Compile and install the latest version of python-igraph

build.sh

set -eu
#https://github.com/igraph/python-igraph/issues/157
#https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/igraph.rb
#https://github.com/gephi/gephi/wiki/GraphStreaming#Server_Module


wd="tmp"
rm -rf "$wd" && mkdir "$wd"
cd "$wd"

# get python-package source
git clone https://github.com/igraph/python-igraph/
cd python-igraph

# retrieve and compile igraph C-core
git clone https://github.com/igraph/igraph igraphcore
cd igraphcore
./bootstrap.sh
mkdir _build && cd _build
../configure --prefix=$PWD/../_install
make -j4
make install
cd ../../

# install python package
# `--prefix=` is a fix for "error: can't combine user with prefix, exec_prefix/home, or install_(plat)base"
CPPFLAGS=-I$PWD/igraphcore/_install/include/igraph \
LDFLAGS=-L$PWD/igraphcore/_install/lib \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=igraphcore/_install/lib/pkgconfig/ \
python3 setup.py install --user --prefix=

I tried to run the script but i get following result:

Cloning into 'python-igraph'...
remote: Counting objects: 7754, done.
remote: Total 7754 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7754
Receiving objects: 100% (7754/7754), 21.95 MiB | 1.71 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (5893/5893), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Cloning into 'igraphcore'...
remote: Counting objects: 58358, done.
remote: Total 58358 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 58357
Receiving objects: 100% (58358/58358), 109.38 MiB | 2.20 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (45170/45170), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Finding out version number/string... 0.8.0-pre+c517ad2

• aclocal
  ./bootstrap.sh: 17: ./bootstrap.sh: aclocal: not found
• /usr/bin/libtoolize --force --copy
  libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
  libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
  libtoolize: You should add the contents of the following files to 'aclocal.m4':
  libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4'
  libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4'
  libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4'
  libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4'
  libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4'
  libtoolize: Consider adding 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])' to configure.ac,
  libtoolize: and rerunning libtoolize and aclocal.
  libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
• autoheader
• automake --add-missing --copy
  ./bootstrap.sh: 20: ./bootstrap.sh: automake: not found
• autoconf
  configure.ac:3: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
  If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
  See the Autoconf documentation.
  configure.ac:37: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_LEX
  configure.ac:43: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
  configure.ac:44: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
  configure.ac:45: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
  configure.ac:46: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MISSING_PROG
  configure.ac:328: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
• patch -N -p0 -r-
• true
  ../configure: line 2425: syntax error near unexpected token foreign' ../configure: line 2425: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign subdir-objects)'

Could you help me please? I am using Ubuntu 16.04.

The main problem seems to be, that you are missing some dependencies.
I don't use Ubuntu, so I cannot give you the exact solution, but something along the following should get you started:

apt install autotools-dev aclocal automake

(source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/45480/how-do-i-install-aclocal)

Many thanks! I just ran your script and successfully installed python-igraph on an old MacOS: 10.7. I would have given up if it weren't for your script.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I had to do one thing differently: the cd - on line 23 seems to go back to the tmp/igraphcore directory, but the last command needs to be run from the tmp directory.

BTW, is it OK to delete the tmp directory once the installation is complete?

Wonderful! I am glad to hear it was of help.

And you are very correct, I replaced line 23 with cd ../../.

If you have successfully installed the Python package to another directory, it should be fine to get rid of tmp.