{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238/events","html_url":"https://github.com/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238","id":153558258,"number":238,"title":"error on install in new or existing venv","user":{"login":"szeitlin","id":5185401,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5185401?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin","html_url":"https://github.com/szeitlin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/szeitlin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2016-05-06T23:36:23Z","updated_at":"2016-05-09T15:48:29Z","closed_at":null,"body":"can't import the package. I installed all the requirements and vis_requirements successfully. \r\n\r\n`import neon` or any variation of that yields this:\r\n\r\n```\r\nERROR: Version information not found.  Ensure you have built the software.\r\n    From the top level dir issue: 'make'\r\n```\r\n\r\nTried several different ways, following the instructions for conda and pip, ran make with no errors, but still getting the same error when I try to actually use it. \r\n\r\nIt's not really typical behavior for a python package to expect a makefile to run. From what I can tell of the Makefile contents, it's just looking for a path with the version number. I can see that neon seems to be installed, version 1.4.0. I didn't see this in the FAQ - has anyone else had this problem? I can try hacking the Makefile to just hard-code in the version number and see how that goes, but I'm completely blocked from using the library in the meantime. "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/comments/217904067","html_url":"https://github.com/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238#issuecomment-217904067","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NervanaSystems/neon/issues/238","id":217904067,"user":{"login":"hanlin-nervana","id":17010519,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17010519?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana","html_url":"https://github.com/hanlin-nervana","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hanlin-nervana/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-09T15:48:29Z","updated_at":"2016-05-09T15:48:29Z","body":"Good point, we should add some python version checking to the virtual env install. Thanks for your suggestion.\r\n\r\nTo install within an existing venv, activate the virtual env, then run `make sysinstall`. Neon will install the dependencies in your virtual environment’s python folder. "}}