Creating and utilising a custom system image of Julia with RMS

documentation/source/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.rst

@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ Installation by Source Using Anaconda Environment for Unix-based Systems: Linux
    in a different conda environment. However, if convenient you can undo this linking by replacing python-jl with
    python3 in the second command above. Just make sure to rerun the linking command once you are done.
 
+#. Create custom system image of RMS ::
+
+     python -m julia.sysimage rms.so
+
+    This will create a custom system image of Julia with RMS compiled
+
 #. Finally, you can run RMG from any location by typing the following (given that you have prepared the input file as ``input.py`` in the current folder). ::
 
     python-jl replace/with/path/to/rmg.py input.py

environment.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies:
   - rmg::pydas >=1.0.3
   - pydot
   - rmg::pydqed >=1.0.3
-  - rmg::pyjulia
+  - conda-forge::pyjulia
   - pymongo
   - pyparsing
   - rmg::pyrdl

rmgpy/rmg/reactors.py

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 import sys
 import logging
 import itertools
+from os.path import dirname, abspath, join, exists
 
 if __debug__:
     try:
-        from os.path import dirname, abspath, join, exists
         path_rms = dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))
         from julia.api import Julia
         jl = Julia(sysimage=join(path_rms,"rms.so")) if exists(join(path_rms,"rms.so")) else Julia(compiled_modules=False)
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
         pass
 else:
     try:
+        path_rms = dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))
+        if exists(join(path_rms, "rms.so")):
+            jl = Julia(sysimage=join(path_rms,"rms.so")) 
         from pyrms import rms
         from diffeqpy import de
         from julia import Main