Issue created:
https://github.com/numenta/nupic/issues/1791 
<https://github.com/numenta/nupic/issues/1791>
Let me know if there’s any details I’ve left out.

Cheers,
Ruaridh

> On 28 Jan 2015, at 15:44, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Ruaridh, I would really appreciate it if you filed a bug report,
> including the details of your OS, compilers, python version, etc:
> 
> https://github.com/numenta/nupic/issues/new?body=%3E%20What%20did%20you%20do%3F%20(steps%20to%20reproduce)%0A%0A%3E%20What%20happened%3F%20(actual%20results)%0A%0A%3E%20What%20should%20have%20happened%3F%20(expected%20results)%0A%0A%3E%20Additional%20Information%20(operating%20system%2C%20python%20version%2C%20NuPIC%20commit%20SHA%2C%20etc.)
> 
> Thanks,
> ---------
> Matt Taylor
> OS Community Flag-Bearer
> Numenta
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm out of ideas. Anyone else want to try?
>> ---------
>> Matt Taylor
>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>> Numenta
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Ruaridh O'Donnell
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Bad news I’m afraid. Still got the same problem.
>>> 
>>> I cloned and build nupic.core following your instructions.
>>> It all went ok by the looks of it.
>>> 
>>> I then installed nupic again in a new virtualenv.
>>> python setup.py install —nupic-core-dir=$NUPIC_CORE/build/release
>>> 
>>> It said that it was using binaries from $NUPIC_CORE/build/release.
>>> 
>>> Then I ran the tests but still got the same problem.
>>> 
>>> I used otool to check the _math.so file that is imported when you run
>>> “import nupic.bindings.math”:
>>> 
>>> otool -L $NUPIC/nupic/bindings/_math.so
>>> /Users/ruaridh/dev/nupic/nupic/bindings/_math.so:
>>> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version
>>> 1213.0.0)
>>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python
>>> (compatibility version 2.7.0, current version 2.7.6)
>>> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version
>>> 120.0.0)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It seems to be linked to the System python rather than home-brew’s python.
>>> I’m not sure why it’s doing this.
>>> Running “python” gives the home-brew version (/usr/local/bin/python).
>>> However /usr/bin/python is still the system version.
>>> My $PATH starts with “/usr/local/bin”.
>>> 
>>> If this proves complicated to fix I could uninstall Homebrew python and just
>>> use the system version. It might be easier.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ruaridh
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 28 Jan 2015, at 01:13, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ugh, ok. Well then, the next step is to try to install nupic.core.
>>> 
>>> Checkout or download and expand the nupic.core zip from
>>> https://github.com/numenta/nupic.core. You should have clang already
>>> on your Mac if you've installed XCode Developer Tools, but you might
>>> not have cmake (you can brew install it). Then follow the readme
>>> instructions:
>>> 
>>> mkdir -p $NUPIC_CORE/build/scripts
>>> cd $NUPIC_CORE/build/scripts
>>> cmake $NUPIC_CORE/src -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../release
>>> make install
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option will build out the binary release
>>> into $NUPIC_CORE/build/release, and you'll use this path now when you
>>> build NuPIC.
>>> 
>>> Now you go back to NUPIC and build with the option to specify the
>>> location of nupic.core:
>>> 
>>> cd $NUPIC
>>> python setup.py install --user --nupic-core-dir=$NUPIC_CORE/build/release
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For extreme detail, see
>>> https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/NuPIC's-Dependency-on-nupic.core
>>> 
>>> Fingers crossed!
>>> 
>>> ---------
>>> Matt Taylor
>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>> Numenta
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Ruaridh O'Donnell
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks again for the help,
>>> 
>>> Still got the same error I’m afraid.
>>> But I found some more information online.
>>> 
>>> Here’s what I did:
>>> I had a virtualenv that I pip installed nupic into before. (which was
>>> currently activated)
>>> I ran “pip uninstall nupic” until there was no more nupic. ("pip list" just
>>> shows the installed dependencies)
>>> I had deleted the nupic repo before so I cloned it again, and set $NUPIC.
>>> "cd $NUPIC"
>>> “python setup.py install” (I checked to make sure this python referred to
>>> Homebrew’s python)
>>> It all seemed to build fine. I saw the file being downloaded from AWS S3
>>> ending in “-darwin64.tar.gz"
>>> I ran the tests “./scripts/run_nupic_tests -u” and it crashed almost
>>> immediately
>>> Running "python” then “import nupic.bindings.math” gives the same error as
>>> before:
>>> 
>>> Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
>>> Abort trap: 6
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I found a stack overflow question with the same error:
>>> 
>>> this error shows up when a module tries to use a python library that is
>>> different than the one the interpreter uses
>>> 
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15678153/homebrew-python-on-mac-os-x-10-8-fatal-python-error-pythreadstate-get-no-cu?lq=1
>>> 
>>> I had a look at my console output and there’s line referring to
>>> “/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python” and
>>> another referring to
>>> “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.9/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python”.
>>> I’m guessing I need to build nupic.core myself to get it to use homebrew’s
>>> version of python rather than Apple’s.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ruaridh
>>> 
>>> On 27 Jan 2015, at 23:58, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well crap. I'd like to step back and try to get you building from the
