[Users] BBH Example: Compiler issue on SimulationTools/Mathematica

[Roland Haas]

Hello Atul,

not really a solution (and I do not use Mathematica a whole lot), but
apparently on can change what compiler is used and possible the issue
is that the "wrong" one is found.

See eg this commit:

https://bitbucket.org/simulationtools/simulationtools/commits/2e578b0d31e365648097a3463c3e29ccbcd6b19f

and maybe a similar change would help or at least point to MMA
documentation on how to disable the compiler altogether.

Yours,
Roland

> Dear all,
> 
> I am testing the output figures on Binary black hole gallery examples,
> specifically the curvature scalars images using SimulationTools.
> 
> As suggested in the page with available scripts I am using
> 'SimulationTools' application on Mathematica. When I try to load
> SimulationTools by entering the command '<< SimulationTools`' on nb or
> kernel I get the following error messages and would like help in fixing
> them:
> 
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - - - - - -
> CCompilerDriver`CreateLibrary::nocomp: A C compiler cannot be found on your
> system. Please consult the documentation to learn how to set up suitable
> compilers.
> Compile::nogen: A library could not be generated from the compiled function.
> CCompilerDriver`CreateLibrary::nocomp: A C compiler cannot be found on your
> system. Please consult the documentation to learn how to set up suitable
> compilers.
> Compile::nogen: A library could not be generated from the compiled function.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - - - - - -
> 
> I have installed SimulationTools and h5mma and loading h5mma happens just
> fine (without any errors).
> Specifications: I am using Mathematica 12 on Windows 10 (not WSL).
> 
> As suggested in mathematica stack exchange
> <https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/79237/step-by-step-instruction-to-install-c-compiler>
> I
> installed windows sdk
> <https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk/>
> (although I did not remove visual c++ as suggested as I wasn't sure if that
> would break any other things.)
> 
> In the ET meeting today I was suggested to use linux, WSL or a virtualbox
> by Roland, Bill and Steve so will be doing one of those, but would prefer a
> solution on windows.
> 
> Could someone please help me with this? Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> best regards,


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