Installation Issue: Installing Python libraries

[stephen-hills]

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Issue Description While following the instructions for installationWindowsNew, I had a problem during the third step. When on the step using the code: bash.exe scripts\establish_conda_env.sh --install --conda-defs <yourCondaDefsLocation> (where <yourCondaDefsLocation> is the replaced by my location) it is unable to find the conda environment: raven_libraries. It says a couple of times that permission is denied.

What did you expect to see happen?

I expected raven_libraries to be found and installed.

What did you see instead?

Unable to find the conda environment: raven_libraries. It says a couple of times that permission is denied. See the picture below for the output.

Do you have a suggested fix for the development team?

No

Please attach the input file(s) that generate this error. The simpler the input, the faster we can find the issue.

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[wangcj05]

@joshua-cogliati-inl Any suggestion on this issue? I think we do not see this issue recently, and I guess it is not raven related issue, but an issue with respect to the users right on their system.

[dgarrett622]

@wangcj05 I tried running this in various shell environments. Here is what I found:

The user that posted this issue was using the Windows Command Prompt. When I try running a very similar command I get the following error:

When I try running a similar command in Windows PowerShell, I get the same error:

When running in GitBash, the script successfully runs.

Part of the problem is that bash scripts do not work very well on Windows in general. I have not been able to get other bash scripts to work using Command Prompt. I am not as familiar with PowerShell, but in theory, it should be able to handle Unix style bash scripts. I have had success using GitBash to run the bash scripts in RAVEN. Maybe we should change the documentation/wiki to tell the users to use GitBash when running RAVEN on Windows?

[wangcj05]

@dgarrett622 Thanks for the update. It seems we have a different issue from the original one. Let's update our wiki first, and then we can try to fix the issue using command prompt and Windows PowerShell.

[joshua-cogliati-inl]

Hm, from the error message, it looks like there is a non-conda version of Python on the system, that is giving a permission error.

[joshua-cogliati-inl]

Looking at the script, it should be doing source ${CONDA_DEFS} before trying to run python, so I am not sure how we could actually fix it if it is still finding the wrong python after that.

[wangcj05]

Please let us know if you still have the issue. @stephen-hills