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Symbolic Kinetic Models with Python
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Tutorials exit with errors #8

Closed AQ18 closed 2 years ago

AQ18 commented 2 years ago

In an unmodified installation of SKiMpy, every tutorial script exits with error when run in the way described in the Docker README, except for python /skimpy/tutorials/basics/tutorial_import_cobra.py.

Full tracebacks are available here. There are a few unique error messages and a couple recurring themes:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'output/****.html'
cobra.exceptions.SolverNotFound: optlang-cplex is not a valid solver interface. Pick from ['glpk_exact', 'glpk', 'scipy'].

The spread of the problem makes me suspect that something is still broken in my installation even after the fixes in #7.

weilandtd commented 2 years ago

I think everything is alright with your installation. I am currently in the review process of the paper and "fixing" the tutorials is part of it.

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'output/****.html'

You need to make the "output" folder yourself currently as empty folders are not taken into account in the git tree. This will soon be fixed.

cobra.exceptions.SolverNotFound: optlang-cplex is not a valid solver interface. Pick from ['glpk_exact', 'glpk', 'scipy'].

This is due to the fact that the default LP/MILP solvers in the models we put up as examples is cplex. I will take care of this also and come back to you.

It should be generally said that if you want to work with large-scale kinetic models and you want to use the ORACLE parametrization pipeline (see papers below). I strongly recommend to install a commercially available solver that is compatible with pytfa.

Wang, L.; Birol, I.; Hatzimanikatis, V. Metabolic Control Analysis under Uncertainty: Framework Development and Case Studies. Biophys J 2004, 87 (6), 3750–3763. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.104.048090. Miskovic, L.; Hatzimanikatis, V. Production of Biofuels and Biochemicals: In Need of an ORACLE. Trends in Biotechnology 2010, 28 (8), 391–397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.05.003. Chakrabarti, A.; Miskovic, L.; Soh, K. C.; Hatzimanikatis, V. Towards Kinetic Modeling of Genome-Scale Metabolic Networks without Sacrificing Stoichiometric, Thermodynamic and Physiological Constraints. Biotechnol J 2013, 8 (9), 1043–1057. https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.201300091. Savoglidis, G.; da Silveira Dos Santos, A. X.; Riezman, I.; Angelino, P.; Riezman, H.; Hatzimanikatis, V. A Method for Analysis and Design of Metabolism Using Metabolomics Data and Kinetic Models: Application on Lipidomics Using a Novel Kinetic Model of Sphingolipid Metabolism. Metab Eng 2016, 37, 46–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2016.04.002. Tokic, M.; Hatzimanikatis, V.; Miskovic, L. Large-Scale Kinetic Metabolic Models of Pseudomonas Putida KT2440 for Consistent Design of Metabolic Engineering Strategies. Biotechnology for Biofuels 2020, 13 (1), 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-020-1665-7.

weilandtd commented 2 years ago

The issue should not persist in the latest release v1.0.1