problem following Cantera Compilation Guide

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi,

I am using Window 7 64 bits. I have installed Python3.4.3, visual C++ 2013, and Cantera. And it run well on Python. I want to make some modifications so I follow the compilation guide. Under the Installation prerequisite => windows, the third statement says:

 There is no 64-bit installer for SCons under Windows, so you will need to download the ZIP version. After extracting it, start a command prompt in the unzipped folder and run:

python setup.py install

  

So I downloaded the file source code.zip and extracted in C:/program files. I opened the command prompt at cantera-2.2.1. However, I can't get it run in the command prompt. Can anyone help me? I really need your help!

[Ray Speth]

Hi,

It would help if you explained what happened when you try to run the command to install SCons.

Incidentally, this bit of the instructions is a bit out of date. There is a 64-bit installer for the most recent version of SCons (2.4.1) for Windows, so you can use that instead.

Regards,

Ray

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi,

I succeed to install scons, then I download the source code at https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/releases (2.2.1). I unzip the file to C:\program file\ , then I run scons help and scons build. However, the information appear in the command prompt is not what I expect. I suspect my c++ has problem. It is visual studio 2013.  

Thank you,

Bang-Shiuh

[Michael]

Did you specify MSVC 12 in the Cantera.conf file for Visual studio 2013.  The output file you attached shows MSVC 14 which is Visual Studio 2015 and not Visual Studio 2013.

 

I have Cantera Compiled Visual Studio 2013 with Sundial 2.5.  I have not tried 2015 yet.

 

Michael

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[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi ,Michael,

I uninstalled vs2015. But same message appear. I don't know why. Thank you for your reply.

Bang-Shiuh 

[Ray Speth]

Bang-Shiuh.

You should not extract the source code into the "Program Files" directory, because your normal user account does not have permissions to write to that directory (hence the error). You should extract the source code and compile it somewhere else, e.g. in your home directory.

Also, please try to copy and paste the error text instead of taking a screenshot. This will make it easier for people to see and understand the errors you are encountering. Here are instructions for copying text from the Windows command prompt: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/copy-to-the-clipboard-from-the-windows-command-prompt/ 

Regards,

Ray

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi,

The "scons help" works, but "scons build -j4 blas_lapack_libs=lapack,blas" has error. Do I need to fix it or just leave it? Also I wonder if I should install sundials and how(on windows), since I am doing 1D simulation? Thank you.

C:\Users\chen1671\Downloads\cantera-2.2.1\cantera-2.2.1>scons build -j4 blas_lap

ack_libs=lapack,blas

scons: Reading SConscript files ...

INFO: SCons is using the following Python interpreter: C:\Anaconda2\Scripts\..\p

ython.exe

INFO: Compiling with MSVC 12.0

INFO: Compiling for architecture: amd64

INFO: Compiling using the following toolchain(s): ['default']

Configuration variables read from 'cantera.conf' and command line:

    blas_lapack_libs = 'lapack,blas'

Checking for C++ header file cmath... (cached) yes

Checking for C header file sys/times.h... (cached) no

Checking for C header file unistd.h... (cached) no

Checking for C header file fenv.h... (cached) yes

Checking whether erf is declared... (cached) yes

Checking for ::isnan(1.0)... (cached) yes

Checking for std::isnan(1.0)... (cached) yes

Checking for _isnan(1.0)... (cached) yes

Checking for C++ header file boost/math/special_functions/erf.hpp... (cached) no

Checking for std::shared_ptr<int> x... (cached) yes

Checking for CVodeCreate(CV_BDF, CV_NEWTON) in C++ library sundials_cvodes... (c

ached) no

Checking for double x; log(x) in C library None... (cached) no

INFO: Skipping compilation of the Fortran 90 interface.

INFO: Found Cython version 0.23.4 for Python 2.x.

INFO: Building the full Python package.

WARNING: Couldn't find '3to2'. Python examples will not work correctly.

INFO: Not building the Python 3 package because the Python 3 interpreter 'python

3' could not be found.

