[Difx-users] Problem in installation of DiFX

[Adam Mensh]

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> On Oct 23, 2016, at 5:53 AM, Adam Deller <adeller at astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lupin,
> 
> 2.4 is the latest stable version.
> 
> I actually ran into the genipppc problem last week and updated the genipppc file, but I only checked it in just now.  But note that trunk DiFX won't work with IPP version 9 (or 2017).  Several functions that we use are deprecated and were removed.  Chris Phillips has a branch (ipp9) that works, which you can use for testing, but we intend to re-merge the ipp9 branch and trunk within the next two weeks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Adam
> 
>> On 22 October 2016 at 15:45, Lupin Lin <lupin at asiaa.sinica.edu.tw> wrote:
>> To whom will concern it,
>> 
>> Sorry to spend your time on some simple question about the installation of DiFX.
>> 
>> 1. Is the most stable ver. of DiFX 2.4.1?
>> In Geoff Crew’s mail, he mentioned that DiFX 2.4.2/3 is rolled into DIFX-2.4 as agreed 2014 DIFX meeting.
>> So I supposed that the most updated(also stable??) version is 2.4.
>> Do I misunderstand anything?
>> 
>> 2. I downloaded the IPP from the official site.
>> https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/free_ipp
>> 
>> The latest IPP ver. is 2017
>> However, when I perform "/genipppc $IPPROOT  ($IPPROOT is the directory of installed IPP), I received the following message.
>> ####################################################################
>> Reading version from /opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux_ipp/include_ippversion.h
>> Get version 2017.0.0
>> Note: DIFXITS was not set - used platform.architecture to determine that bits is 64
>> platform = linux2
>> ipparch = 64
>> Sorry, IPP 2017 not yet supported by this script
>> ##################################################################
>> It seems the genipppc of DiFX-2.4 cannot support IPP ver. 2017 to generate the installation links inside the file “IPP.PC”.
>> I tried to install an old IPP version, but it does not support for my OS (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS).
>> 
>> Is there any updated script of “genipppc” to support for the latest IPP package?
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> --
>> Lupin Chun-Che Lin
>> Supporting Scientist of GLT (GreenLand Telescope) project 
>> in Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica,
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