[Scilab-users] Problem installing modules manually (atomsInstall)

[Lester Anderson]

Hello Antoine,

How does one get a "cached" version of the repository list and where
is it placed?

-->atomsRepositoryList()
 ans  =

!http://atoms.scilab.org/5.5  official  !

-->atomsVersion()
 ans  =

 5.5

Is there an option to disable fetching when installing locally,
presumably after one has cached module list.

Thanks

On 15 January 2016 at 13:13,  <amonmayr at laas.fr> wrote:
> Le 01/15/2016 01:45 PM, Lester Anderson a écrit :
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Tried setting the proxy with the settings our IT guy gave in the
>> Scilab preferences and it still failed, basically thinking it could
>> not access the Internet (which is incorrect)!
>>
>> Trying the manual install again (downloaded a toolbox zip file) it
>> looks like it still needs access!
>>
>> -->atomsInstall('scinetcdf_1.1.bin.x64.windows.zip')
>>
>> !
>>           !
>> !
>>           !
>> !gzip:
>> C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\SCI_TM~1\ATOMS~1\1_TOOLBOXES.gz: not!
>> !      in gzip format
>>           !
>> WARNING: atomsDESCRIPTIONget: Extraction of the DESCRIPTION file
>> ('C:\Users\landerso\AppData\Local\Temp\SCI_TM~1\ATOMS~1\1_TOOLBOXES.gz')
>> has failed.
>> Scanning repository http://atoms.scilab.org/5.5 ... Skipped
>>
>>   !--error 10000
>> All ATOMS repositories scan failed.
>> at line     198 of function atomsDESCRIPTIONget called by :
>> at line     227 of function atomsInstall called by :
>> atomsInstall('scinetcdf_1.1.bin.x64.windows.zip')
>>
>> and ...
>>
>> -->atomsInstall('apifun_0.4.2-3.bin.zip')
>>   !--error 21
>> Invalid index.
>> at line     170 of function atomsInstall called by :
>> atomsInstall('apifun_0.4.2-3.bin.zip')
>>
>> Confused to say the least the errors vary between the different archives.
>>
>> I thought that atomsInstall could be used to install a module
>> downloaded without having access to the Internet.
>
>
> Well, there is something weird in the way the atoms system is working.
> Whenever you install a package, it first fetches the list of all available
> packages (which takes a while).
> I just ran a test by
> I didn't find a way to turn it off.
> It's particularly annoying because it re-fetched everything even if the list
> was updated seconds ago during a previous install.
> When you install sequentially 5 local packages, it's really infuriating!
> There's room for improvement:
>
> - By default, turn off fetching when installing a local package,
> - Cache locally the list and avoid refetching if there is no change or if it
> was updated XX minutes ago.
> - Speed-up the process of updating the list: on my computer it takes 3
> minutes!
>
> Antoine
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15 January 2016 at 10:42, Lavitha Pereira <lavitha89 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Lester,
>>>
>>> If you are under proxy, follow the below instructions.
>>>
>>> Configure the network proxy
>>>
>>>
>>> atomsSetConfig("Verbose","True")
>>> atomsSetConfig("useProxy","True")
>>> atomsSetConfig("proxyHost","myProxyHost")
>>> atomsSetConfig("proxyPort","myProxyPort")
>>> atomsSetConfig("proxyUser","myUserName")
>>> atomsSetConfig("proxyPassword","myPassword")
>>>
>>>
>>> Read the more documentation below:
>>> https://wiki.scilab.org/ATOMS
>>>
>>> Reagrds,
>>>
>>> Lavita Pereira
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I assume that the following error from atomsGui is due to no direct
>>>> port access to the Internet? The webpage links from Scilab work fine.
>>>>
>>>> Somewhat at a loss as to how to proceed. Do I need to get the IT guys
>>>> to open a port/proxy access ?
>>>>
>>>> Works fine when I do things from home.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> On 15 January 2016 at 06:37, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just installed v5.5.2 and get the same issue when trying to install a
>>>>> module manually, error 21 at line 170 of atomsInstall
>>>>>
>>>>> Scilab is installed in Program Files on Windows, and so I am guessing
>>>>> that it might be a permissions issue for a work machine?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 January 2016 at 08:51, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I currently have v5.4.1 of Scilab, and have to install modules
>>>>>> manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to install apifun (as quite a few modules use it), but get
>>>>>> this error
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -->atomsInstall('c:\ss20-work\scilab\apifun_0.4.2-3.bin.zip')
>>>>>>   !--error 21
>>>>>> Invalid index.
>>>>>> at line     170 of function atomsInstall called by :
>>>>>> atomsInstall('c:\ss20-work\scilab\apifun_0.4.2-3.bin.zip')
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Checked the code for atomsInstall:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eb_ki.Callback = "updateedit_ki";  Line 170
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas how to resolve this? Will have to follow the same procedure
>>>>>> for v5.5.2 when I update.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Lester
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>> Lavitha M. Pereira
>>
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