Rust fix and more obsolete code fixes (#2325)

* Revert "Backend-related deprecations (#2322)"

This reverts commit 37718fa.

* Reapply "Backend-related deprecations (#2322)"

This reverts commit ce4cbf9.

* Attempt to explicitly install the missing library

* fix typo

* version update

* Remove BackendPropertyError

* Removing useless imports

* small fix

Author: gadial

pyproject.toml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ environment = { CMAKE_GENERATOR = "Visual Studio 16 2019"}
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
 select = "cp3{9,10,11,12,13}-manylinux_i686"
-before-all = "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y wget && bash {project}/tools/install_openblas_i686.sh"
+before-all = "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y libatomic && yum install -y wget && bash {project}/tools/install_openblas_i686.sh && bash {project}/tools/install_rust.sh"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100

qiskit_aer/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.3
+0.16.4

qiskit_aer/backends/backendproperties.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple, Union, Dict
 import dateutil.parser
-from qiskit.providers.exceptions import BackendPropertyError
 from qiskit.utils.units import apply_prefix
 from qiskit.transpiler.target import Target
 
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ def gate_property(
             Gate property as a tuple of the value and the time it was measured.
 
         Raises:
-            BackendPropertyError: If the property is not found or name is
+            ValueError: If the property is not found or name is
                                   specified but qubit is not.
         """
         try:
@@ -313,9 +312,9 @@ def gate_property(
                 if name:
                     result = result[name]
             elif name:
-                raise BackendPropertyError(f"Provide qubits to get {name} of {gate}")
+                raise ValueError(f"Provide qubits to get {name} of {gate}")
         except KeyError as ex:
-            raise BackendPropertyError(f"Could not find the desired property for {gate}") from ex
+            raise ValueError(f"Could not find the desired property for {gate}") from ex
         return result
 
     def faulty_qubits(self):
@@ -396,15 +395,15 @@ def qubit_property(
             Qubit property as a tuple of the value and the time it was measured.
 
         Raises:
-            BackendPropertyError: If the property is not found.
+            ValueError: If the property is not found.
         """
         try:
             result = self._qubits[qubit]
             if name is not None:
                 result = result[name]
         except KeyError as ex:
             formatted_name = "y '" + name + "'" if name else "ies"
-            raise BackendPropertyError(
+            raise ValueError(
                 f"Couldn't find the propert{formatted_name} for qubit {qubit}."
             ) from ex
         return result
@@ -497,12 +496,12 @@ def _apply_prefix(self, value: float, unit: str) -> float:
             Converted value.
 
         Raises:
-            BackendPropertyError: If the units aren't recognized.
+            ValueError: If the units aren't recognized.
         """
         try:
             return apply_prefix(value, unit)
         except Exception as ex:
-            raise BackendPropertyError(f"Could not understand units: {unit}") from ex
+            raise ValueError(f"Could not understand units: {unit}") from ex
 
 
 def target_to_backend_properties(target: Target):

qiskit_aer/noise/noise_model.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Instruction, Delay, Reset
 from qiskit.circuit.library.generalized_gates import PauliGate, UnitaryGate
-from qiskit.providers.exceptions import BackendPropertyError
 from qiskit.transpiler import PassManager
 from qiskit.utils import apply_prefix
 from .device.models import _excited_population, _truncate_t2_value
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ def from_backend(
                     _excited_population(freq=q.frequency, temperature=temperature)
                     for q in all_qubit_properties
                 ]
-            except BackendPropertyError:
+            except ValueError:
                 excited_state_populations = None
             try:
                 t1s = [prop.t1 for prop in all_qubit_properties]
@@ -425,7 +424,7 @@ def from_backend(
                     excited_state_populations=excited_state_populations,
                 )
                 noise_model._custom_noise_passes.append(delay_pass)
-            except BackendPropertyError:
+            except ValueError:
                 # Device does not have the required T1 or T2 information
                 # in its properties
                 pass
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ def from_backend_properties(
                     )
                     for q in range(num_qubits)
                 ]
-            except BackendPropertyError:
+            except ValueError:
                 excited_state_populations = None
             try:
                 delay_pass = RelaxationNoisePass(
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ def from_backend_properties(
                     excited_state_populations=excited_state_populations,
                 )
                 noise_model._custom_noise_passes.append(delay_pass)
-            except BackendPropertyError:
+            except ValueError:
                 # Device does not have the required T1 or T2 information
                 # in its properties
                 pass

test/terra/noise/test_device_models.py

@@ -16,15 +16,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 from test.terra.common import QiskitAerTestCase
 
-import qiskit
 from qiskit.circuit import library, Reset, Measure, Parameter
 from qiskit.transpiler import CouplingMap, Target, QubitProperties, InstructionProperties
 
-if qiskit.__version__.startswith("0."):
-    from qiskit.providers.fake_provider import FakeQuito as Fake5QV1
-else:
-    from qiskit.providers.fake_provider import Fake5QV1
-
 from qiskit_aer.noise.device.models import basic_device_gate_errors
 from qiskit_aer.noise.errors.standard_errors import thermal_relaxation_error