Hello everybody,
I'm trying to do an installation of the Intel compilers using a license
file on the system not a server.
I'm using specifically the easyconfig icc-2018.2.199-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb,
which I modified only to use the full bundle source
"parallel_studio_xe_2018_update2_composer_edition.tgz"
The problem I have is that no matter what I try the silent.cfg file
generated in the build directory always contains the default,
ACTIVATION_TYPE=license_server
and then I get the error "The license server you provided does not have
a valid license for this product."
If I go to the build directory and change by hand to
ACTIVATION_TYPE=exist_lic
I can execute the install.sh and the installation starts.
But I cannot find the way to generate the file directly like that with 'eb'.
I can see that as options for the IntelBase easyblock used here there's
a parameter to define the license activation
---> $ eb -a -e IntelBase
...
EASYBLOCK-SPECIFIC
------------------
components* List of components to install [default: None]
license_activation* License activation type [default:
"license_server"]
m32* Enable 32-bit toolchain [default: False]
requires_runtime_license* Boolean indicating whether or not a runtime
license is required [default: True]
usetmppath* Use temporary path for installation
[default: False]
...
But I couldn't find the way to override the default value, I tried,
eb --try-amend=license_activation='exist_lic'
icc-2018.2.199-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
Despite I understood from the docs the try-amend is only for options at
the easyconfig level, which seems to
be the case.
I tried also inside the easyconfig
options = {'license_activation': 'exist_lic'}
but without success neither, the silent.cfg is always created with
'license_server' option.
Which would be the proper way to choose the value for the easyblock
'license_activation' option?
I looked carefully at the docs but I couldn't figure it out.
thanks,
Ariel
