[Ifeffit] iXAFS3.0.2

[Matt Newville]

Hi All,

OK, I put a next attempt for a Mac distribution at
    http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ifeffit/src/iXAFS3.0.2.dmg

which should have some improvements.  I believe this should work on
10.6 without issue -- I tested it on one other system at work, and
everything launched without trouble.    The Python module should now
install well.

With earlier attempts, I still had problems with a 10.5 machine, and
suspected something wrong with i386 v x86_64.   So I rebuilt
everything (including perl) to be for i386 and ppc architectures, but
not x86_64.     In fact, I noticed some Aquaterm-related issues that
also seemed x86_64 v i386, and went back to using (and including in
the distribution) the standard issue Aquaterm1.0.1 that has i386 and
ppc binaries, but not x86_64.   Thus, iXAFS3.0.2 has no x86_64
binaries. For one thing, this makes the image "only" 60Mb.

I could not find suitable 10.5 or PowerPC machines at work, but will
test later today.

For PPC, the iXAFS launcher application is now universal, and runs on
PPC (G4) machine.  With an earlier incarnation (when x86_64 was still
included)  I could run the Ifeffit shell and Athena.  Unfortunately,
both Artemis and Hephaestus failed to load with
   dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: ___gcc_gmul
   Referenced from: ....local/bin/perl
   Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Hephaestus showed a splash screen, Artemis did not.  I grepped out all
the 'use' statements from Hephaestus, and these can all be loaded.  In
addition, all '*.bundle" files (Perl's binaries) claim to be universal
binaries (including ppc).     I don't really know what to make of
this, but will try again with the latest build.

Any feedback on what works and what doesn't would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

--Matt

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Looks like it works now on intel machines..
> I can run ifeffit from the iXAFS shell.
>
> The iXAFS app is not universal though, it is Intel only.
>
> Nice job Matt.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Sep 6, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Matt Newville wrote:
>
>> Hi Joel, All,
>>
>> Yes, sorry for that.  I'm still learning how to do this.  Here's the
>> latest news (some progress, incomplete):
>>
>> With Jeff's earlier message I looked into and solved at least one of
>> the problems:  that /Users/Newville/Codes/ifeffit/local/bin/perl
>> was all over the place and expected.  Of course, this worked when I
>> tested it on my own machine!!    I also found an issue with png
>> support.
>>
>> I put a 3.0.1 dmg with these changes at
>>    http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ifeffit/src/iXAFS3.0.1.dmg
>>
>> I believe this may work on 10.6 systems.
>>
>> I tried this on a 10.5.7, i386 system (Julie's).  The main iXAFS app
>> runs, but  I unfortunately get 'dyld' loading errors for all
>> executables (including perl and ifeffit).    I do not understand this,
>> as thhe executables are definitely listed as "universal", ut I suspect
>> it is a x86_64 v i386 issue.    If anyone does understand this, please
>> let me know.  FWIW, the machine I'm building on is less than 3 months
>> old, so I think it's x86_64, but 'arch' and 'uname -p' report i386.
>> On the build machine, running
>>   arch -x86_64 ifeffit
>> runs fine.
>>   arch -i386 ifeffit
>> runs, but Aquaterm does not generate a plot (using PGPLOT_DEV=/XS does
>> generate a plot with both settings).   So my sense is that my box is
>> really x86_64, but reports i386 and this may be causing trouble on
>> real i386 machines.
>>
>> What's stranger is that I also tried this on a very old G4 powerpc,
>> running 10.5.  Here the iXAFS.app does not run, and indeed
>> the iXAFS executable  (iXAFS.app/Contents/MacOS/iXAFS) is indeed i386
>> only.   But, the ifeffit application  DOES RUN(!!!) on this machine.
>> Perl runs too, but it appears I forgot to rebuild Ifeffit.pm for perl
>> after some change for png support because
>> perl -e 'use Ifeffit' still complains about png support.  This is
>> fixable.  I'll look into making the iXAFS launcher application be
>> universal.
>>
>> The python problem is definitely fixable too -- sorry for such poor testing!
>>
>> If you or Jeff or someone else wants to try this v3.0.1 out, that
>> would be fine, but there are definitely "known problems".   I'll make
>> a v3.0.2 with the perl and python fixes today.  I'll look into the
>> i386 v x86_64 issues too, but that will take some research...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --Matt
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Brugger, Joel (SAM)
>> <Joel.Brugger at samuseum.sa.gov.au> wrote:
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>> Not much luck with iXAFS3.0 so far.
>>>
>>> Under 10.5.8 (two macbooks), iXAFS crashes at startup.
>>>
>>> Under 10.6.4 (macbook pro), IXAFS opens, but clicking on athena/Artemis/Hephaestus only opens an X11 terminal.
>>>
>>> I think that somehow the installer expects perl to live in /Users/Newville/:
>>>
>>> $ pwd
>>> /Applications/iXAFS.app/Contents/Resources/local/bin
>>> b$ artemis
>>> -bash: /Applications/iXAFS.app/Contents/Resources/local/bin/artemis: /Users/Newville/Codes/ifeffit/local//bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>>> $
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I also tried to install python, but something must be wrong with setup.py since files are copied to /Users/Newville. I now have such an inhabitant on my HD thanks to sudo, but even then the install failed. See details below.
>>>
>>> Hope it’s nothing traumatic!
>>>
>>> Thanks, JOEL
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JoelMacBook-Silver:IfeffitPython-2.0.0 joelb$ python setup.py install
>>> running install
>>> running build
>>> running build_py
>>> creating build
>>> creating build/lib
>>> creating build/lib/Ifeffit
>>> copying lib/__init__.py -> build/lib/Ifeffit
>>> copying lib/Ifeffit.py -> build/lib/Ifeffit
>>> copying lib/ifeffit_config.py -> build/lib/Ifeffit
>>> copying lib/shell.py -> build/lib/Ifeffit
>>> running install_lib
>>> creating /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit
>>> copying build/lib/Ifeffit/__init__.py -> /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit
>>> copying build/lib/Ifeffit/Ifeffit.py -> /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit
>>> copying build/lib/Ifeffit/ifeffit_config.py -> /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit
>>> copying build/lib/Ifeffit/shell.py -> /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit
>>> byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
>>> byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit/Ifeffit.py to Ifeffit.pyc
>>> byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit/ifeffit_config.py to ifeffit_config.pyc
>>> byte-compiling /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Ifeffit/shell.py to shell.pyc
>>> running install_data
>>> creating /Users/Newville
>>> error: could not create '/Users/Newville': Permission denied
>>>
>>>
>>> Running as SUDO:
>>>
>>> JoelMacBook-Silver:IfeffitPython-2.0.0 joelb$ sudo python setup.py install
>>> Password:
>>> running install
>>> running build
>>> running build_py
>>> running install_lib
>>> running install_data
>>> creating /Users/Newville
>>> creating /Users/Newville/Codes
>>> creating /Users/Newville/Codes/ifeffit
>>> creating /Users/Newville/Codes/ifeffit/local
>>> creating /Users/Newville/Codes/ifeffit/local/bin
>>> error: can't copy 'ifeffit_shell.py': doesn't exist or not a regular file
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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