# Problems running ioda\_connverter on HERA **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 20, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.jcsda.org/t/problems-running-ioda-connverter-on-hera/646 "2024-12-20T21:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsouza\_psl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsouza\_psl](https://forums.jcsda.org/u/jsouza_psl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.jcsda.org/t/problems-running-ioda-connverter-on-hera/646/1 "2024-12-20T21:12:02Z")
Hi, new to JEDI here. I just built the jedi-bundle on HERA, with the -DBUILD\_IODA\_CONVERTERS=ON option. After some experimentation with modules and configurations, the process went (mostly) without errors. Once the building process is done, I can see the \*.py converter files in the bin directory. However, when I try to run the converter I keep getting the following error: File “/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi/jedi-bundle/iodaconv/src/pyiodaconv/ioda\_conv\_engines.py”, line 3, in from pyioda import ioda\_obs\_space as ioda\_os ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pyioda’ I can’t find pyioda in the build folder nor as a separate repository in GitHub. The way I setup my environment is: export JEDI\_ROOT=/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi export JEDI\_SRC=$JEDI\_ROOT/jedi-bundle export JEDI\_BUILD=$JEDI\_ROOT/jedi\_build export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi/jedi\_build/iodaconv/src/pyiodaconv export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi/jedi-bundle/iodaconv/src export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi/jedi-bundle/ioda/src export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi/jedi-bundle/ioda/src/python/pyiodautils export PYTHONPATH=/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Joao.Souza/jedi/jedi\_build/lib/python3.11:$PYTHONPATH module purge module use /scratch1/NCEPDEV/jcsda/jedipara/spack-stack/modulefiles module load miniconda/3.9.12 module load ecflow #HERA specific module use /scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.7.0/envs/ue-intel/install/modulefiles/Core module load stack-intel/2021.5.0 module load stack-intel-oneapi-mpi/2021.5.1 module load stack-python/3.10.13 #Prepare environment module load jedi-fv3-env module load ewok-env module load soca-env module load sp module unload fms module load fms/2023.04 I saw in one of the topics that a separate ioda-bundle is necessary for the converters. My thouth was that this would be included in when building the whole jedi-bundle (and I can see ioda in there!). I wonder if there is something in ioda-bundle that is - for some reason - not included in the jedi-bundle… Any help will be appreciated! Cheers Joao ---
**Author:** ![steve.marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@steve.marshall](https://forums.jcsda.org/u/steve.marshall)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.jcsda.org/t/problems-running-ioda-connverter-on-hera/646/2 "2024-12-26T22:08:57Z")
I’m also new to JEDI, but I ran into the same problem when I build the ioda-converters software. I found the README documents for ioda-converters had suggestions on setting PYTHONPATH that did not work for me. Instead I did this: export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$IODA\_BUNDLE/build/lib/python3.10 In my case, $IODA\_BUNDLE is the top level directory of the bundle used to gather all the necessary repos for ioda-converters, and $IODA\_BUNDLE/build is the build directory for that bundle. However, you layout of directories might be a bit different. The development container I used had python3.10 as the version of python, so the python modules were placed under the python3.10 directory. If you have a different version of python, this python direcotry might have a different name for you. To confirm the details, I would suggest looking under the “lib” subdirectory under your build directory. There should be a directory named for some version of python, e.g. python3.10. This directory should have directories called pyioda and pyiodautils. Ultimately, having PYTHONPATH include the parent directory that contains pyioda and pyiodautils subdirs should fix your problem. I hope this helps! Yours, Steve Marshall ---
**Author:** ![jsouza\_psl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsouza\_psl](https://forums.jcsda.org/u/jsouza_psl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.jcsda.org/t/problems-running-ioda-connverter-on-hera/646/3 "2025-01-02T17:36:44Z")
Thank you, Steve, for the reply. I already have the “…/lib/python3.11” folder in my $PYTHONPATH Also, I am not using a container since I am working in HERA (loading the spack-stack modules). Therefore, my problem persists! Alternatively, I am building with a colleague a new container based on the development one. The idea is to be able to run the IODA\_CONVERTERS and the observation operators in UFO in any linux machine (locally). So the new container will have JEDI already installed. But I imagine there must be a way I am not seeing to make it work in HERA! So, it would be amazing if someone running JEDI in this machine (HERA, or ORION/GAEA) could give some hints! Cheers Joao