Help installing ApproxFun.jl?

General Usage
1

clean enviroment:

julia> using InteractiveUtils
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.3.0-rc5.1
Commit 36c4eb251e (2019-11-17 19:04 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.1 (ORCJIT, haswell)
Environment:
  JULIA = C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Julia-1.3.0-rc5\bin\julia.exe
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 4
  JULIA_EDITOR = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"

ApproxFun.jl installs, but fails to precompile FFTW:

julia> using ApproxFun
[ Info: Precompiling ApproxFun [28f2ccd6-bb30-5033-b560-165f7b14dc2f]
ERROR: LoadError: FFTW is not properly installed. Please run Pkg.build("FFTW") and restart Julia.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String, ::String) at .\error.jl:42
 [2] top-level scope at C:\Users\andre\.julia\packages\FFTW\2okGQ\src\FFTW.jl:21
 [3] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [4] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1105
 [5] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:31
 [6] top-level scope at none:2
 [7] eval at .\boot.jl:330 [inlined]
 [8] eval(::Expr) at .\client.jl:425
 [9] top-level scope at .\none:3
in expression starting at C:\Users\andre\.julia\packages\FFTW\2okGQ\src\FFTW.jl:18
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile FFTW [7a1cc6ca-52ef-59f5-83cd-3a7055c09341] to C:\Users\andre\.julia\compiled\v1.3\FFTW\PvIn2_bGGdY.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
 [2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1283
 [3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:1024
 [4] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:922
 [5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:917
 [6] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [7] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1105
 [8] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:31
 [9] top-level scope at none:2
 [10] eval at .\boot.jl:330 [inlined]
 [11] eval(::Expr) at .\client.jl:425
 [12] top-level scope at .\none:3
in expression starting at C:\Users\andre\.julia\packages\ApproxFun\prrPP\src\ApproxFun.jl:2
ERROR: Failed to precompile ApproxFun [28f2ccd6-bb30-5033-b560-165f7b14dc2f] to C:\Users\andre\.julia\compiled\v1.3\ApproxFun\jGqLz_bGGdY.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
 [2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1283
 [3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:1024
 [4] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:922
 [5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:917

trying to precompile FFTW:

julia> using Pkg
julia> Pkg.build("FFTW")
  Building Conda → `C:\Users\andre\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\deps\build.log`
false

any idea on how to proceed?

2

Did the

pkg> build FFTW

actually error? Try

using FFTW

and make sure that works first.

3

Finally i get it working. The problem was on the FFTW side, where build.jl and build_fftw.jl were not present. With some manual file management i get it working with no problem

4

Perhaps you should file an issue with FFTW.jl and also show your workaround to benefit future users.

5

my workaround was the following (i have to thank @giordano for the sugesstion on Slack)

  1. locate C:\Users\USER\.julia\packages\FFTW\2okGQ\deps
  2. delete everything there except build.jl and build_fftw.jl . if those files are’t there, you can get those here
  3. Build again:
    pkg> build FFTW
    the problem was also present on FFTW, using FFTW gave me the same error. an issue was submitted here