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--- public:docker [2017-02-21 14:25] – [Development (extending the software)] Jan David Mol
+++ public:docker [2018-02-05 10:32] – [Running the software] Jan David Mol
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 === Q: I get "Illegal instruction" when running some of the software? ===
-A: The LOFAR software is compiled for a 2015-era processor (Intel Xeon E5-2603v3 to be exact) for performance reasons, and uses CPU instructions not available on older machines. Please run our images on a newer machine.
+A: The LOFAR software is compiled for a 2015-era processor (Intel Xeon E5-2603v3 to be exact) for performance reasons, and uses CPU instructions not available on older machines. Please run our images on a newer machine, or [[#development_extending_the_software|rebuild the Docker images from scratch]].
 ===== Development (extending the software) =====
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 mkdir -p build/gnu_opt && cd build/gnu_opt
-cmake ../.. -DBUILD_PACKAGES=Docker -DUSE_LOG4CPLUS=OFF && make -j 16 install
+cmake ../.. -DBUILD_PACKAGES=Docker -DUSE_LOG4CPLUS=OFF -DUSE_CASACORE=OFF && make -j 16 install
 </file>
 which will put the Dockerfiles in subdirectories in ''LOFAR-Release-2_19/build/gnu_opt/installed/share/docker''.
+=== Q: How do I build your Docker images from scratch? ===
+A: By obtaining the Dockerfiles (see above), and running:
+<file>
+# load LOFAR environment variables, used to determine tags etc
+source installed/lofarinit.sh
+# build all LOFAR images, in the order required by their interdependencies
+docker-build-all.sh
+</file>
 === Q: How do I add files/modifications permanently? ===
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 A: Our Docker images execute ''/opt/bashrc'' upon entry, which in turn reads and sources all the files in ''/opt/bashrc.d/'' in order. You can thus add bash files to this directory that contain your initialisation statements, f.e. a file called ''20-myextension'' containing ''export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/opt/my_extension''.
-Note: if you add eggs to the image, you need to put the egg /filename/ to the PYTHONPATH. It is not enough to add the directory containing the egg.
+Note: if you add eggs to the image, you need to put the egg //filename// to the PYTHONPATH. It is not enough to add the directory containing the egg.