Yes, this crucial detail got by me the first time through. Now that the clone 
vs. install path is straightened out I have built and run tests successfully. 
Thanks for the assist.


On Feb 16, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Yuwei Cui <[email protected]> wrote:

> It is currently noted after the "Build and Install NuPIC" section on the 
> getting started page, which is easy to be ignored. 
> 
> It might be better to make this point clear in the .bashrc file. I suggest 
> the following change
> 
> # Installation path (must be different from the repo path)
> export NTA=$HOME/nta/eng
> # Target source/repo path. Defaults to $PWD
> export NUPIC=/path/to/repo
> # Convenience variable for temporary build files
> export BUILDDIR=/tmp/ntabuild
> # Number of jobs to run in parallel (optional)
> export MK_JOBS=3
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a place in the README or one Getting Started installation
> guides that we should note that? Where's the best place?
> ---------
> Matt Taylor
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> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Yuwei Cui <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This completely solved my problem. Yes, I should compile it in a different
> > directory. Thanks!
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Freeman 77 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was having the same issue, you do NOT want to build the code inside the
> >> nupic folder, it MUST be compiled in another directory as specified in the
> >> wiki.
> >> nupic: "$HOME/nupic"
> >> nta: "$HOME/nta/eng"
> >>
> >>
> >> El 15-02-2014, a las 19:24, "Yuwei Cui" <[email protected]> escribió:
> >>
> >> I have encountered the same problem with running the tests.
> >>
> >> Moreover, I also tried to run the python test example "hotgym" using
> >>
> >> $NUPIC/examples/opf/clients/hotgym/hotgym.py
> >>
> >> and got the following error
> >>
> >> from nupic.data.datasethelpers import findDataset
> >> ImportError: No module named nupic.data.datasethelpers
> >>
> >> Does anyone know what's wrong with the tests? Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Justin Souter <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> After building successfully (Mac OS X) I tried to run the tests via the
> >>> recommended commands:
> >>>
> >>> $NTA/bin/htmtest
> >>> $NTA/bin/testeverything
> >>>
> >>> But the target files can't be found.
> >>>
> >>> My $NTA is:
> >>>
> >>>  /Users/justin/dev/nupic/nta/eng
> >>>
> >>> I looked at the build log in /tmp/ntabuild/stdout.txt and I see the line:
> >>>
> >>> Entering 'nta'
> >>>
> >>> Followed several lines later by:
> >>>
> >>> Removing eng/
> >>>
> >>> So that explains why the test path is invalid, but why is the build
> >>> script deleting that directory?
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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