Dear Kenneth, Kenneth Hoste <[email protected]> writes:
> Dear Loris, > > On 13/08/2020 15:31, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Loris Bennett <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Loris Bennett <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am trying to write an EC for pyPaSWAS: >>>> >>>> https://github.com/swarris/pyPaSWAS >>>> >>>> Under installation it says: >>>> >>>> In most cases it is enough to clone the repository >>>> >>>> and there is no 'setup.py' >>>> >>>> I tried using 'PythonPacakge' but skipping the install step, but the >>>> sanity check failed since the following directory >>>> >>>> >>>> ~/easybuild/software/pyPaSWAS/3.6-fosscuda-2019b-Python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ >>>> >>>> is empty. >>>> >>>> Can PythonPackage be used in such cases or should I be using 'CmdCp' >>>> instead? >>> >>> If I use 'CmdCp' it seems I just need to unpack the downloaded file via >>> 'cmds_map': >>> >>> sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz'] >>> cmds_map = [(sources[0], 'tar -zxf %(source)s')] >> >> This leads to everything ending up in >> >> ~/easybuild/software/pyPaSWAS/3.6-fosscuda-2019b-Python-3.7.4/ >> >> whereas looking at a module like 'matplotlib' the path should maybe more like >> >> >> ~/easybuild/software/pyPaSWAS/3.6-fosscuda-2019b-Python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ >> >> How would I create >> >> lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages >> >> in my EC and then get tar to extract into there? > > The site-packages directory is automatically created by Python installation > tools like pip or when installing via setup.py (which usually means using > setuptools). > > There's no strict requirement for that directory though. > > In your case, I would use the 'Tarball' easyblock (which just unpacks the > sources and copies it to the installation directory), and update $PYTHONPATH > via > modextrapaths, like so: > > modextrapaths = {'PYTHONPATH': ''} > > (the value passed is relative to the installation directory, hence '') > > > Do let us know if this helps... Yes, indeed it did. Thanks, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email [email protected]
