Build/Dependency issues when trying to install fwdpy11 0.19.0a0 on server

[BCFZzw]

Hello Kevin, this is Alouette. I encounter some dependency issues when trying to install the alpha version on the server. I tried to fix a few on my own but am quite stuck on this step. Here is my code:

module load gsl
module load rust
module load cmake
cargo install --force cbindgen
PATH="$PATH:~/.cargo/bin"

python3 -m venv fwdpy_test
source fwdpy_test/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade --pre fwdpy11

And the error file is attached. By loading rust and installing cbindgen, I was able to reach [2%] in the wheel (error log line 237 ). I don't know if the error is caused by the cbindgen or something else in the environment. I would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you so much in advance!
errorlog.txt

[molpopgen]

Aha. I think I have a goof -- can you python -m pip install wheel and then try fwdpy11? You should not need gsl/rust/cmake if there is an appropriate wheel for your system. If not, then I'll need to know more about your server setup.

[molpopgen]

What version of python3 is on your server?

[BCFZzw]

It's Python 3.8.10, trying the wheel command now

[BCFZzw]

Tried installing wheel, but the same issue came up. Here are some links to the documentation: I am on Narval, and using StdEnv/2020. Thank you!

[molpopgen]

Those links don't tell me what version of python you have -- can you please find that out and report back? I have a feeling that it is older than the minimum version needed by fwdpy11, else pip should find the wheel.

[molpopgen]

I see from your build error log that you have python3.8, which is the minimum supported.

There are 2 things to try:

1. python -m pip install --pre --upgrade fwdpy11 --only-binary fwdpy11 to try to force a wheel to be use for fwdpy11.
2. Manually download a wheel for python 3.8 + Linux from here
   • Then python -m pip install --pre wheel_file_name.whl

Important for option 2:

• Download the manylinux file for 3.8 and not the macos file!

For all options: be sure your venv is sourced!

[molpopgen]

I think that this discussion may be moot? I recently release 0.19.1 and bioconda builds are available for that. Additionally, Docker/podman/singularity are always alternatives to conda for HPC deployment. I plan to write more about that in the docs. There is already a section covering the basics.