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<div dir="ltr">hello<div>If I decide to setup my cluster so that each node has their own mpich2 binaries,</div><div>it will be ok if I installed just in one and the copied the mpich2-install directory to the other node?</div><div>Or I need to install idnivdually</div><div>Thanks<br>Sandra Guija<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 16:56:33 -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 01:23 PM, Sandra Guija wrote:<br>> > Thanks Gus and Pavan,<br>> > I am able to use Fedora release 5. Linux 2.6.15 with gcc 4.1.0 (RedHat<br>> > 4.1.0-3)<br>> > if this setup will work for 1.5rc2 or any other one?<br>> > Thanks again,<br>> ><br>> > Sandra Guija<br>> ><br>> <br>> MPICH2 may install on Fedora 5, but as Pavan said,<br>> that is still old.<br>> I guess it is probably already discontinued by Fedora<br>> (i.e.you can't get RPMs to install stuff, in case you hit any problem<br>> with dependencies when istalling mpich2).<br>> <br>> Consider installing the system again,<br>> use a current distribution version:<br>> CentOS, Scientific Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora.<br>> <br>> Gus Correa<br>> <br>> > > 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>> ><br>> ><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>> <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>
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