install_MMTK.txt

How to install the MMTK python package

On Mac (10.10)

install anaconda
create an environment with anaconda specifically for MMTK (needs numpy<1.9):
- conda create -n mmtk numpy=1.8.2
active that environment
- source activate mmtk
install netcdf and cython:
- conda install libnetcdf
- conda install netcdf4
- conda install cython
get scientificpython (NOT the same thing as scipy)
- hg clone https://bitbucket.org/khinsen/scientificpython
get mmtk
- hg clone https://bitbucket.org/khinsen/mmtk
set netcdf location in the terminal
- export NETCDF_PREFIX=${HOME}/anaconda/envs/mmtk
set the cython compilation flag
- export COMPILE_CYTHON=1
compile scientificpython -- go to scientificpython dir and
- python setup.py build
- python setup.py install
cd to mmtk dir, and set (other??) cython flag:
- export MMTK_USE_CYTHON=1
- python setup.py build
- python setup.py install
install ipython
- conda install ipython
open ipython and append the location of the MMTK shared objects to the sys.path, and remove the incorrect location
- import sys
- sys.path.append('/Users/<username>/anaconda/envs/mmtk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MMTK/darwin')
- sys.path.remove('/Users/<username>/bin/mmtk/MMTK/darwin')
use MMTK:
- import MMTK
to get ipython notebook working, need more packages from conda:
- conda install pyzmq
- conda install jinja2
- conda install tornado
- conda install jsonschema
then the following should work
- ipython notebook


On Linux

create numpy 1.8 environment with anaconda as above

get old stable mmtk:
https://sourcesup.renater.fr/frs/download.php/file/2716/MMTK-2.6.1.tar.gz


install netcdf4 libraries via anaconda, but need a version that doesn't force an update of numpy past 1.8

- conda install netcdf4=1.0.8

compile with cython enabled

need to append to sys.path:
sys.path.append('/net/roos/home3/zuckerman/<username>/anaconda/envs/numpy1.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MMTK/linux2')