(Because this is really a MacOSX issue and not a Kepler issue, I can take it elsewhere)
On Jun 29, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Joe Futrelle wrote: > Further results. My advice upthread "use launchctl to set [PATH]" is not > correct. > > Putting Matlab on your path so that Kepler can invoke it turns out to be a > different process depending on whether you are running Kepler from a shell > prompt, or whether you're double-clicking the application icon. > > As of Snow Leopard, it appears that the only way to set the PATH variable > seen by GUI applications when they are launched from the Finder/Dock is using > ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist. > > However this approach is somewhat problematic in that in environment.plist > variable references (i.e., $PATH) are not expanded, so there is no non-kludgy > way I've found to *append* the Matlab executable's path to the PATH seen by > GUI applications, using environment.plist. > > > The PATH approach that does work is using ordinary shell methods to append > the Matlab bin directory to the path, and then invoking Kepler from that > shell, like so: > > $ launchctl getenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH > /Applications/MATLAB_R2011a.app/bin/maci64 > $ export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/MATLAB_R2011a.app/bin > $ echo $PATH > /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/Applications/MATLAB_R2011a.app/bin > $ open /Applications/Kepler-2.2/Kepler.app/ > > Can anyone advise how I might be able to get this working for launching > Kepler from Finder/Dock? Obviously I can just stick with the shell approach, > but I'd really like to be able to launch Kepler from the Dock. > > On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Joe Futrelle wrote: > >> OK, this thread resolved all of my issues. Thanks a lot guys! :) >> >> To summarize: >> >> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH must include the Matlab libraries. Setting them with >> launchctl works, but don't expect to see them as shell environment variables >> unless you export them to the shell. >> >> The Matlab executable (from its app package's bin directory) must be in your >> path. (Again, use launchctl to set). >> >> I get different results when I use "open" from the command line to launch >> Kepler (works!) and when I double-click Kepler's app icon (doesn't), but I >> hypothesize that if I put both the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH settings in >> /etc/launchd.conf and reboot, that it'll work. Unconfirmed as of yet. >> >> Hopefully the above account is accurate and not confused ... >> >> On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Daniel Crawl wrote: >> >>> >>> The matlab binary must be in your $PATH. >>> >>> --dan >>> >>> On 6/28/11 12:12 PM, Joe Futrelle wrote: >>>> This works. >>>> >>>> And it gets me past the stack trace I was getting before! :) >>>> >>>> Here's the transcript. I combined advice from two posts upthread. >>>> >>>> bash-3.2# DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/MATLAB_R2011a.app/bin/maci64/ >>>> env | grep DYLD >>>> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/MATLAB_R2011a.app/bin/maci64/ >>>> bash-3.2# open /Applications/Kepler-2.2/Kepler.app >>>> >>>> Now I'm getting a different stacktrace. I have a properly-licensed Matlab >>>> instance running and csh is @ /bin/csh. >>>> >>>> ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException: matlabEngine.open(null) : >>>> can't find Matlab engine. Try starting Matlab by hand as an application to >>>> verify that Matlab is set up properly and the license is correct. Under >>>> Windows, try running "matlab /regserver", the Matlab C API communicates >>>> with Matlab via COM, and apparently the COM interface is not automatically >>>> registered when Matlab is installed. Under Linux and other types of UNIX, >>>> csh must be installed in /bin/csh. >>>> at ptolemy.matlab.Engine.open(Engine.java:280) >>>> at ptolemy.matlab.Engine.open(Engine.java:232) >>>> at ptolemy.matlab.Expression.preinitialize(Expression.java:303) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Director.preinitialize(Director.java:1010) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Director.preinitialize(Director.java:991) >>>> at >>>> ptolemy.domains.ct.kernel.CTDirector.preinitialize(CTDirector.java:748) >>>> at >>>> ptolemy.domains.ct.kernel.CTMultiSolverDirector.preinitialize(CTMultiSolverDirector.java:637) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.CompositeActor.preinitialize(CompositeActor.java:1735) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Manager.preinitializeAndResolveTypes(Manager.java:983) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Manager.initialize(Manager.java:643) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Manager.execute(Manager.java:340) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Manager.run(Manager.java:1164) >>>> at ptolemy.actor.Manager$3.run(Manager.java:1217) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Sean Riddle wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can't get launchd.conf to set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, but for some reason >>>>> it doesn't set anything else either. But DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is >>>>> settable, at least in some ways: >>>>> >>>>> dhcp33-gc5:~ sean$ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=hello env | grep "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" >>>>> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=hello >>>>> >>>>> I would recommend trying the support including in the build system for >>>>> setting environment variables. Create a file >>>>> kepler/module-info/environment.txt and specify the value there. You >>>>> can look at r/module-info/environment.txt for an example. Note that as >>>>> in the example, you can (and possible must, I'm not sure) specify >>>>> separate values for all three of the platforms that Kepler supports. >>>>> >>>>> - Sean >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Joe Futrelle<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I tried that, didn't work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Again, I have no problem setting system-wide environment variables in >>>>>> launchd.conf. If I set "foo" to "bar" then "foo" is set to "bar" in my >>>>>> environment. But if I set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to anything, it's like I >>>>>> didn't set it at all. >>>>>> >>>>>> Exactly the same behavior with environment.plist. It seems to me like >>>>>> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is on some kind of blacklist. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 28, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Sean Riddle wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I always heard that if you wanted to set environment variables for GUI >>>>>>> applications in OS X, you needed to edit the environment.plist file. A >>>>>>> stackoverflow thread >>>>>>> (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x) >>>>>>> says it can be set on a per-user basis at ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist. >>>>>>> However, that thread also says that launchd.conf also works for GUI >>>>>>> applications. Maybe try setting it in environment.plist to see if that >>>>>>> makes a difference. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Sean >>>>>>> >>>>>>> PS - Property List Editor in Utilities is what creates and edits .plist >>>>>>> files. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Joe Futrelle<[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to run Matlab codes from Kepler in Mac OS (Snow >>>>>>>> Leopard). As an inexperienced user I'm simply firing up the >>>>>>>> prepackaged Mac OS distribution of Kepler and double-clicking on the >>>>>>>> app icon. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's no problem constructing a workflow with a "Matlab expression" in >>>>>>>> it, but when I run I get a stacktrace about the Matlab libraries not >>>>>>>> being on the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm having no trouble finding those libraries manually; they're right >>>>>>>> where they should be in my Matlab install, and they're 64 bit, and >>>>>>>> everything seems in order. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't seem possible in Mac OS; I can set >>>>>>>> environment variables in launchd.conf, but launchd appears to silently >>>>>>>> ignore DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH; maybe it's special-casing it for some reason. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm having trouble finding a previous post on this list, or a bug in >>>>>>>> Kepler's bugzilla database, or a documentation section or FAQ entry >>>>>>>> that explains how to solve this. It's clear that some people have had >>>>>>>> problems with this in the past, but I don't see a clear description of >>>>>>>> what I should be doing. Any and all advice welcome. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mac OS version: 10.6.7 >>>>>>>> Java version: 1.6.0_24 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build >>>>>>>> 19.1-b02-334, mixed mode)) >>>>>>>> Kepler version: 2.2 >>>>>>>> Matlab version: R2011a >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Joe Futrelle >>>>>>>> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Kepler-users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Joe Futrelle >>>>>> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joe Futrelle >>>> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Kepler-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Joe Futrelle >> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kepler-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >> > > -- > Joe Futrelle > Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution > [email protected] > > > > -- Joe Futrelle Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [email protected] _______________________________________________ Kepler-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users
