extension

Generic EasyBuild support for software extensions (e.g. Python packages). The Extension class should serve as a base class for all extensions.

Authors:

• Stijn De Weirdt (Ghent University)
• Dries Verdegem (Ghent University)
• Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
• Pieter De Baets (Ghent University)
• Jens Timmerman (Ghent University)
• Toon Willems (Ghent University)

Extension

Bases: object

Support for installing extensions.

name property

Shortcut the get the extension name.

required_deps property

Return list of required dependencies for this extension.

toolchain property

Toolchain used to build this extension.

version property

Shortcut the get the extension version.

__init__(mself, ext, extra_params=None)

Constructor for Extension class

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
mself	parent Easyblock instance
ext	dictionary with extension metadata (name, version, src, patches, options, ...)
extra_params	extra custom easyconfig parameters to take into account for this extension DEFAULT: None

async_cmd_check()

Check progress of installation command that was started asynchronously.

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
	True if command completed, False otherwise

async_cmd_start(cmd, inp=None)

Start installation asynchronously using specified command.

postrun()

Stuff to do after installing a extension.

prerun()

Stuff to do before installing a extension.

run(*args, **kwargs)

Actual installation of an extension.

run_async(*args, **kwargs)

Asynchronous installation of an extension.

sanity_check_step()

Sanity check to run after installing extension

resolve_exts_filter_template(exts_filter, ext)

Resolve the exts_filter tuple by replacing the template values using the extension

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
exts_filter	Tuple of (command, input) using template values (ext_name, ext_version, src)
ext	Instance of Extension or dictionary like with 'name' and optionally 'options', 'version', 'source' keys

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
	(cmd, input) as a tuple of strings