package bmic not found (in a non-standard prefix install)

[teuben]

I first installed bmic:

mkdir _build && cd _build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/opt
make install

and then the example-C in the same fashion:

mkdir _build && cd _build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/opt

when I get "No package 'bmic' found"

Is there a flag in cmake one gives to say that bmic is installed in a non-standard place, or did I not follow all install instructions.

openjournals/joss-reviews#2317

[mdpiper]

Hmm, pkg-config should locate the library. I'll disable it to see if I can reproduce this result.

(There may be some delay since I'm on vacation this week.)

[teuben]

I should add that bmi-cxx has not too surprisingly the same issue with not finding bmicxx.

The fortran and python installed and tested fine (but see #70)

[mcflugen]

@teuben Thank you so much for looking at this!

To help pkg-config find things installed in non-standard locations, you can set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable. For example, the following works for me.

Install the bmi-c package,

$ mkdir _build && cd _build  # In bmi-c
$ cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/opt
$ make install

Install the bmi-example-c example,

$ mkdir _build && cd _build  # In bmi-example-c
$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tmp/opt/lib/pkgconfig
$ cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/opt
$ make install

Run the example,

$ /tmp/opt/bin/run_bmiheatc testing/config.txt  # In bmi-example-c
$ ls bmiheatc.out
bmiheatc.out

The first ten line of the output file,

Configuration file = testing/config.txt
Initializing... done
The 2D Heat Equation
variable = plate_surface__temperature
rank = 2
shape = 5 x 6

Time = 0.000000
0.00e+00 0.00e+00 0.00e+00 0.00e+00 0.00e+00 0.00e+00
0.00e+00 2.24e+00 2.24e+00 5.43e+00 -1.46e+00 0.00e+00

[mdpiper]

Hi @teuben -- in the PRs listed above, I've updated the READMEs in the bmi-example-c and bmi-example-cxx repos to try to clarify how to install to a nonstandard location. Please let me know what you think. If they address this issue satisfactorily, I'll close the issue and merge the PRs.

[teuben]

yes, go ahead and merge. They work for me.