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Thanks Gus and Pavan,<div>I am able to use Fedora release 5. Linux 2.6.15 with <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">gcc 4.1.0 (RedHat 4.1.0-3)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">if this setup will work for </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">1.5rc2 or any other one</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">?</span></div><div><div>Thanks again,</div><div><br>Sandra Guija<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:16:26 -0400<br>> From: gus@ldeo.columbia.edu<br>> To: mpich-discuss@mcs.anl.gov<br>> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Mpich2 - in Red Hat 7.3<br>> <br>> On 10/03/2012 10:48 AM, Pavan Balaji wrote:<br>> ><br>> > On 10/03/2012 09:47 AM, Sandra Guija wrote:<br>> >> I will work on get a newer compiler.<br>> >> And for installation guide, should I use same as 1.4.p1?<br>> ><br>> > Are you upgrading to 1.5rc2? It comes with its own installation guide,<br>> > though 1.4.1p1's should also work.<br>> ><br>> Hi Sandra<br>> <br>> It may be more complicated to install a new version of gcc<br>> in your Red Hat 7.3 machine, than to upgrade Linux to something<br>> more up to date.<br>> You may open an endless can of worms of package<br>> and library dependencies will be hard to resolve.<br>> Red hat 7.3 is about 10 years old, a lot has<br>> changed since then.<br>> <br>> CentOS and Scientific Linux are free,<br>> and very similar to Red Hat enterprise.<br>> The current version is 6.3:<br>> <br>> https://www.centos.org/<br>> https://www.scientificlinux.org/<br>> <br>> Another option is to install Ubuntu:<br>> <br>> http://www.ubuntu.com/<br>> <br>> The current stable version is 12.04.1, I think.<br>> <br>> An (admittedly very sketchy) outline of the procedure is:<br>> <br>> - backup your /home and any other data that you want to keep,<br>> maybe to a large capacity pen drive, or copy to a DVD perhaps,<br>> - download the ISO images (sites above, pick one),<br>> - burn the ISO images to CDs or DVD (probably several CDs or one DVD),<br>> - put the first CD or DVD on the CD/DVD tray,<br>> - reboot the computer,<br>> - follow the installation instructions,<br>> Once the system is installed:<br>> - add new users (yourself, maybe more), then<br>> - restore the files you need from your backed-up /home,<br>> - add any packages you may need (e.g. gfortran) with yum (CentOS, SL)<br>> or apt-get (Ubuntu).<br>> - install mpich2<br>> <br>> I hope this helps,<br>> Gus Correa<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mpich-discuss mailing list mpich-discuss@mcs.anl.gov<br>> To manage subscription options or unsubscribe:<br>> https://lists.mcs.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/mpich-discuss<br></div></div></div> </div></body>
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