Trying to run the first example on website

[JTZ83]

This example: https://docs.helics.org/en/latest/user-guide/examples/misc_examples/gridlabd_example_1/gridlabd_example_1a_value_federate.html

However, confused about this command ,

helics run --path=<path to HELICS runner JSON configuration file>

because "helics" does not exist as a binary anywhere after compiling from source. The only binaries are the following ,

-- Up-to-date: /usr/local/bin/helics_player -- Up-to-date: /usr/local/bin/helics_recorder -- Up-to-date: /usr/local/bin/helics_connector -- Up-to-date: /usr/local/bin/helics_broker -- Up-to-date: /usr/local/bin/helics_broker_server -- Up-to-date: /usr/local/bin/helics_app

Is the example documentation out of date ? What are we missing ?

Thanks.

[afisher1]

Hello @JTZ83

did you install HELICS through the python package? pip install 'helics[cli]' this installs the helics executable that this example requires.

[JTZ83]

Yes, I did that

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did you install HELICS through the python package? pip install 'helics[cli]' this installs the helics executable that this example requires.

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[trevorhardy]

Did you build those apps from source or have them installed with pip? I'm asking because I'm wondering if pip put its install outside your PATH. Can you run pip show helics and look at the "Location" string (and its subfolders) to make sure they are in your PATH (echo $PATH).