Dear Dennis,

I haven't specified python3, just python. I have tried it now with python3 and currently in my command prompt after running the container, 
docker run -it --rm -v %cd%:/opt/data -p 8080:8080 nestsim/nest:latest python3      
I am in python3 and can import nest in my command prompt without a problem, so that is a step forward! However, when I am in VScode and attach to that container and run with a python 3 interpreter, there is "no module named nest" when I try to import nest. Again, there is a model named "nest_desktop", but no nest. 

I have also tried in notebook and this works! So I think the problem is indeed a tiny detail in vscode settings, but I haven't figured it out yet. 

Best,
Nina


On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:16 AM Dennis Terhorst <d.terhorst@fz-juelich.de> wrote:

Dear Nina,

which entrypoint do you use for the container? Did you specify "python3", or just "python"?

I think this might be just a tiny detail in the container startup settings of vscode, since NEST *is* installed in the container.

Can you import nest in the notebook, as given in the docs?

Best,
Dennis

On 25.10.21 10:51, Nina Doorn wrote:
Hi Steffen,

Thank you as well for the help. I've tried what you mentioned. And for my
colleague, that works perfectly well. But somehow I have the problem I
mentioned. So it might just be a personal problem.

Kind regards,
Nina

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 10:43 AM Steffen Graber <s.graber@fz-juelich.de>
wrote:

Hi Nina,

On windows I successfully tried the following  (a longer time ago):

docker run -it --rm -v %cd%:/opt/data -p 8080:8080 nestsim/nest:<version> <args>

or for the newest version with  jupyter notebook:

docker run -it --rm -v %cd%:/opt/data -p 8080:8080 nestsim/nest:3.1 notebook

In Powershell, '%cd%' might not work for the current directory. Then you
should explicitly specify a folder with existing write permissions.
As Dennis said, feedback on this would be very helpful for us.

Best

Steffen

Am 25.10.21 um 10:06 schrieb Dennis Terhorst:

Dear Nina,

did you try the NEST docker containers available on DockerHub? There you
would have NEST and a couple of other useful tools installed already.

docker run --rm -e LOCAL_USER_ID=`id -u $USER` -v $(pwd):/opt/data -p 8080:8080 nestsim/nest:<version> notebook

Check the "Docker" section in the docs [1] details. – I'm not sure how
vscode expects it's entrypoint, the 'notebook' at the end of the command is
obviously for Jupyter. Other things should however work, same as any other
Docker container. You can see how these ones are constructed under
'src/<version>' here [2].

Let us know how it turns out! I think this is interesting for many people
either way: for others how to do it (and for developers to document it), or
we know what or where to improve.

Best,
Dennis
[1]: https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/v3.1/installation/index.html

[2]: https://github.com/nest/nest-docker
On 15.10.21 12:25, Nina Doorn wrote:

Dear experts,

I have a question about using nest on docker/vscode on my windows PC. I
hope this is the right place to ask since I couldn't answer my question
using the troubleshooting session.

I am using docker to use pyNEST on my windows computer. I have successfully
installed NEST using the instructions mentioned here for installing on
docker:https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/v2.20.1/installation/index.html.
If I am in the container, I have python version 3.8.10. If I run python and
then try to "import nest"  it says there is no module named nest. Importing
other python packages works perfectly in this way. But indeed, when I look
at all the installed packages using pip list, there is no package called
"nest". There is, however "nest-desktop 3.0.3" there. So I guess nest is
not installed. However, I also don't know how to install it. If I use pip
install nest, another package called nest is installed that is not the nest
simulator (according to: #754<https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/issues/754> <https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/issues/754>).

Also, I don't know whether this problem is related or totally unrelated but
it might give some insight: when I am in VScode in the nestsim/nest
container and I click on python: select interpreter, nothing happens, I
cannot select a python interpreter/no window opens. So maybe there is
something wrong with the python installations or the used path?

I hope the problem is clear. I've been trying different things for days so
I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer me!

Thanks in advance and have a nice day!

Kind regards,

Nina Doorn



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