In case you have issues with downloading the AMD APP SDK executable, here's
a link to the .tar.bz2:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wFzg1vohDHeebZn14IK12KOhbodS-zvS
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:35 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
vasco.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you make sure you updated the sources.list and did an "sudo apt
> update; sudo apt upgrade"?
>
> Note: Because Ubuntu 17.04 is EOL'ed you'll have to change the
> sources.list to get apt-get to work properly. see:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48324701/google-compute-
> engine-ubuntu-17-04-zesty-does-no-longer-have-a-release-file
>
>
> As for the AMD APP SDK (OpenCL) download page, yeah it seems to be broken:
> https://community.amd.com/community/devgurus/opencl
>
> Thankfully I had a copy of it around here. I've put it up here:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NZ6Z6j4aRHlZpBrjJHeSwdmu-LJgEpSa
>
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 5:37 AM, Sreyansh Jain <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried with Ubuntu 17.04 but the error still remains the same. I believe
>> it is unable to read *expscan.h* file where perplex template is defined.
>> It is showing the same with both the latest as well as the r70379 version.
>>
>> In file included from /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode
>>> /src/express/express.c:86:0:
>>> /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode/src/express/parse_data.h:5:5: error:
>>> unknown type name ‘perplex_t’
>>> perplex_t scanner;
>>> ^~~~~~~~~
>>> /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode/src/express/express.c: In function
>>> ‘PARSERrun’:
>>> /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode/src/express/express.c:621:5: error:
>>> unknown type name ‘perplex_t’
>>> perplex_t scanner = perplexFileScanner( fp );
>>> ^~~~~~~~~
>>> src/other/stepcode/src/express/CMakeFiles/express.dir/build.make:529:
>>> recipe for target 'src/other/stepcode/src/expres
>>> s/CMakeFiles/express.dir/express.c.o' failed
>>> make[2]: *** [src/other/stepcode/src/expres
>>> s/CMakeFiles/express.dir/express.c.o] Error 1
>>> CMakeFiles/Makefile2:4685: recipe for target
>>> 'src/other/stepcode/src/express/CMakeFiles/express.dir/all' failed
>>> make[1]: *** [src/other/stepcode/src/express/CMakeFiles/express.dir/all]
>>> Error 2
>>> Makefile:160: recipe for target 'all' failed
>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>
>>
>> Also, the link you mentioned https://developer.amd.com/amd-
>> accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/ doesn't exist as of now.
>>
>> I've started with converting the HYP shot routine and will check its
>> performance once my working development environment develops.
>>
>>
>> Also, I went through the instructions to be followed and will make it a
>> point to give updates more frequently. Meanwhile, I had a few queries, both
>> general and specific:
>> - For acceptance as mentioned here
>> <http://brlcad.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code/Acceptance>, is there a specific
>> format (eg. in hard copy) or just a general mail in writing would do?
>> - For daily updates, do I start a new thread with just my mentor and
>> org-admin or in the group (also, in gsocax or in BRL-CAD developer mailing
>> list?)
>> - Would you prefer mail or other communication channel for daily update?
>> And any preferred timings for interaction?
>>
>> Warm Regards,
>>
>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>> *+91-9933958066*
>>
>> sreyanshjai...@gmail.com
>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Sreyansh Jain <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> @Sean - Disabling bundled build does help a lot if not completely.
>>>
>>> @Vasco - Thank you for the detailed instructions. While working with
>>> r30379 version on Ubuntu 16.04, I got the following few errors as mentioned
>>> in the list attached. I've mentioned both 'make' and 'make -j4' results
>>> with the hope of better understanding. While I try to tweak the code a bit
>>> to make it work (like using expscan.h file content), it somehow leads to
>>> even more errors. Any clue? I'll now try doing these on Ubuntu 17.04 the
>>> way you mentioned.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, since the deadline is approaching regarding the final proposal
>>> submission, do let me know if there are any changes to be made in the rough
>>> draft I submitted.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>>
>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>
>>> sreyanshjai...@gmail.com
>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 9:46 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison <
>>> brl...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 21, 2018, at 11:22 AM, Sreyansh Jain <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've tried symlinking awk to both gawk(4.1.3) and mawk, but I still get
>>>> the same error. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I've made the changes in the proposal. Now that I'm aware roughly
>>>> about the tasks to be done, I think it's better to stick to either one of
>>>> BOT plate mode or BREP support. If time permits, I'll do the other. I'll do
>>>> a bit of detailed background study in both cases to check which one should
>>>> be plausible in the given time frame and update it in the proposal
>>>> accordingly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There’s apparently some issue with our bundled libpng sources on your
>>>> system. Does disabling bundled build work? We usually recommend bundled
>>>> for simplicity, but the default should work too. Delete/Recreate your
>>>> build directory, then reconfigure:
>>>>
>>>> cd to the brlcad sources directory
>>>> rm -rf build
>>>> mkdir build
>>>> cd build
>>>> cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBRLCAD_ENABLE_OPENCL=ON
>>>> make
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
>
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