[Developers] Two questions about ADMB in Unix

[Johnoel Ancheta]

Sorry, this took awhile...  Request changed in Revision 2220
<http://www.admb-project.org/redmine/projects/issues/repository/revisions/2220/diff/trunk/docs/install/QuickStartUnix.txt>
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Johnoel


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Jon Schnute <schnutej-dfo at shaw.ca> wrote:

> In the recent exchange of messages about ADMB on a Unix platform, I still
> don’t have a response to the note attached below. I have two questions,
> each with a simple yes/no answer.
>
>
>
> 1. Will you continue to support “make install” as part of a build from
> source?
>
>
>
> 2. Will you update the recent documentation at
> http://www.admb-project.org/buildbot/documentation/QuickStartUnix.html to
> include this option in Step 6?
>
>
>
> If the answer is “No” to either question, I’d appreciate knowing why.
>
>
>
> Probably Johnoel needs to give the definitive reply to these two questions.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> *From:* developers-bounces at admb-project.org [mailto:
> developers-bounces at admb-project.org] *On Behalf Of *Jon Schnute
> *Sent:* February-22-14 5:21 PM
> *To:* 'Johnoel Ancheta'; 'bigA'
> *Cc:* developers at admb-project.org; 'Grandin, Chris'; 'Haigh, Rowan'
> *Subject:* Re: [Developers] [ADMB Users] ADMB in standard package formats
>
>
>
> Thanks for updating and documenting the procedure for using ADMB on Unix
> platforms. I’ve been testing it myself recently.
>
>
>
> Can step 6 (Optional — Installation) still be accomplished with the single
> command:
>
>
>
> [~/admb/]$ make install
>
>
>
> I tried this with ADMB release 1651 in Ubuntu  12.04 LTS, and it worked.
> It also worked on a Mac. For consistency with other packages in Unix, I
> suggest that you maintain and document this standard method of
> installation. (Of course, it’s also helpful to mention that this procedure
> copies “~/admb/build/dist” to “ /usr/local/admb”.)
>
>
>
> As a developer of R software that uses ADMB, I find it very helpful to
> have the software on a standard path (such as /usr/local/admb). From that
> point of view, I think we should recommend step 6 as a normal (not
> optional) part of the process for general users. What could be simpler than
> “make install”? Only ADMB experts should deal with their own paths and
> environment variables.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> *From:* users-bounces at admb-project.org [
> mailto:users-bounces at admb-project.org <users-bounces at admb-project.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Johnoel Ancheta
> *Sent:* February-21-14 12:03 PM
> *To:* bigA
> *Cc:* users at admb-project.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ADMB Users] ADMB in standard package formats
>
>
>
> The build process has changed.  Check the link below.
>
>
>
> http://www.admb-project.org/buildbot/documentation/QuickStartUnix.html
>
>
>
> It should be simpler and easier for everyone, but may need some fine
> tuning.
>
>
>
> Feedback from Barak Pearlmutter was used for the the changes.  Such as the
>
> eliminating the need to set System Variables.  Although, it will still
> work if they
>
> are set.
>
>
>
> If you would like to contribute man pages, please let me know.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Johnoel
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:57 AM, bigA <jaguar.smart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can work the man page; I have thus far been responsible for it.
> I assume we don't want to write a 5460 line beast of a man page;
> however any content that people want included in the man page shown in
> the Debian package.
> Honestly, I think that focusing on the standard Linux build process
> and including the man page in the default build process will  make
> getting admb into the standard linux pipeline.
> Barak Pearlmutter is probably a critical resource for this activity;
> however he cannot work on this alone.  Has anyone looked at the
> patches he has suggested? If the build process needs to be cleaned up,
> who within admb
> is willing to work with us on it?
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Arni Magnusson <arnima at hafro.is> wrote:
> > Our priority should be to release ADMB in standard package formats:
> Debian,
> > Gentoo, RPM, and Mac.
> >
> > This will make ADMB much more visible and accessible for scientists in
> all
> > disciplines. Package repositories are categorized, so ADMB would be
> listed
> > on autogenerated lists of scientific and statistical software for Linux,
> for
> > example. These lists are copied to Wikipedia, blogs, newsletters, etc.
> >
> > Packaging means adapting the build procedure to Linux standards (we may
> be
> > there already), writing a short man page, and filling out a basic
> template
> > file for each package format. Please consider participating in the
> ongoing
> > effort:
> >
> >   http://admb-project.org/developers/packaging
> >
> > Arni
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