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BUILDING AND INSTALLING ASCEND |
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Thanks for downloading ASCEND! We hope you'll find it straight- |
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forward to set up and run ASCEND. If you have any comments on |
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your experience with this, we're very keen to hear about that. |
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Please check out the up-to-date contact details at: |
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https://ascendserver.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/ |
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There are older versions of this document, which include instructions |
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on how to build ASCEND with GNU Autotools. This may or may not work |
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with the version you are currently looking at. |
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https://ascendserver.cheme.cmu.edu/svn/ascend/code/branches/extfn/INSTALL.txt?view=log |
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BUILDING ON LINUX AND WINDOWS |
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To build ASCEND we recommend using SCons. This is supported |
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both on Windows (using the MinGW toolset), Mac OS X and Linux. |
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ASCEND provides two possible interfaces. The older, more mature |
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GUI is based on Tcl/Tk. A newer interface that is more in keeping |
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with modern GUI design is implemented using PyGTK, but it is still |
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missing some functionality and actively being developed. |
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Using SCons 0.96.92 or newer, see your build options by typing |
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scons -Qh |
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You can add your build options to a file in this directory |
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which you can create, called 'config.py'. Otherwise you can |
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specify your build options via the commandline. By default they will |
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be recorded in the file 'options.cache', so watch out for that if scons |
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seems to not be doing what you expected. |
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Then to build ASCEND, type |
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scons |
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SCons will tell you what version(s) of ASCEND it is able to build, and then |
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proceed to start the build. The PyGTK interface requires Python (which is |
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already present if you have SCons!). The Tcl/Tk interface requires that you |
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have Tcl/Tk and TkTable installed on your system. |
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For updates on this information, and PLATFORM-SPECIFIC INFORMATION, please check |
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http://ascendserver.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/index.php/BuildingAscend |
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For specific information on building the Python interface and |
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setting up the PyGTK GUI, please see |
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http://ascendserver.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/index.php/PythonWrapper |
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BUILDING ON SOLARIS |
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Some work has been done on building on Solaris, using Python 2.3. At present |
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it's pretty close but not yet stable. If you can help out, let us know. |
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RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME |
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If you've build ASCEND from source, you don't need to 'install' |
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it before you can run it. The main issue with running from the |
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source directories is that you need to set various environment |
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variables: |
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ASCENDLIBRARY |
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Location of the 'models' directory, eg ~/src/ascend-NNN/models |
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
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Must contain the paths to the ascend shared libraries, in |
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particular libascend.so, or for the Tcl/Tk interface, also |
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libascendtcl.so. |
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It can often be easier to simply install in your home directory |
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as shown below. |
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ISSUES WITH THE TCL/TK INTERFACE |
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It can sometimes be a bit challenging to build the Tcl/Tk |
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interface. ASCEND can run with Tcl/Tk version 8.4 but it is more stable when |
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using Tcl/Tk version 8.3. |
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A suggested approach in this case is to download and install the 'ActiveTcl' |
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distribution, version 8.3.5, and to install it in ~/activetcl. |
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http://downloads.activestate.com/ActiveTcl/Windows/8.3.5/ |
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Then, you should be able to build the Tcl/Tk interface as shown: |
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/activetcl/lib:~/activetcl/lib/Tktable2.8 |
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scons TCL=~/activetcl |
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See also the TCL_LIB and TK_LIB flags (scons -Qh). |
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INSTALLING ON LINUX |
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To then install ASCEND, you will need to have write access to the |
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directories INSTALL_* as specified in your SCons configuration. |
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You can then type: |
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scons install |
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The simplest way to install ASCEND 'off-root' is something like: |
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scons INSTALL_PREFIX=~/ascroot |
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Note that if you install (or run) ASCEND off-root, you need to |
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ensure that Linux can access the shared libraries. For example, |
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in the above case, you would need to add |
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:~/ascroot/lib |
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INSTALLING ON WINDOWS |
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To build a Windows installer (a 'setup.exe') for the PyGTK GUI, |
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you will need to have the NSIS installer-creator installed on |
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your system (which is free, at http://nsis.sf.net/). Then you |
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should simply need to type |
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scons installer |
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This will leave an installer package named 'ascend-NNNNN.exe' |
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in the pygtk/interface directory, with NNNNN being the version number specified |
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at the top of the SConstruct file. |
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A NOTE ABOUT PREFERENCES |
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ASCEND PyGTK GUI stores your preferences in the file ~/.ascend.ini. |
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The Tcl/Tk GUI creates a file under ~/ascdata. |
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You may wish to check these files if ASCEND seems to be doing |
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something you didn't expect. |
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CREATING AN RPM/DEB PACKAGE |
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Many users prefer to keep their systems clear of unpackaged |
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software. For this reason, we aim to provide the ability to build |
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ASCEND as an RPM package. There is a "SPEC" file included in the |
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source tree. If you have a source package, such as for example |
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ascend-NNNNN.tar.bz2, place it in your home directory, then |
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type the following |
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rpmbuild -ta ascend-NNNNN.tar.bz2 |
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This will pull out the 'spec' from from the source package, |
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which hopefully will be up to date in correspondance with the |
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package version number NNNNN. |
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You will then be able to install ASCEND using something like |
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rpm -i ~/rpm/ascend-NNNNN-0.jdpipe.i386.rpm |
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Instructions for buildin the .deb package are available on the |
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ASCEND wiki. |
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NOTE: occasionally the 'ascend.spec' file may need to be updated |
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if changes have been made to the 'ascend.spec.in' file. Check |
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the implementation details in the SConstruct file. |
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GETTING SUPPORT AND FURTHER INFORMATION |
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For support with ASCEND, details of mailing lists and other |
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useful information, please visit |
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ASCEND user's website: |
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http://ascend.cheme.cmu.edu/ |
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ASCEND developer's wiki: |
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https://ascendserver.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/ |
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