>>> source code first. You said you cloned the repo, so be sure to "git
>>> pull" first, then...
>>> 
>>> First make sure no old or half-installed versions of nupic are laying
>>> around:
>>> 
>>> pip uninstall nupic
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Run this command several times, until you get an error that "nupic"
>>> cannot be found. Sometimes you have several versions installed,
>>> especially if you're been trying to install over time. Then...
>>> 
>>> cd $NUPIC
>>> python setup.py install --user
>>> 
>>> 
>>> No virtualenv required, but feel free to use one and omit the --user
>>> option. You should notice that the first thing happening is a download
>>> of the nupic.core binary file for your platform from AWS S3. The
>>> platform and SHA will be in the filename downloaded. If this command
>>> runs without an error, try running unit tests:
>>> 
>>> ./scripts/run_nupic_tests -u
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you have that _math.so problem, it should pop up here right away.
>>> If not, and all the tests pass, the next test is to run the simple
>>> hotgym example:
>>> 
>>> python examples/opf/clients/hotgym/simple/hotgym.py
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This will output some junk to your console, but should no throw any
>>> exceptions.
>>> 
>>> Please tell me how that goes and at what stage you received your first
>>> error and I'll give you instructions on building nupic.core yourself
>>> manually (it's not that hard if you have the right compiler).
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your time,
>>> ---------
>>> Matt Taylor
>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>> Numenta
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Ruaridh O'Donnell
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the reply,
>>> I’ve tried a few things, unfortunately none of them have worked.
>>> 
>>> 1) I noticed when pip was downloading nupic from PYPI it was downloading
>>> "nupic-0.1.0-cp27-none-macosx_10_9_intel.whl”. I assumed this was meant for
>>> mavericks not yosemite, so I tried downloading  the 10_10 version and got
>>> pip to install it. But I ended with exactly the same error as before.
>>> 
>>> 2) I also tried building nupic from source. I cloned the repo, set up
>>> $NUPIC, and build it (inside a virtualenv) using “pip install -e
>>> path/to/nupic/repo/“. The -e option in pip apparently just uses "setup.py
>>> develop”. It seemed to build OK.
>>> But I still ended up with the same error as before.
>>> 
>>> 3) I got your email so I uninstalled home-brew’s python and tried “brew
>>> install python-devel”. But brew couldn’t find any formulas with that name.
>>> I couldn’t find any reference on development headers for home-brew python
>>> through google.
>>> So I tried just installing python as I had it before (with "brew install
>>> python”) and installing nupic 0.1.2 but again I’m coming up against the same
>>> error.
>>> 
>>> Out of curiosity I looked at what point python crashes when running “import
>>> nupic.bindings.math”.
>>> It looks like it finds a file named _math.so and then crashes when trying to
>>> import it.
>>> 
>>> I’m not sure if any of that was helpful, I’m not too knowledgable in this
>>> area.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ruaridh
>>> 
>>> On 26 Jan 2015, at 17:50, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ruaridh,
>>> 
>>> You may not have python development headers installed. Try "brew
>>> install python-devel", then re-install NuPIC. Let me know if that
>>> helps.
>>> ---------
>>> Matt Taylor
>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>> Numenta
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Ruaridh O'Donnell
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> I’m having trouble installing NuPIC with pip on a new mac with OS X
>>> Yosemite.
>>> In python, NuPIC imports OK ("import nupic"), but importing
>>> nupic.bindings.math and many other modules crashes python.
>>> 
>>> For example
>>> 
>>> import nupic.bindings.math
>>> 
>>> Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
>>> Abort trap: 6
>>> 
>>> or
>>> 
>>> from nupic.frameworks.opf.modelfactory import ModelFactory
>>> 
>>> Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
>>> Abort trap: 6
>>> 
>>> Here’s how I installed everything (on a new mac):
>>> - I installed home-brew in the standard way (“ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL
>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"”)
>>> - installed python 2.7.9 ("homebrew install python”)
>>> - installed virtualenv ("pip install virtualenv”) (this used the pip
>>> corresponding to homebrew’s python)
>>> - set up a virtual env in called ‘all’ in ~/ (“virtualenv all”)
>>> - installed nupi dependencies ("brew install automake libtool cmake”)
>>> - activated my virtualenv
>>> - installed NuPIC ("pip install nupic”)
>>> Everything seemed to run fine but I now get the errors mentioned above.
>>> 
>>> I’m trying to use home-brew’s versions of python (2.7.9) rather the system
>>> one that came pre installed (2.7.6).
>>> Entering “python” in terminal points to homebrew’s python, not the system
>>> python.
>>> I tested out installing other modules with pip (in my virtualenv) and they
>>> all seem to work fine. (matplotlib)
>>> Creating a virtualenv uses homebrew's python
>>> 
>>> Also when pip was installing nupic I noticed the wheel it was downloading
>>> was the 10_9 file not the 10_10 that is listed on PYPI:
>>> 
>>> Collecting nupic
>>> Downloading nupic-0.1.0-cp27-none-macosx_10_9_intel.whl (6.6MB)
>>> 100% |################################| 6.6MB 848kB/s
>>> 
>>> Not sure if that’s relevant
>>> 
>>> Any help/insight into this would be appreciated,
>>> 
>>> Ruaridh
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 

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