Installation problem

Hanros94

I am just getting started with ARTIQ and trying to install it on my Mac. I have followed the instructions for condo install, however I have gotten the following error when running 'python install-with-conda.py'

But I'm getting the following error:

command 'conda install -y -n artiq -c https://conda.m-labs.hk/artiq artiq' returned non-zero exit status: 256

Could someone please advise

sb10q

Running conda manually without the installer script (see the manual), and running ARTIQ on MacOS, are not supported.

IIRC Chris from Oxford had some luck running it on MacOS (compiling/installing it from source code), but it needed quite a bit of tinkering and a few things weren't working. You may want to install it via Nix however (which wasn't there when Chris installed from source), which especially on MacOS has a much higher chance of success than conda.

Hanros94

Thanks alot for the help.

Hanros94

Hi Sb10q

I have tried using Nix to install on a Mac, but I'm getting the following error:
error: i686 Linux package set can only be used with the x86 family.

I would like to ask Chris what exactly he did. Would you be able to provide some contact info please?

sb10q

Chris installed from source at a time when Nix packages were not available.
I didn't say the Nix installation on MacOS would work out of the box without any development on your part 🙂 I just think that it is probably the easiest and most durable way to go, if you do want to run ARTIQ on Mac. If you have modifications to https://git.m-labs.hk/m-labs/nix-scripts that fix Mac problems, I'd be happy to merge them.

Hanros94

sb10q I see, thanks for the help!