INFO: Sundials was not found. Building with minimal ODE solver capabilities.

scons: done reading SConscript files.

scons: Building targets ...

cl /Fobuild\ext\gtest\src\gtest-all.obj /c ext\gtest\src\gtest-all.cc /EHsc /MD

/nologo /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi /Fdbuild\ext

\gtest\src\gtest-all.obj.pdb /DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0 /DNDEBUG /Iext\gtest /Iext\gt

est\include

gtest-all.cc

cl /Fobuild\ext\libexecstream\exec-stream.obj /c ext\libexecstream\exec-stream.c

pp /EHsc /MD /nologo /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi

 /Fdbuild\ext\libexecstream\exec-stream.obj.pdb /DNDEBUG

exec-stream.cpp

cl /Fobuild\ext\f2c_math\pcoef.obj /c ext\f2c_math\pcoef.c /MD /nologo /D_SCL_SE

CURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi /Fdbuild\ext\f2c_math\pcoef.o

bj.pdb /DNDEBUG /DUSE_CLOCK /DMSDOS /Iext\f2c_libs

cl /Fobuild\ext\f2c_math\polfit.obj /c ext\f2c_math\polfit.c /MD /nologo /D_SCL_

SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi /Fdbuild\ext\f2c_math\polfi

t.obj.pdb /DNDEBUG /DUSE_CLOCK /DMSDOS /Iext\f2c_libs

pcoef.c

polfit.c

cl /Fobuild\ext\f2c_math\printstring.obj /c ext\f2c_math\printstring.c /MD /nolo

go /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi /Fdbuild\ext\f2c_

math\printstring.obj.pdb /DNDEBUG /DUSE_CLOCK /DMSDOS /Iext\f2c_libs

printstring.c

cl /Fobuild\ext\f2c_math\pvalue.obj /c ext\f2c_math\pvalue.c /MD /nologo /D_SCL_

SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi /Fdbuild\ext\f2c_math\pvalu

e.obj.pdb /DNDEBUG /DUSE_CLOCK /DMSDOS /Iext\f2c_libs

ext\libexecstream\exec-stream.cpp(39) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include f

ile: 'windows.h': No such file or directory

pvalue.c

scons: *** [build\ext\libexecstream\exec-stream.obj] Error 2

cl /Fobuild\ext\f2c_math\xercnt.obj /c ext\f2c_math\xercnt.c /MD /nologo /D_SCL_

SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /O2 /Zi /Fdbuild\ext\f2c_math\xercn

t.obj.pdb /DNDEBUG /DUSE_CLOCK /DMSDOS /Iext\f2c_libs

xercnt.c

C:\Users\chen1671\Downloads\cantera-2.2.1\cantera-2.2.1\ext\gtest\src/gtest.cc(1

04) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or

directory

scons: *** [build\ext\gtest\src\gtest-all.obj] Error 2

scons: building terminated because of errors.

C:\Users\chen1671\Downloads\cantera-2.2.1\cantera-2.2.1>

[Bryan W. Weber]

Dear Bang-Shuih,

If I recall correctly, you also need to pass env_vars="all" to the command, so that all of the Visual Studio environment variables get passed. Try the command

scons build -j4 blas_lapack_libs=lapack,blas env_vars="all"

Are you sure you have BLAS and LAPACK libraries installed? That is not very typical for Windows. You do not need to build/install SUNDIALS, but if you want, you can build it according to the instructions included with the package.

Bryan

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi,

There is an error when I enter these:

C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1>scons build -j4 blas_lapack_libs=lapack,

blas env_vars="all"

scons: Reading SConscript files ...

INFO: SCons is using the following Python interpreter: C:\Anaconda2\Scripts\..\p

ython.exe

INFO: Compiling with MSVC 12.0

INFO: Compiling for architecture: amd64

INFO: Compiling using the following toolchain(s): ['default']

Configuration variables read from 'cantera.conf' and command line:

    prefix = '/opt/cantera'

    blas_lapack_libs = 'lapack,blas'

    env_vars = 'all'

    optimize = False

Checking for C++ header file cmath... no

ERROR: The C++ compiler is not correctly configured.

See 'config.log' for details.

Does that means my C++ is not working?

