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hi, dear petsc developers,<br>
<br>
I am having a problem when using the external solver elemental.<br>
I installed petsc3.10.5 version with the flag
--download-elemental-commit=v0.87.7 <br>
the installation seems to be ok. However, it seems that i may not be
able<br>
to use the elemental solver though. <br>
<br>
I followed this page
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/Mat/MATELEMENTAL.html">https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/Mat/MATELEMENTAL.html</a><br>
to interface the elemental solver, namely, <br>
MatSetType(A,MATELEMENTAL); <br>
or set it via the command line '<b>-mat_type elemental</b>',<br>
<br>
in either case, i will get the following error,<br>
<br>
[0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
--------------------------------------------------------------<br>
[0]PETSC ERROR: Unknown type. Check for miss-spelling or missing
package:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/installation.html#external">http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/installation.html#external</a><br>
[0]PETSC ERROR: Unknown Mat type given: elemental<br>
[0]PETSC ERROR: See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html">http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html</a> for trouble
shooting.<br>
[0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.10.5, Mar, 28, 2019 <br>
<br>
May i ask whether there will be a way or some specific petsc
versions that are able to use the elemental solver?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
<br>
best,<br>
lailai<br>
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