Re: [AMBER-Developers] simplified install process (e.g: no AMBERHOME, no sourcing amber.sh)

From: Hai Nguyen <nhai.qn.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:56:35 -0500

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk> wrote:

> +1 - Python is a cancer these days!
>

I don't know. Just only know Python is the first thing people think about
to expose their API to users since it's "friendly".

e.g: Popular tensoflow from google: https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/

Or Microsoft deep-learning toolkit https://github.com/Microsoft/CNTK

Hai


>
> > On Feb 11, 2017, at 17:59, Scott Brozell <sbrozell.rci.rutgers.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 10:50:54AM -0500, Hai Nguyen wrote:
> >> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 10:34 AM, David Case <david.case.rutgers.edu>
> wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017, Hai Nguyen wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> PS2: "NEW" won't work with --skip-python option (there is no Python
> code
> >>>> to wrap "nab" program to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
> >>>
> >>> Can't you use a shell script instead?....dac
> >>>
> >> I do no want to support various shell types (like amber.sh, amber.csh).
> >>
> >> But If I try hard, I can make "NEW" work with "--skip-python" by trying
> >> various python version.
> >> However, it's hard to install python2.4 nowadays so I don't have any to
> >> test my change.
> >
> > I don't know the details here, but i strongly prefer to have an
> > installation process that does not need python; i might settle for
> > a process that will work with any python.
> >
> > For Dock 6.9 I'll be resynchronizing Dock and AmberTools. Dock uses
> > a kernel of Ambertools that includes antechamber et al., sff, tleap,
> > and maybe (probably not) nab. Again the details are as yet unknown,
> > but all four of those are not python programs, and i do
> > not want Dock users to have to deal with python.
> >
> > If you need help supporting two unix shells (OMG 2 !) then i can help.
> >
> > thanks,
> > scott
> >
> >
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