[Bryan W. Weber]

Yes, that's exactly what it means. What are the contents of config.log (you can post the file to the message)? Did you run SCons from a Visual Studio command prompt?

Bryan

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi, 

I entered config.log in commend prompt and this appeared:

file C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1\SConstruct,line 726:

Configure(confdir = .sconf_temp)

scons: Configure: Checking for C++ header file cmath... 

scons: Configure: ".sconf_temp\conftest_0.cpp" is up to date.

scons: Configure: The original builder output was:

  |.sconf_temp\conftest_0.cpp <-

  |  |

  |  |#include <cmath>

  |  |

  |  |

  |

cl /Fo.sconf_temp\conftest_0.obj /c .sconf_temp\conftest_0.cpp /EHsc /MD /nologo /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /Od /Ob0 /Zi /Fd.sconf_temp\conftest_0.obj.pdb

'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

scons: Configure: no

What is 'cl'? By the way, what version of scons should I instal if I am using MSVS 2013l? Thank you.

[Bryan W. Weber]

Dear Bang-Shuih,

cl is the name of the program on Windows that compiles the C/C++ files into object code. The fact that it can't be found most likely means that you did not run the Visual Studio command prompt. Please do so. If you have Windows 7, 8, or 10, you can simply search on the Windows Start Menu for "x64 vs" and something called the "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt" should be found. Use that to run SCons. You can use version 2.3 of SCons with Visual Studio 2013, I think, but the most recent version is 2.4.

Best,
Bryan

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi, 

I am not so sure about how to use MSVS command prompt to run at cantera-2.2.1 file. 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\amd64>scons install

scons: *** No SConstruct file found.

File "c:\Users\chen1671\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\Lib\site-packages\sc

ons-2.4.1\SCons\Script\Main.py", line 923, in _main

Thank you!

[Bryan W. Weber]

Dear Bang-Shuih,

The first characters on every line tell you what directory you are working in. You need to be working in the Cantera directory (where you unzipped Cantera) for anything to work. cd is the command to change directories.

Bryan

[BangShiuh Chen]

Dear Bryan,

I run the MSVS command prompt.

C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1>scons install

scons: Reading SConscript files ...

INFO: SCons is using the following Python interpreter: C:\Anaconda2\Scripts\..\p

ython.exe

INFO: Compiling with MSVC 12.0

INFO: Compiling for architecture: amd64

INFO: Compiling using the following toolchain(s): ['default']

Configuration variables read from 'cantera.conf' and command line:

    prefix = '/opt/cantera'

    blas_lapack_libs = 'lapack,blas'

    env_vars = 'all'

    optimize = False

Checking for C++ header file cmath... (cached) yes

Checking for C header file sys/times.h... (cached) no

Checking for C header file unistd.h... (cached) no

Checking for C header file fenv.h... (cached) yes

Checking whether erf is declared... (cached) yes

Checking for ::isnan(1.0)... (cached) yes

Checking for std::isnan(1.0)... (cached) yes

Checking for _isnan(1.0)... (cached) yes

Checking for C++ header file boost/math/special_functions/erf.hpp... (cached) no

Checking for std::shared_ptr<int> x... (cached) yes

Checking for CVodeCreate(CV_BDF, CV_NEWTON) in C++ library sundials_cvodes... (c

ached) no

Checking for double x; log(x) in C library None... (cached) yes

INFO: Skipping compilation of the Fortran 90 interface.

INFO: Found Cython version 0.23.4 for Python 2.x.

INFO: Building the full Python package.

WARNING: Couldn't find '3to2'. Python examples will not work correctly.

INFO: Not building the Python 3 package because the Python 3 interpreter 'python

3' could not be found.

INFO: Sundials was not found. Building with minimal ODE solver capabilities.

scons: done reading SConscript files.

scons: Building targets ...

