[petsc-users] Slepc installation

[Satish Balay]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2013, Sonya Blade wrote:

> DEar All,
> Here is out put from Python console after runing teh suggested Python code script.
> 
> >>> import os
> >>> print os.path.realpath(os.getcwd())
> C:\Python27
> >>> print os.path.realpath(os.environ['SLEPC_DIR'])
> D:\TEST_FOLDER_dell\slepc

You should be using cygwin python here from cygwin-shell [as per the
installation instructions]- not MS-Python [console].

> >>>
> Interesting thing here is, why Python script returns the
> backslashed path although I'm sure that I set it in 
> environmental  variables as forward slashed path. 
> 
> 
> 
> And here is the output from the CygWin terminal 
> 
> nobody at nobody /cygdrive/d/TEST_FOLDER_dell/slepc
> $ export SKPEC_DIR=D:/TEST_FOLDER_dell/slepc/

See the cygwin path above in your bash prompt? Thats what you should be using.
Also you have a typo for SLEPC_DIR

export SLEPC_DIR=/cygdrive/d/TEST_FOLDER_dell/slepc

Satish

> 
> nobody at nobody /cygdrive/d/TEST_FOLDER_dell/slepc
> $ ./configure
> Checking environment...
> cygwin warning:
>   MS-DOS style path detected: D:/TEST_FOLDER_dell/slepc
>   Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/d/TEST_FOLDER_dell/slepc
>   CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
>   Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
>     http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
> ERROR: SLEPC_DIR is not the current directory
> 
> 
> Your help will be appreciated,