Merge pull request #1084 from notoraptor/fix-detecting-dashboard-buil…

…d-on-install

Fix detection of dashboard build files in installed packages.

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ jobs:
           if ( ls ${ORION_PREFIX}/orion-dashboard/build/static/js/main.*.js ); then true; else false; fi
           echo Check if frontend script can find dashboard build
           python -c "from orion.core.cli.frontend import get_dashboard_build_path; get_dashboard_build_path();"
+
+          echo Check if frontend script can find dashboard build on sys.prefix/local
+          mkdir -p ${ORION_PREFIX}/local/
+          mv ${ORION_PREFIX}/orion-dashboard ${ORION_PREFIX}/local/orion-dashboard
+          if ( [ -d "${ORION_PREFIX}/orion-dashboard" ] ); then false; else true; fi
+          if ( [ -d "${ORION_PREFIX}/local/orion-dashboard" ] ); then true; else false; fi
+          python -c "from orion.core.cli.frontend import get_dashboard_build_path; get_dashboard_build_path();"
+          echo Move build back to initial installation
+          mv ${ORION_PREFIX}/local/orion-dashboard ${ORION_PREFIX}/orion-dashboard
+          if ( [ -d "${ORION_PREFIX}/orion-dashboard" ] ); then true; else false; fi
+          if ( [ -d "${ORION_PREFIX}/local/orion-dashboard" ] ); then false; else true; fi
+
           echo Clean-up
           pip uninstall -y orion
           echo Check if dashboard build is correctly removed

conda/ci_build.sh

@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ conda config --set channel_priority strict
 
 pip uninstall -y setuptools
 conda install -c anaconda setuptools
+conda install conda-build
 
 conda update -q conda
 conda info -a
 conda install conda-build anaconda-client
 
-conda build conda --python 3.7
-conda build conda --python 3.8
-conda build conda --python 3.9
+conda-build conda --python 3.7
+conda-build conda --python 3.8
+conda-build conda --python 3.9
 
 # Conda 3.10 does not work because of a bug inside conda itself
 # conda build conda --python 3.10

src/orion/core/cli/frontend.py

@@ -29,12 +29,25 @@ def get_dashboard_build_path():
     https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files
     Otherwise, dashboard build should be in dashboard folder near src
     in orion repository.
+
+    NB (2023/02/20): It seems that, depending on installation, additional files may
+    be installed in `<sys.prefix>/local` instead of just `<sys.prefix>`.
+    More info:
+    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14211575/any-python-function-to-get-data-files-root-directory#comment99087548_14211600
     """
     current_file_path = __file__
     if current_file_path.startswith(sys.prefix):
         dashboard_build_path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "orion-dashboard", "build")
+        if not os.path.isdir(dashboard_build_path):
+            dashboard_build_path = os.path.join(
+                sys.prefix, "local", "orion-dashboard", "build"
+            )
     elif current_file_path.startswith(site.USER_BASE):
         dashboard_build_path = os.path.join(site.USER_BASE, "orion-dashboard", "build")
+        if not os.path.isdir(dashboard_build_path):
+            dashboard_build_path = os.path.join(
+                site.USER_BASE, "local", "orion-dashboard", "build"
+            )
     else:
         dashboard_build_path = os.path.abspath(
             os.path.join(