Add install target for Linux/OSX systems
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Description
Summary:
A request that's come up before is the ability to centrally install cmdstan after building. I've put together an initial attempt at a makefile target, so that a user can run:
make -j4 build
sudo make install
Which will copy the cmdstan directory to the /opt folder (/usr/local/opt in OSX) and create a wrapper around the call to make to reference the correct directory: cmdstan_model.
The user can then just call cmdstan_model path/to/model to compile stan models.
The makefile changes are on this branch
I still need to do some testing on the OSX side, but was hoping to get input on the current approach.
Is cmdstan_model a good name here? It's likely that print and diagnose will need a similar prefix to avoid clashing with system binaries.
Current Version:
v2.27.0
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Research direction
Review the Makefile changes on the feature/install_target branch and start by running the documented make -j4 build and sudo make install flow on Linux. Verify that installation places CmdStan in /opt or /usr/local/opt on OSX, creates the cmdstan_model wrapper, and allows compiling a model through that command; OSX testing and command naming remain open questions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- build-system, cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100