minimalf2py

A minimal package to diagnose issues with building Python / Fortran packages with f2py

Also a useful working example of how to use GitHub Actions to build this kind of package for Linux, MacOs, and Windows.

Brian E. J. Rose

Building from source

Build environment

Here are instructions to create a build environment (including Fortran compiler) with conda/mamba

Starting from the root of the minimalf2py repo:

mamba env create --file environment.yml
conda activate minimal_build_env

Building and installing into the Python environment

From the root of the repository, do this:

python -m pip install . --no-deps -vv

Running tests

To run tests, do this from any directory other than the minimalf2py repo:

pytest -v --pyargs minimalf2py