Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting: Installation

Setting the Fortran compiler to be used by f2py (pip)

When executing pip install clawpack or python setup.py install, if you get an error like:

error: f90 not supported by GnuFCompiler

then f2py is trying to use your f77 compiler. This may happen even if you also have an f90 compiler like gfortran installed. In this case, pip install will not work; you should download a tarball or clone the code from Github. Then, in order to see the compilers detected by f2py, run:

python setup.py config_fc --help-fcompiler

Then to install using a different compiler, do e.g.:

python setup.py config_fc --fcompiler=gfortran install

You may replace gfortran with the compiler you wish to use.

Trouble running “make .exe”

If the code does not compile, check the following:

• Make sure your environment variable CLAW is set properly:

  $ printenv CLAW
  

  to print the value. The Makefiles use this variable to find the common Makefile and library routines.

  If you get the error message:

  Makefile:154: /clawutil/src/Makefile.common: No such file or directory
  

  then CLAW is not set properly. It is looking for the file $CLAW/clawutil/src/Makefile.common and if CLAW is not set, the path will be missing.

• Make sure your environment variable FC is set properly. This should be set to the command used to invoke the Fortran compiler, e.g. gfortran.

  If you get an error like:

  make[1]: gfortran: No such file or directory
  

  then the gfortran compiler is not being found.

Trouble running “make .data”

If there are errors in the setrun function (usually defined in setrun.py) then the these may show up when you try to “make .data” since this function must be executed.

See Specifying classic run-time parameters in setrun.py for information about the setrun function.

Trouble running “make .output”

If you want to re-run the code and you get:

$ make .output
make: `.output' is up to date.

then you can force it to run again by removing the file .output:

$ rm -f .output
$ make .output

This happens for example if you changed something that you know will affect the output but that isn’t in the Makefile’s set of dependencies.

You can also do

$ make output

(with no dot before output) to run the code without checking dependencies. See Clawpack Makefiles for more details and warnings.

Trouble running “make .plots”

The Python plotting routines require NumPy and matplotlib. See Python Hints for information on installing these.

If there are errors in the setplot function (usually defined in setplot.py) then the these may show up when you try to “make .plots” since this function must be executed. See Using setplot.py to specify the desired plots.

You can also do

$ make plots

(with no dot before plots) to plot the output without checking dependencies. This will never run the code, it will only attempt to plot the output files found in _output directory (or wherever the OUTDIR variable in the Makefile points).

See Clawpack Makefiles for more details and warnings.