How to install OpenTURNS on Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

This guide explains Debian Sarge installation of OpenTURNS.

Prepare your system

Some OpenTURNS dependencies need you to activate contrib repository. To do that, and if you can access root privileges, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add these lines : 

deb http://ftp.debian.org/ sarge non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/ sarge non-free

Don't forget to update your apt cache : 

aptitude update

Unfortunately, if you can't be root on your host, you have to install the prerequisites as a traditional user without any specific privilege. So you must download every tarball to your home, compile each one in turn and have them installed into your favorite directory.

Configure

  • Install building tools 
    aptitude install build-essential g77
  • Install python 
    aptitude install python2.4
  • Install XercesC, BOOST, Qt3 
    aptitude install libxerces26 libxerces26-dev libboost-dev libqt3-mt-dev
  • Install mathematical tools (R, LAPACK) 
    aptitude install r-base lapack3-dev
  • Install GS needed by R to draw some graphs 
    aptitude install gs-afpl
  • Install python's development files (used to build TUI) 
    aptitude install python2.4-dev
  • SWIG 1.3.31 version is required bellow OpenTURNS 0.9.2 but Debian Sarge have SWIG in 1.3.24 version. You need to build SWIG from source : 
    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.31.tar.gz
tar xzvf swig-1.3.31.tar.gz
cd swig-1.3.31
./configure --prefix=/usr
make && make install
cd ..
  • Download and extract OpenTURNS archive (i.e. openturns-0.9.1) 
    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openturns/openturns-0.9.1.tar.gz
tar xzf openturns-0.9.1.tar.gz
cd openturns-0.9.1
  • To allow OpenTURNS to communicate with R, you need to install the provided R package named rotRPackage : 
    R CMD INSTALL utils/rotRPackage_1.4.3.tar.gz
  • Launch configuration script 
    ./configure --prefix=/usr

Compilation and installation

  • Launch compilation 
    make
  • Launch optionals but recommended tests 
    aptitude install automake1.9
cp etc/configuration /etc/configuration
make check
  • Launch installation 
    make install
  • Launch final verification 
    make installcheck
  • Help python to find OpenTURNS's module 
    echo "openturns" > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/openturns.pth

Try it !

You can check if OpenTURNS's TUI is working : 

# python
Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr  5 2007, 18:43:10)
[GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from openturns import *
>>>