Code Ocean

Shahar Zaks

Quick answers to particular technical questions.

Tips and Tricks

Installing and using Conda via postInstall

How do I find a particular file in the environment

For all binaries and executables, please include source code whenever possible.

Binaries on Code Ocean: compiling and executing (e.g., MEX files in MATLAB)

Fix "libXt.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" when installing GR.jl, VTK, or other graphics libraries

Missing libXt.so.6: installing X11 dependencies

GR.jl needs to be configured to work on Code Ocean (or any other headless system)

Fixing GR.jl error `GKS: can't open display on ""`

Installation tips

How to add a recent R version to any environment

Installing R in a non-R environment, or updating to the most recent version

Start from a python 3 environment (with Conda) and install python version 2.7.15

Installing Python 2.7 on Code Ocean

A short postInstall script and a few commands in your run script will take care of it.

Adding Julia to your capsule's environment via the postInstall and run scripts

Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework.

Installing mono on Code Ocean (to run C# code)

Use apt-get and the postInstall script to install D and necessary libraries.

Installing and using D on Code Ocean

Installing gcc 6 or 7 on Ubuntu 16.04

Installing GNU PSPP

Using IDL (by installing GDL) on Code Ocean

Installing LaTeX on Code Ocean

The toolbox requires additional apt-get dependencies to run on Code Ocean.

Using the MATLAB Communications System Toolbox

Installation through the apt-get package manager and the postInstall script.

Installing Modelica on Code Ocean

Installing MOSEK on Code Ocean

Executing VHSIC Hardware Description Language on Code Ocean.

Using VHDL (by installing GHDL) on Code Ocean

New and additional languages, toolboxes and compilers

How to avoid a common pitfall by baking Java dependencies into the environment

Publishing Maven projects on Code Ocean

Solving "RuntimeError: Invalid DISPLAY variable" in Python.

Using matplotlib with no display attached

Packages, image rendering, and command line execution.

Using Stata on Code Ocean

Solving "No matching distribution found for opencv-python."

Installing OpenCV for Python

Downloading and installing CVX, VLFeat, MOSEK, YALMIP, etc. using postInstall functionality.

Installing user-provided MATLAB toolboxes

Installing development headers and static libraries using apt-get.

Missing Python header files

Language-specific issues

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