ConfigBuilder(["include\cantera\base\config.h"], ["include\cantera\base\config.h

.in"])

Generating include\cantera\base\config.h with the following settings:

    CANTERA_VERSION                     "2.2.1"

    CT_USE_STD_SHARED_PTR               1

    FTN_TRAILING_UNDERSCORE             1

    HAS_FENV_H                          1

    LAPACK_FTN_STRING_LEN_AT_END        1

    LAPACK_FTN_TRAILING_UNDERSCORE      1

    LAPACK_NAMES_LOWERCASE              1

    SUNDIALS_USE_LAPACK                 0

    SUNDIALS_VERSION                    0

    USE_GLOBAL_ISNAN                    1

    USE_STD_ISNAN                       1

    USE_UNDERSCORE_ISNAN                1

**I cut some part off**

 

link @c:\users\chen1671\appdata\local\temp\tmpnz6pgl.lnk

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'lapack.lib'

scons: *** [build\lib\cantera_shared.dll] Error 1181

scons: building terminated because of errors.

Can you help me to solve error1181? Thank you!

Bang-Shiuh Chen

[Bryan W. Weber]

Dear Bang-Shuih,

It is just what I told you earlier: are you sure that you have Lapack and Blas installed under the names lapack,blas and they are accessible on the path? This is really not common for Windows and the error indicates that you do not have them installed. You should delete that line from the file called cantera.conf in your cantera-2.2.1 folder, then run

scons clean

scons build

Bryan

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi Bryan,

Thank you very much. I completed the compilation and no failed. By the way, is Cantera HTML documentation useful? Do you recommend me to build it? Thank you.

Bang-Shiuh 

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi,

I have another problem. After I compiled cantera, I tried to run a c++ sample. For example:

#include "cantera/IdealGasMix.h"    // defines class IdealGasMix

#include "cantera/transport.h"      // transport properties

#include <cstdio>

and this appeared

IntelliSense: cannot open source file "cantera/IdealGasMix.h" c:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera_cpp\cantera_cpp\cantera_cpp\Source.cpp

What should I do to run a c++ cantera code? Thank you!

Bang-Shiuh

[Nick Curtis]

Hi Bang,

You must add the path to the cantera include directories (probably C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1\ in your case), to the the list of include directories for VS (explore the solution/project compile/linking options).

You also will need to add the library directory (likely C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1\lib\) to the library directories and link against the cantera library (-lcantera).  

If you installed Sundials you will need to do the same for the Sundials includes/libraries

Nick

[Bryan W. Weber]

Dear Bang-Shuih,

The HTML documentation is very useful. However, you don't have to build it because we already did that for you and put it online: http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/index.html

Best,
Bryan

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi Nick,

Here is how I did it (attachment). It doesn't work. How should I change it? Thank you!

Bang-Shiuh 

[Nick Curtis]

Bang,

That looks close to what you want.  I think the include directory should be:

C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1\include

And the lib directory:

C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1\lib

Although I'm not sure that it's not src/clib.  In any case, you can explore the C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera-2.2.1 folder to ensure you're giving the right paths.

The include directory should have a folder named "cantera" in it, that contains various subfolders (e.g. base, cython, oneD), and C-headers.

The lib directory should contain the cantera.lib file.

Nick

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi Nick,

I got an error trying to run the demo c++ code. Do you know what is wrong? Thank you for the help!

Bang-Shiuh

Error 3 error C4996: 'std::_Copy_impl': Function call with parameters that may be unsafe - this call relies on the caller to check that the passed values are correct. To disable this warning, use -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See documentation on how to use Visual C++ 'Checked Iterators' C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\include\xutility 2132 1 cantera_cpp

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi,

Also when I run "A very simple C++ program", errors appear.

Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class Cantera::ThermoPhase * __cdecl Cantera::newPhase(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >)" (?newPhase@Cantera@@YAPEAVThermoPhase@1@AEBV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V34@@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl simple_demo(void)" (?simple_demo@@YAXXZ) C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera_cpp\cantera_cpp\cantera_cpp\Source.obj cantera_cpp

Error 2 error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals C:\Users\chen1671\Desktop\cantera_cpp\cantera_cpp\x64\Debug\cantera_cpp.exe cantera_cpp

Bang-Shiuh

[BangShiuh Chen]

Hi everyone,

Can you tell me what does "boost" do please? Is it require?

Bang-Shiuh