ens-lg4/ck-projectq

CK repository for ProjectQ

ck-projectq

ProjectQ official documentation.

Installation (on Ubuntu)

Install global prerequisites, Python and its pip (Python2 is also supported)

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential python3 python3-pip

Install Collective Knowledge

$ sudo pip3 install ck

Installation (on MacOSX)

Install global prerequisites, Python and its pip (Python2 is also supported)

$ brew install wget python pip

Install Collective Knowledge

$ pip install ck

Common part of the installation

Install this CK repository with all its dependencies (other CK repos to reuse artifacts)

$ ck pull repo:ck-projectq

List all the packages available

$ ck list ck-projectq:package:*

Install CK package for ProjectQ

$ ck install package:lib-projectq

By default CK tries to compile ProjectQ and C++-Simulator. In order to use the (slow) Python simulator:

$ ck install package:lib-projectq --env.USE_PYTHON_SIM=1

Run Programs

List all programs available

$ ck list ck-projectq:program:*

ProjectQ Demo/example client

$ ck run program:projectq-demo

How to specify a specific bechmark

$ ck run program:projectq-demo --cmd_key=teleport

How to set-up a CK variable for a given command

$ ck run program:projectq-demo --cmd_key=shor --env.CK_SHOR_INPUT=15

Other options

Simulator is a compiler engine which simulates a quantum computer using C++-based kernels. OpenMP is enabled and the number of threads can be controlled using the OMP_NUM_THREADS environment variable.

$ ck run program:projectq-demo --cmd_key=shor --env.CK_SHOR_INPUT=101 --env.OMP_NUM_THREADS=16

$ ck run program:projectq-shor --cmd_key=shor --env.CK_SHOR_INPUT=101 --env.CK_PROJECTQ_IBM_DEVICE=ibmqx4

FAQ

Where does CK store my program and its output?

A program can be located on disk by its name as follows:

$ ck find program:projectq-shor
/home/flavio/CK-REPOS/ck-quantum-private/program/projectq-shor
$ ls `ck find program:projectq-shor`
quantum_random_numbers.py  shor.py

Temporary files (including the executable, stderr and stdout) are in the tmp directory:

$ cd `ck find program:projectq-shor`/tmp

Troubleshooting