[IPython-user] ipython 0.9.rc1: problem with example from the manual during import, using MultiEngineClient

[mark starnes]

Hi Brian, thanks for replying.  No need to apologise, I appreciate
having access to the software, at all!

My setup is:  Access from single core, Intel chip, 32 bit Suse 10.2, to
64 bit Suse10.3 running on a quad core Intel chip, via '$ ssh -X'.
Also, when I execute, '$ python setup.py', I get:

============================================================================
BUILDING IPYTHON
                python: 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 21 2007, 22:46:31)  [GCC
                        4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)]
              platform: linux2

OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
        Zope.Interface: yes
               Twisted: 8.1.0
              Foolscap: 0.3.0
               OpenSSL: Not found (required if you want security in the
                        parallel computing capabilities)
                sphinx: Not found (required for building documentation)
              pygments: Not found (required for syntax highlighting
                        documentation)
                  nose: Not found (required for running the test suite)
               pexpect: no (required for running standalone doctests)




My ~/.ipython directory (on the quad) contains:

db                 ipythonrc-math     ipythonrc-tutorial
history            ipythonrc-numeric  ipy_user_conf.py
__init__.py        ipythonrc-physics  ipy_user_conf.pyc
ipy_profile_sh.py  ipythonrc-pysh     ipy_user_conf.py.original
ipythonrc          ipythonrc-scipy    log


Um, now for the embarrassing part.  I don't know how to uninstall the
packages!  I made a bit of a mess while installing, using easy_install
to install ipython-0.9.rc1 (and get ipcluster functionality), YAST
(Suse's package manager) to uninstall 0.8.1 (which failed; 0.8.1 was
still reported on running $ ipython) and finally adjusting PYTHONPATH
until calling $ ipython resulted in :

------------------------------
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 21 2007, 22:46:31)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.9.rc1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]:
--------------------------------

So, should I start by finding all my ipython directories and deleting
them?  Seems a bit crude.....

Thanks for your patience,

Mark.





Brian Granger wrote:
>> >> Hi everyone, sorry if this is a duplicate post; the original
>> >> appeared, on my machine, under another thread.  Sorry for that.
>> >>
>> >> I'm following the instructions in the Aug 29 2008 manual for
>> >> parallel computing, and have been having some problems; reading
>> >> back through the posts, I've noticed nothing to help (please,
>> >> correct me if I'm wrong!).
> >
> > Sorry about the delay and the confusing docs.  I am working on
> > updating them for the 0.9 release.  Hopefully that will help
> >
>> >> If I start my cluster with:
>> >>
>> >> $ ipcluster -n 4 &
>> >>
>> >> Then, with IPython, 0.9.rc1:
>> >>
>> >> In [1]: from IPython.kernel import client
>> >>
>> >> In [2]: tc = client.TaskClient()
>> >>
>> >> I get:
>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ... traceback information....
>> >>
>> >> ValueError: not a furl or a file containing a furl:
>> >> /home/m.starnes/.ipython/ipcontroller-tc.furl
> >
> > This should work.  Can you tell me more about your setup?  OS?
> > Platform?  Can you show what is in you ~/.ipython or _ipython
> > directory?
> >
>> >> If I follow the instructions printed by the shell during cluster
>> >> startup:
>> >>
>> >> In [1]: from ipython1.kernel import client   # Differs from the
>> >> manual
>> >>
>> >> In [2]: mec = client.MultiEngineClient(('127.0.0.1',10105)) #
>> >> Differs.
>> >>
>> >> All seems well.  The same occurs when I follow the 'Quickstart Task
>> >>  Farming' section:
>> >>
>> >> In [3]: tc = client.TaskClient(('127.0.0.1',10105))
> >
> > It this works, then you have:
> >
> > 1.  Either both ipython1 and IPython 0.9 installed
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2.  Just IPython 0.9 installed
> >
> > I would remove ipython1 and IPython 0.9 and do a reinstall of _just_
> >  0.9 and try again.  Also, in 0.9, you don't need to provide (and
> > can't) the ip and port.  The two options are:
> >
> > client.TaskClient("path to a furl file") client.TaskClient()   #
> > empty - look for the default furl flie.
> >
> > But...there are a few bugs that are in the process of being fixed (we
> >  have fixed them, but the fixes aren't in the release candidate or
> > trunk yet).
> >
> > But, this should work.  Why don't you clean up your install and give
> >  it a try again.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Brian
> >