Hello everyone,

I used the source code to install nest simulator 2.20 from here and did the following steps

(I used to do the same steps for version 2.18 without error.)

cmake -Dwith-python=3 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=</install/path> </path/to/NEST/src>

make

make install

make installcheck

I got this error from "make installcheck":

Phase 1: Testing if SLI can execute scripts and report errors
-------------------------------------------------------------
Running test 'selftests/test_pass.sli'... Running Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: NEST_DATA_DIR is not usable: Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: Directory '/usr/share/nest' does not exist. Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: I'm using the default: /home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/share/nest Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: NEST_DOC_DIR is not usable: Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: Directory '/usr/share/doc/nest' does not exist. Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: I'm using the default: /home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/share/doc/nest /usr/bin//bin/nest /usr/share/doc/nest/selftests/test_pass.sli
/home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/bin/nest_serial: 20: /home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/bin/nest_serial: Apr: not found
Failed: unexpected exit code 127

Running Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: NEST_DATA_DIR is not usable: Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: Directory '/usr/share/nest' does not exist. Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: I'm using the default: /home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/share/nest Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: NEST_DOC_DIR is not usable: Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: Directory '/usr/share/doc/nest' does not exist. Apr 21 19:46:31 SLIStartup [Error]: I'm using the default: /home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/share/doc/nest /usr/bin//bin/nest /usr/share/doc/nest/selftests/test_pass.sli
/home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/bin/nest_serial: 20: /home/abolfazl/prog/install-dir/nest-simulator-2.20.0_build/bin/nest_serial: Apr: not found

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CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/build.make:57: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/installcheck' failed
make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/installcheck] Error 2
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:99: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/all' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/all] Error 2
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:106: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/rule' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/installcheck.dir/rule] Error 2
Makefile:188: recipe for target 'installcheck' failed
make: *** [installcheck] Error 2

regards,

Abolfazl Ziaeemehr
Department of Physics,
PhD student in Computational Physics
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)
Tel: 0919 607 4296
Page: iasbs.ac.ir/~a.ziaeemehr