install correctly -- a few errors pop up upon running ./Build test (full error report attached), but as best I could discern, the errors produced were the same as those reported in this recent message (https://www.mail-archive.com/ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/msg06782.html).

Athena appear to install correctly and even start correctly, but upon attempting to import any data file into Athena, the following error message pops up (screenshot also attached):
 
03:50:59 PM: Unknown warnings category 'experimental::script_run' at /usr/share/perl/5.22/warnings.pm line 254.
warnings::Croaker("Unknown warnings category 'experimental::script_run'") called at /usr/share/perl/5.22/warnings.pm line 332
warnings::unimport("warnings", "experimental::script_run") called at (eval 2455) line 1
Pod::Simple::BlackBox::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval 'no warnings "experimental::script_run";
                          qr/(*script_run: ^ .* $ )/x' called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Pod/Simple/BlackBox.pm line 74
require Pod/Simple/BlackBox.pm called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Pod/Simple/LinkSection.pm line 7
Pod::Simple::LinkSection::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Pod/Simple/LinkSection.pm called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Pod/Simple.pm line 9
Pod::Simple::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Pod/Simple.pm called at /usr/share/perl/5.22/Pod/Text.pm line 34
Pod::Text::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Pod/Text.pm called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena/PluginRegistry.pm line 13
Demeter::UI::Athena::PluginRegistry::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Demeter/UI/Athena/PluginRegistry.pm called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 2114
Demeter::UI::Athena::make_page(Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0), "PluginRegistry") called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena/IO.pm line 260
Demeter::UI::Athena::IO::test_plugins(Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0), "/home/melville/Documents/XAFS/Sample Projects/Athena and Arte"...) called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena/IO.pm line 168
Demeter::UI::Athena::IO::Import(Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0)) called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 890
Demeter::UI::Athena::OnMenuClick(Wx::Frame=HASH(0xab38570), Wx::CommandEvent=SCALAR(0xdaee6e0), Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0)) called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 808
Demeter::UI::Athena::__ANON__(Wx::Frame=HASH(0xab38570), Wx::CommandEvent=SCALAR(0xdaee6e0)) called at /usr/local/bin/dathena line 35
eval {...} called at /usr/local/bin/dathena line 35

03:50:59 PM: Unknown warnings category 'experimental::script_run' at /usr/share/perl/5.22/warnings.pm line 254.
warnings::Croaker("Unknown warnings category 'experimental::script_run'") called at /usr/share/perl/5.22/warnings.pm line 332
warnings::unimport("warnings", "experimental::script_run") called at (eval 2455) line 1
Pod::Simple::BlackBox::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval 'no warnings "experimental::script_run";
                          qr/(*script_run: ^ .* $ )/x' called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Pod/Simple/BlackBox.pm line 74
require Pod/Simple/BlackBox.pm called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Pod/Simple/LinkSection.pm line 7
Pod::Simple::LinkSection::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Pod/Simple/LinkSection.pm called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Pod/Simple.pm line 9
Pod::Simple::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Pod/Simple.pm called at /usr/share/perl/5.22/Pod/Text.pm line 34
Pod::Text::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Pod/Text.pm called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena/PluginRegistry.pm line 13
Demeter::UI::Athena::PluginRegistry::BEGIN() called at (eval 2455) line 1
eval {...} called at (eval 2455) line 1
require Demeter/UI/Athena/PluginRegistry.pm called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 2114
Demeter::UI::Athena::make_page(Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0), "PluginRegistry") called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena/IO.pm line 260
Demeter::UI::Athena::IO::test_plugins(Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0), "/home/melville/Documents/XAFS/Sample Projects/Athena and Arte"...) called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena/IO.pm line 168
Demeter::UI::Athena::IO::Import(Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0)) called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 890
Demeter::UI::Athena::OnMenuClick(Wx::Frame=HASH(0xab38570), Wx::CommandEvent=SCALAR(0xdaee6e0), Demeter::UI::Athena=HASH(0x28f21b0)) called at /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1/Demeter/UI/Athena.pm line 808
Demeter::UI::Athena::__ANON__(Wx::Frame=HASH(0xab38570), Wx::CommandEvent=SCALAR(0xdaee6e0)) called at /usr/local/bin/dathena line 35
eval {...} called at /usr/local/bin/dathena line 35
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 2455) line 1.

Ignoring this message allows Athena to import data correctly at first, but clicking some buttons will consistently and immediately cause the program to close, without even an error message popping up. Actions that will induce a crash range from selecting any Energy value besides 1 in column selection to things as innocuous as clicking Help>Show Tip.

As a result, though the program is (barely) usable, it is very unstable and prone to crashing without warning, causing frustrating data loss. I'm sure that this is due to some fault on my part during the installation process, and would welcome any guidance on how best to approach this issue.

Thanks,
Jo Melville
 

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PhD Candidate, Surendranath Group (2016-)
Contact: (620)-842-8756

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--
Jonathan "Jo" Melville
PhD Candidate, Surendranath Group (2016-)
Contact: (620)-842-8756

“People think of education as something they can finish.”
--Isaac Asimov