Mac OSX installation problem

[bwanab]

When I do Pkg.build("IJulia") I get the following error:

│ ERROR: did not recognize option 'HD/Users/bill/.julia/conda/3', please try -h
│ [ Info: Installing Jupyter via the Conda package.
│ [ Info: Downloading miniconda installer ...
│ [ Info: Installing miniconda ...
│ ERROR: LoadError: failed process: Process('/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/bill/.julia/conda/3/installer.sh' -b -f -p '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/bill/.julia/conda/3', ProcessExited(1)) [1]

It seems clear by the error message that it has trouble with the fact that the volume name Macintosh HD has a space in it. The suggestion to use -h is problematic since I have no idea where the -h would go in the command Pkg.build("IJulia"). Any ideas?

[stevengj]

Ouch, this seems like a bug in Anaconda's installer.sh script. (Mishandling paths with spaces is a perennial problem with shell scripts.)

(Conda.jl is passing the path correctly as a single argument, because Julia executes programs directly with fork rather than via the shell, so I think this not "our" fault.)

(The suggestion -h is irrelevant, I think—it is just suggesting that you consult the help.)

[stevengj]

The right thing to do is to first reproduce the problem without using Julia, and then file a bug with Anaconda.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Download the Miniconda installer: https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

2. Run it in the Terminal:

sh Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -b -f -p /some/path/with/space

[stevengj]

Actually, it seems it has already been reported: ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues#716

[stevengj]

Closing as a duplicate of that anaconda issue.

In the meantime, the workaround is not to use a path with spaces. (On my MacOS X box, the user home directory is simply /Users/username … under what circumstances does the home directory name include the name of the drive?)

[bwanab]

Thanks for looking into this. I was able to work around it using the instructions on the IJulia github page by setting ENV["JUPYTER"]=<my local ijulia> since I'd previously installed anaconda. It's hard for me to believe this is an issue (for them not you) when all Macs are set up like this by default. Not a good default, but still....

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