[Users] Einstein toolkit installation issues

[Roland Haas]

Hello Camilo,

I was not quite explicit in the command to run. The whoami command
would be "./simfactory/bin/sim whoami".

Did you run "./simfactory/bin/sim setup-silent" once more after having
run:

echo >$HOME/.hostname "compos_MacBook"

?

Yours,
Roland

>   Dear Roland,
> 
> Thank you for your reply!
>  
> 
> > not sure if only modifying it in .zshrc will do the trick since
> > simfactory does not call "hostname -f" but instead uses the OS
> > functions that hostname uses (among other things) which may not see /
> > respect anything set in your .zshrc.
> >
> > A couple more suggestions and double checks:
> >
> > Did you try the command:
> >
> > echo >$HOME/.hostname "compos_MacBook"
> >
> > ?
> >
> > Did you run "./simfactory/bin/sim setup-silent" once more after the
> > modification?
> >
> > With your modification, can you run "simfactory whoami" or does this
> > produce an error? What is the output?  
> 
> 
> So, I did this but the same error keeps showing up. When I run "simfactory whoami" it shows: "command not found: simfactory
> 
> I checked the directory: simfactory/mdb/machines, and actually there is a file called: campos at MacBook.ini. I'm sure this is the one messing up the whole thing. Can I modify this file by hand?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Camilo
> 
> 
> ----- Message from Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu> ---------
>     Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:43:53 -0500
>     From: Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu>
> Reply-To: users at einsteintoolkit.org
> Subject: Re: [Users] Einstein toolkit installation issues
>       To: Camilo Posada <camilo.posada at physics.slu.cz>
>       Cc: users at einsteintoolkit.org
> 
> > Hello Camilo,
> >
> > not sure if only modifying it in .zshrc will do the trick since
> > simfactory does not call "hostname -f" but instead uses the OS
> > functions that hostname uses (among other things) which may not see /
> > respect anything set in your .zshrc.
> >
> > A couple more suggestions and double checks:
> >
> > Did you try the command:
> >
> > echo >$HOME/.hostname "compos_MacBook"
> >
> > ?
> >
> > Did you run "./simfactory/bin/sim setup-silent" once more after the
> > modification?
> >
> > With your modification, can you run "simfactory whoami" or does this
> > produce an error? What is the output?
> >
> > Are there any files starting with "campos" in simfactory/mdb/machines/
> > ? This is where "setup-silent" creates a file <MACHINENAME>.ini (and
> > the desire to avoid unusual characters in there is part of why we only
> > allow "harmless" characters.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Roland
> >  
> >> Dear Roland,
> >>
> >> Thank you very much for your kind response. I thought the problem >> was my laptop's name due to the @ character, so I decided to change >> the name, and I also modified the .zshrc file so my host name looks >> cleaner in the shell. However I still have the same problem. I am
>  >> attaching the output you asked for. I also tried your solution, but >> I got the same problem.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance for your help   
> >>
> >>   Best wishes,
> >> Camilo
> >>
> >> ----- Message from Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu> ---------
> >>     Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:08:40 -0500
> >>     From: Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu>
> >> Reply-To: users at einsteintoolkit.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Users] Einstein toolkit installation issues
> >>       To: Camilo Posada <camilo.posada at physics.slu.cz>
> >>       Cc: users at einsteintoolkit.org
> >>
> >> Hello Camilo,
> >>
> >> I have not quite seen that error before. From the output it would seem
> >> that simfactory's setup-silent command is not happy with the machine
> >> names that it picked. Did you name your laptop "compos at MacBook" (you
> >> can check this via the "Sharing" preferences on the "System
> >> Preferences") by any chance?
> >>
> >> Can you let me know what "hostname -f" outputs?
> >>
> >> The simplest way to work around this for you is to create a file named
> >> ".hostname" in your $HOME with the name you would like simfactory to
> >> pretend your laptop is named eg this command should do:
> >>
> >> echo >$HOME/.hostname "compos_MacBook"
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >> Roland
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> My name is Camilo Posada, and I'm currently a postdoc at the >> >> Silesian University in Opava (Czech Repubic), working on >> >> relativistic astrophysics. I have been interested in learning about >> >> the Einstein toolkit, so I decided to give it a try and install >> it. >> I have been following the instructions found in the >> documentation, >> but I am having some issues (see attached >> screenshot) which I have >> not been able to figure out. Could you >> please help me with this?
> >>
> >> I am running a MacBook Air, with macOS Catalina 10.15.4
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >>    
> >>   Camilo Posada, Ph.D.
> >> Institute of Physics
> >> Silesian University in Opava
> >> Bezručovo nám. 13, CZ-74601 Opava
> >>
> >> --
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> >> ----- End message from Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu> -----
> >>   Camilo Posada, Ph.D.
> >> Institute of Physics
> >> Silesian University in Opava
> >> Bezručovo nám. 13, CZ-74601 Opava  
> >
> > --
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> 
> ----- End message from Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu> -----
>   Camilo Posada, Ph.D.
> Institute of Physics
> Silesian University in Opava
> Bezručovo nám. 13, CZ-74601 Opava


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