Pybind11

Table of Contents

• Pybind11
  • Basic information
  • Tested on (Requirements)
  • Installation
  • Module
  • Troubleshooting
  • Authors

Basic information

• Official Website: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
• Installed on: Apolo II

Tested on (Requirements)

• OS base: CentOS (x86_64) \(\boldsymbol{\ge}\) 6.6 (Rocks 6.2)

Installation

1. Download the latest version of pybind11

   $ git clone https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
   

2. Inside the folder, on the top create a build directory where the installation binaries will be put by cmake.

   $ cd pybind11
   $ mkdir build
   $ cd build
   

3. Load the necessary modules for the building.

   $ module load python/3.6.5_miniconda-4.5.1
   $ module load cmake/3.7.1
   $ module load gcc/5.4.0
   $ module load boost/1.62.0_gcc-5.4.0_openmpi-1.8.8-x86_64
   

4. Execute the cmake command with the desired directives.

   $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/share/apps/pybind11/gcc-5.4.0/ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++
   

5. Execute the make commands sequence.

   $ make -j <N>
   $ make check
   $ make -j <N> install
   

Module

#%Module1.0#####################################################################
##
## modulefile /share/apps/modules/pybind11/11_gcc-5.4.0
## Written by Juan Diego Ocampo and Santiago Hidalgo Ocampo
##

proc ModulesHelp { } {
    global version modroot
        puts stderr "\t Pybind11"
}

module-whatis "\n\n\tSets the environment for using Pybind11 \n"

module-whatis "(Name________) Pybind11"
module-whatis "(Version_____) 11"
module-whatis "(Compilers___) gcc-5.4.0"
module-whatis "(System______) x86_64-redhat-linux"

set     topdir          /share/apps/pybind11/gcc-5.4.0
set     version         11
set     sys             x86_64-redhat-linux

module load gcc/5.4.0
module load boost/1.62.0_gcc-5.4.0_openmpi-1.8.8-x86_64

setenv          PYBIND11_HOME           $topdir

prepend-path    C_INCLUDE_PATH          $topdir/include
prepend-path    CXX_INCLUDE_PATH        $topdir/include
prepend-path    CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH      $topdir/include

Troubleshooting

See also

If you have this problem : CMake Error at tests/CMakeLists.txt:217 (message): Running the tests requires pytest. You must run the following command with administrator privileges taking into account the version of python you are using:

$ pip install pytest

Authors

• Santiago Hidalgo Ocampo <shidalgoo1@eafit.edu.co>