[NEST Users] Re: Installation procedure of NEST on M1 mac

Hi, It depends on where you want NEST installed. Personally, I prefer to place NEST in a directory of its own, but that is mainly because as a developer I usually have a number of NEST builds around. Thus, I would use something like cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/Users/julienballbe/NEST /Users/julienballbe/Downloads/nest-simulator-master On the other hand, you can also choose to install NEST right with your other Python packages using just cmake /Users/julienballbe/Downloads/nest-simulator-master Then, NEST will be installed in the site-packages part of your nest-simulator-dev conda environment. This makes it even easier for Python to find the nest Python module. Best, Hans Ekkehard -- Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser Head, Department of Data Science Faculty of Science and Technology Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5003, 1432 Aas, Norway Phone +47 6723 1560 Email hans.ekkehard.plesser@nmbu.no<mailto:hans.ekkehard.plesser@nmbu.no> Home http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser On 17/11/2021, 11:09, "Julien Ballbé" <julien.ballbe@gmail.com<mailto:julien.ballbe@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi, Thank you for all your responses. I attached the full log file. I found the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX instruction on the nest installation guidelines (https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/v3.1/installation/mac_install.html) in the building NEST section. Indeed, I did not see the space in the command line. That should fix it, but before I do anything, would you recommend that : 1) I create a build directory NEST and run (nest-simulator-dev) julienballbe@MacBook-Pro-de-Julien ~ % cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/Users/julienballbe/NEST /Users/julienballbe/Downloads/nest-simulator-master or 2) use as Robin suggested 'cmake path/to/src', in which case the command line will be, I supposed, cmake path/to/src /Users/julienballbe/Downloads/nest-simulator-master ? Thank you for your help! Best, Julien Le mer. 17 nov. 2021 à 10:04, Robin Gilbert De Schepper <robingilbert.deschepper@unipv.it<mailto:robingilbert.deschepper@unipv.it>> a écrit :