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Linking to Anaconda environment in Ubuntu

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
anaconda, python, ubuntu
Domain
developer-experience, documentation

Research direction

Start with the Python import path in arrayfire/init.py and the library-loading code in arrayfire/library.py, then read the linked ArrayFire Python wiki. Reproduce the import failure in the Ubuntu 19.10 Anaconda environment and document the supported setup; done means the guide lets users load ArrayFire from /opt/arrayfire without the RuntimeError.

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Description

Hi.

Is there a guide on how to direct the Arrayfire installation to an Anaconda environment? I saw a couple of issues here, but they were based on Windows and Mac OS. I'm working with Ubuntu 19.10.

If I try to import Arrayfire in Python I get the following:

>>> import arrayfire
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/mario/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/arrayfire/__init__.py", line 56, in <module>
    from .library    import *
  File "/home/mario/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/arrayfire/library.py", line 643, in <module>
    backend = _clibrary()
  File "/home/mario/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/arrayfire/library.py", line 619, in __init__
    raise RuntimeError("Could not load any ArrayFire libraries.\n" + more_info_str)
RuntimeError: Could not load any ArrayFire libraries.
Please look at https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/wiki for more information.

You can see that it's trying to look for Arrayfire in the anaconda3 folder, and it is obviously failing because my Arrayfire installation is in /opt/arrayfire/.

Any pointers to how I can fix this?

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