[kepler-dev] Ptolemy & Kepler installation and quick workflow tests

[Carlos A. Rueda]

Hi Chad,

Thanks for the key clarification. I followed your steps and
it now works! I only needed to upgrade to ant 1.6.2.

Thanks again.

carlos


Chad Berkley wrote:
> Hi again Carlos,
> 
> I also just noticed that you are using java 1.5 and ant 1.5.1.  I 
> currently use java 1.4.2_04 and ant 1.6.1.  I haven't tried the newest 
> java release on kepler so I can't vouch for it.  I know for a fact that 
> the ant version is important though.  You should probably upgrade it.
> 
> chad
> 
> Chad Berkley wrote:
> 
>> Hi Carlos,
>>
>> The best way to do this is to just use ant with kepler instead of 
>> running make for PTII.  Here are the steps I use:
>> $ wget 
>> http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptII4.0/ptII4.0.1.src.tar.gz
>> $ tar -zxf ptII4.0.1.src.tar.gz
>> $ cd ptII4.0.1
>> $ export PTII=`pwd`
>> $ cd ..
>> $ cvs co kepler
>> $ cd kepler
>> $ export KEPLER=`pwd`
>> $ ant ptolemy run-dev
>>
>> note that 'ant ptolemy' will compile the ptolemy release pointed to by 
>> PTII.  run-dev runs kepler without creating the gigantic jar files 
>> (this just cuts down on your startup time for development).  The 
>> reason you need to use ant from within kepler is that we have 
>> circumvented a major building block in the ptolemy system with the 
>> kepler code.  if you just build ptolemy with make, the ant build 
>> system won't copy the needed files from the kepler source to the 
>> ptolemy source.
>>
>> let me know if this doesn't work for some reason.
>>
>> chad
>>
>> Carlos A. Rueda wrote:
>>
>>> Starting from scratch on a linux system, please find attached
>>> a quick step-by-step tour you may find useful to trace the
>>> possible causes of our unsuccessful kepler tests.
>>>
>>> Thanks much.
>>>
>>> carlos
>>>
>>>