Windows.

[dwerner95]

I successfully ran up4 on windows using the rust-standalone version.
One needs to install HDF5 (link) on windows and make sure that the bin folder is in PATH (which it should be automatically).

The main function in src/main.rs runs flawlessly and also plots the rotating drum (after some tweaks).

installing it in python works, however for some reason the HDF5-rust crate is not able to write a file.

pyo3_runtime.PanicException: Unable to create hdf5 File: Invalid file access property list id: 792633534417207322

@DanW97 can you try to reproduce this error? if so, i will raise an issue on HDF5-rust as I can not find anything online

[dwerner95]

OK... I was able to run up4 properly on windows.
In a virtual machine you need at least 70 GB of space. (including windows installation)
Here is what to do:
Install:

• Anaconda3
• Visual Studio 2019 (VS16) with the extension "desktop development with c++ "
• HDF5 version 1.10.7 but make sure it is also VS16
• rust

After this we need to setup the environment.
Here is an guidance how to change environmental variables.
Create a new variable called HDF5_DIR and point it to the version folder of HDF5.
'C:\Program Files\HDF_Group\HDF5\1.10.7
Attach the following paths to the PATH variable:
C:\Users\USERNAME\anaconda3\
C:\Users\USERNAME\anaconda3\Scripts
C:\Program Files\HDF_Group\HDF5\1.10.7\bin

From here it depends on the IDE you are using. I am simply using powershell to execute and compile applications, hence i explain this:
open powershell in admin-mode and run set-executionpolicy remotesigned
open powershell and run conda init
restart powershell
install setuptools_rust:
python -m pip install setuptools_rust
install up4 by executing python -m pip install . in the up4 directory.

Enjoy!

[DanW97]

Ahoy Dom,

The above method seems to work, I would propose that we say to use
%USERPROFILE%\anaconda3
as this is tied to the user installing up4.

For clarity when we (I) update the docs with how to install on windows I include below the components installed in VS2022 as copied from the the installer (make sure these are all ticked), and version info from also:

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022
Version 17.0.5
VisualStudio.17.Release/17.0.5+32112.339
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.8.04084
Installed Version: Community

• Desktop development with C++ workflow
• MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (assuming we aren't supporting ARM)
• MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 build tools (for pyo3 to work, can't seem to get rid of v143 but up4 still installed).
• Windows 10 SDK (10.0.019041.0) c.f. Fasani's comment to this answer

This should mean that the following boxes are also ticked to reproduce my setup (some of these i question whether they are needed):

• Just-In-Time debugger
• C++ Profiling tools
• C++ CMake tools for Windows
• C++ ATL for latest v143 build tools (x86 and x64)
• Test Adapter for Boost.test
• Test Adapter for Google Test
• Live Share
• IntelliCode
• C++ AddressSanitizer

Once I got around Avast, up4 can be built and the rust side works, as you mentioned some tinkering with main.rs was required, i am currently unable to replicate that test here. When you get the chance, can you pass on what you used to perform your tests that passed?

Cheers,

Dan