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

[Atul Kedia]

Dear Roland,

Yes, that worked.
I noticed my windows machine didn't have any c compiler at all. I installed
the visual studio compiler through Visual Studio 2019, and now
SimulationTools works perfectly using it.

Thanks for the help!
Best,
Atul

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:05 AM Roland Haas <rhaas at illinois.edu> wrote:

> 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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-- 
Atul Kedia
PhD student,
Physics department,
University of Notre Dame.
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