This is how I created a fipy deb.

• apt-get install stdeb
• apt-get install debhelper
• svn co svn+ssh://[email protected]/usr/local/svn-fipy-repos/tags/version-2_1 CLEAN
• cd CLEAN
• Create stdeb.cfg, see below
• python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command bdist_deb
• The deb is deb_dist/python-fipy_2.1-1_all.deb

stdeb.cfg:

[DEFAULT]
Depends: python (>= 2.4), python-numpy (>= 1.3), python-sparse (>= 1.1), python-matplotlib, python-scipy, gmsh, python-pytrilinos
XS-Python-Version: >= 2.4

Check the archive by doing ar xv python-fipy_2.1-1_all.deb

Seems to work. The control file looks reasonable when compared with pysparse's. Now I have to test it...

• Create an Ubuntu virtual machine, see ​http://www.packtpub.com/article/creating-first-virtual-machine-ubuntu-linux-part1
• Install the guest additions, see ​http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/06/26/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-virtualbox-guests/
• run the update manager
• install the fipy deb, went smoothly
• svn co svn+ssh://[email protected]/usr/local/svn-fipy-repos/tags/version-2_1/examples fipy-examples
• cd fipy-examples
• python setup.py test

The tests all pass apart from three that have path problems with their local imports of the sort:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
  from examples.levelSet.electroChem.leveler import runLeveler
  ImportError: No module named examples.levelSet.electroChem.leveler

Easy to fix. Now for trilinos:

• python setup.py test --Trilinos

All the tests work other than the three failures from before. Now for parallel:

• sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
• sudo apt-get install mpi-default-dev
• sudo apt-get install python-dev
• sudo easy_install mpi4py
• mpirun -np 2 python setup.py test --Trilinos

This gave 5 errors, the 3 levelset errors along with elphf.diffusion.mesh1D and diffusion.nthOrder.input4thOrder1D, which we already know about and I think have been fixed. Next up, test matplolib:

• mpirun -np 2 python diffusion/mesh1D.py --Trilinos
• mpirun -np 2 python phase/anisotropy.py --Trilinos

Takes ages, but shows something running in parallel. Now mayavi

• export FIPY_VIEWER=mayavi

Okay none of the examples work with mayavi

• python cahnHilliard/sphere.py

   python: can't open file 'examples/cahnHilliard/sphereDaemon.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
   viewer: NOT READY

• python phase/impingement/mesh20x20.py

  ...
  AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cell_data'

• python cahnHilliard/mesh2D.py

OpenGL Warning: Failed to connect to host. Make sure 3D acceleration is enabled for this VM.

Anyhow, I'll remove mayavi2 from the list of packages until we have a better idea abut what is happening.