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+#!/bin/bash
+
+module purge
+
+module use ${OTHERSTAGES}
+ml Stages/Devel-2020  GCC/9.3.0  ParaStationMPI/5.4.7-1
+ml ParaView/5.8.1-Python-3.8.5
+ml ADIOS2/2.6.0-Python-3.8.5
+
+ml CMake
+
+#needs to be loaded last
+module unload mpi4py/3.0.3-Python-3.8.5
+ml mpi4py/3.0.3-Python-3.8.5
+
+#swig module missing
+export PATH=$PATH:/p/home/jusers/leuschke1/jureca/myProject/Jupyter/pdi/swig/bin
+
+#so far using local pdi build
+export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/p/home/jusers/leuschke1/jureca/myProject/Jupyter/pdi/build2/build/lib
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/p/home/jusers/leuschke1/jureca/myProject/Jupyter/pdi/build2/build/lib
+
+
+# use source of 3.2.0 patched using: https://gitlab.kitware.com/sensei/sensei/-/commit/b0719fa59fced49ea1c82988b9b1f2b0a0478d3d
+# get source
+#mkdir -p src
+#cd src
+#wget https://gitlab.kitware.com/sensei/sensei/-/archive/v3.2.0/sensei-v3.2.0.tar.gz
+#tar -xzf sensei-v3.2.0.tar.gz
+#cd ..
+
+configopts=""
+configopts="-DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=${EBROOTX11}/include;${EBROOTOPENGL}/include ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${EBROOTX11}/lib;${EBROOTOPENGL}/lib ${configopts} "
+
+configopts="-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON                  ${configopts} "
+
+configopts="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON                  ${configopts} "
+#configopts="-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=\"-L${EBROOTPARAVIEW}/lib64/ -lvtkIOXML-9.0\" ${configopts} " # req. to ensure that XMLWriter can always be resolved (req. for 5.8.0)
+configopts="-DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON                      ${configopts} "
+
+configopts="-DENABLE_SENSEI:BOOL=ON                      ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DSENSEI_VERSION:STRING=3.2.0                ${configopts} " # cannot be set automatically, as it needs .git directory
+#configopts="-DSENSEI_DATA_ROOT:STRING=                  ${configopts} "
+
+configopts="-DENABLE_PYTHON:BOOL=ON                      ${configopts} " # Enables Python bindings. Requires VTK, Python, Numpy, mpi4py, and SWIG.
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTK_GENERIC_ARRAYS:BOOL=ON          ${configopts} " # Enables use of VTK's generic array feature, which can be used to implement highly efficient code
+
+configopts="-DENABLE_CATALYST:BOOL=ON                    ${configopts} " # Enables the Catalyst analysis adaptor. Depends on ParaView Catalyst. Set ParaView_DIR.
+configopts="-DENABLE_CATALYST_PYTHON:BOOL=ON             ${configopts} " # Enables Python features of the Catalyst analysis adaptor.
+configopts="-DENABLE_ASCENT:BOOL=OFF                     ${configopts} " # Enables the Ascent analysis adaptor.
+configopts="-DENABLE_ADIOS1:BOOL=OFF                     ${configopts} " # Enables ADIOS 1 adaptors and endpoints. Set ADIOS_DIR.
+configopts="-DENABLE_ADIOS2:BOOL=ON                      ${configopts} " # Enables ADIOS 2 adaptors and endpoints. Set ADIOS_DIR.
+configopts="-DENABLE_CONDUIT:BOOL=OFF                    ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DENABLE_HDF5:BOOL=OFF                       ${configopts} " # Enables HDF5 adaptors and endpoints. Set HDF5_DIR.
+configopts="-DENABLE_LIBSIM:BOOL=OFF                     ${configopts} " # Enables Libsim data and analysis adaptors. Requires Libsim. Set VTK_DIR and LIBSIM_DIR.
+
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTK_IO:BOOL=OFF                     ${configopts} " # Enables adaptors to write to VTK XML format. (sensei/VTKPosthocIO.cxx requires VisIt)
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTK_MPI:BOOL=ON                     ${configopts} " # Enables MPI parallel VTK filters, such as parallel I/O.
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTK_RENDERING:BOOL=ON               ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTK_ACCELERATORS:BOOL=OFF           ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTK_FILTERS:BOOL=ON                 ${configopts} "
+
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTKM:BOOL=OFF                       ${configopts} " # Enables analyses that use VTKm directly instead of via VTK.
+configopts="-DENABLE_VTKM_RENDERING:BOOL=OFF             ${configopts} "
+
+# mini-apps
+configopts="-DENABLE_OSCILLATORS:BOOL=ON                 ${configopts} " # Enables the oscillators mini-app. (req. libvtkIOXML)
+configopts="-DENABLE_MANDELBROT:BOOL=ON                  ${configopts} " # Enable the mandelbrot mini-app (req. libvtkIOXML)
+configopts="-DENABLE_CONDUITTEST:BOOL=OFF                ${configopts} " # Enable Conduit miniapp (experimental)
+configopts="-DENABLE_KRIPKE:BOOL=OFF                     ${configopts} " # Enable Kripke miniapp (experimental)
+configopts="-DENABLE_VORTEX:BOOL=OFF                     ${configopts} " # Enable Vortex miniapp (experimental)
+
+configopts="-DENABLE_PROFILER:BOOL=OFF                   ${configopts} " # Enable internal profiler
+configopts="-DENABLE_OPTS:BOOL=ON                        ${configopts} " # must be on or compile error
+
+#configopts="-DVTK_DIR=${EBROOTVTK}/lib64/cmake/paraview-5.7/vtk         ${configopts} " # Set to the directory containing VTKConfig.cmake.
+configopts="-Dembree_DIR=${EBROOTEMBREE}/lib64/cmake/embree-3.8.0       ${configopts} "
+configopts="-Dospray_DIR=${EBROOTOSPRAY}/lib64/cmake/ospray-1.8.4       ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DParaView_DIR=${EBROOTPARAVIEW}/lib64/cmake/paraview-5.8   ${configopts} " # Set to the directory containing ParaViewConfig.cmake.
+
+configopts="-DFFMPEG_ROOT=${EBROOTFFMPEG}                 ${configopts} "
+configopts="-DQT5_ROOT=${EBROOTQT5}                       ${configopts} " 
+
+configopts="-DMPI4PY_INCLUDE_DIR=${EBROOTMPI4PY}/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mpi4py/include/   ${configopts} "
+
+# cmake
+rm -rf build
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake ${configopts} ../src/sensei-v3.2.0/
+#make -j 40
+cd ..
+#