[petsc-users] install petsc with valgrind

[Barry Smith]

  Or make sure valgrind is in your path

> On Apr 17, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As I said, it cannot find valgrind in your path. Remove it or install valgrind.
> 
>    Matt
> 
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Sun, Hui <hus003 at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Thank you, Matt and Barry. I was trying to run the following:
> -@${PETSC_DIR}/bin/petscmpiexec -valgrind -n ${NP} ./test -mx ${ND} -my ${ND} -mz ${ND} -ksp_monitor_short -ksp_type fgmres -pc_type asm
> 
> where NP=2, ND=32
> 
> And in the makefile I have specified the following:
> include ${PETSC_DIR}/lib/petsc/conf/variables
> include ${PETSC_DIR}/lib/petsc/conf/rules
> include ${PETSC_DIR}/lib/petsc/conf/test
> 
> Best,
> Hui
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Barry Smith [bsmith at mcs.anl.gov]
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 2:50 PM
> To: Sun, Hui
> Cc: petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [petsc-users] install petsc with valgrind
> 
>   Please please please always show WHAT YOU RAN with the error message. Otherwise we just must guess
> 
> 
> > On Apr 17, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Sun, Hui <hus003 at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Barry. I just have it installed. And I was running a code, and got the following error message:
> >
> > HYDU_create_process (utils/launch/launch.c:75): execvp error on file valgrind: (No such file or directory)
> >
> > ===================================================================================
> > =   BAD TERMINATION OF ONE OF YOUR APPLICATION PROCESSES
> > =   PID 66059 RUNNING AT math178.ucsd.edu
> > =   EXIT CODE: 255
> > =   CLEANING UP REMAINING PROCESSES
> > =   YOU CAN IGNORE THE BELOW CLEANUP MESSAGES
> > ===================================================================================
> >
> > What does this mean?
> >
> > Best,
> > Hui
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Barry Smith [bsmith at mcs.anl.gov]
> > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 1:08 PM
> > To: Sun, Hui
> > Cc: petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: Re: [petsc-users] install petsc with valgrind
> >
> >   The development copy of PETSc allows using --prefix with MPICH  http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/developers/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 17, 2015, at 2:38 PM, Sun, Hui <hus003 at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I want to install petsc with valgrind. And I read some documentations, which suggests me to do
> >> ./configure --download-mpich --with-valgind-dir=…
> >>
> >> However, I also want to specify --prefix, but petsc doesn't allow me, because --download-mpich option does not work with --prefix install.
> >>
> >> Is there anyway that I can have petsc --prefix, together with valgrind?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Hui
> >
> 
> 
> 
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