[mpich-discuss] Building the HP-UX MPICH library --Question

Wed Nov 25 13:14:08 CST 2009

On 11/25/2009 09:03 AM, Hirsh, Joel E wrote:
> I tried downloading as described below.  Thr file comes across as
> mpich2-1.2.1.tar.tar.  I renamed it to mpich2-1.2.1.tar.gz

Hmm that's strange.  I wonder if your browser is uncompressing it
automatically.

> I do have gnu tar version 1.1.2 (I think).  The tar command appeared
> to do nothing as did the zcat command piped into tar.  I tried the
> zcat command alone but the screened scrolled too fast for me to read
> it and then the PC crashed.  I can try it on a UNIX machine and see
> what happens.

Are you trying to compile it for windows?  If so, there are precompiled
binaries for windows available from the mpich2 download site:

http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/downloads/index.php?s=downloads

But if you are going to be using it on a unix machine, then in order to
make sure the issue isn't with how your browser on you PC is downloading
it, try using wget on the unix machine to download the file directly.
Try the following (all on one line):

wget
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/downloads/tarballs/1.2.1/mpich2-1.2.1.tar.gz

Then try:
  tar zxf mpich2-1.2.1.tar.gz

Let us know how that works.

-d

> Joel E. Hirsh Ph.D. Boeing Research and Technology PO BOX 16858, MC
> P29-99 Philadelphia, PA Office: 610-591-7769 Cell: 610-517-1098 Fax:
> 314-545-8651
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
> [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Darius
> Buntinas Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:24 PM To:
> mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Building the
> HP-UX MPICH library --Question
> 
> Did you download it from here? 
> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/downloads/tarballs/1.2.1/mpich2-1.2.1.tar.gz
> 
> 
> If you have gnu tar (do a tar --version to find out), untar it like
> this: tar zxf mpich2-1.2.1.tar.gz
> 
> If you don't have gnu tar, you'll have to uncompress it first, then
> untar: zcat mpich2-1.2.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
> 
> Let us know how that works for you.
> 
> -d
> 
> 
> On 11/24/2009 11:09 AM, Hirsh, Joel E wrote:
>> I downloaded the latest MPICH2 source code, but I am unable to
>> access it.  I get a checksum error using tar on the UNIX machine
>> and Winzip doesn't like it on a PC.  Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Joel E. Hirsh Ph.D. Boeing Research and Technology PO BOX 16858, MC
>> P29-99 Philadelphia, PA Office: 610-591-7769 Cell: 610-517-1098 
>> Fax: 314-545-8651
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
>> [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Hirsh, Joel
>> E Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:53 PM To: Anthony Chan;
>> mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Building the
>> HP-UX MPICH library --Question
>> 
>> I believe our application uses very plain FORTRAN interfaces to MPI
>> and therefore it should be OK.  Assuming I get this application
>> built, is there any learning curve for running the application?  I
>> believe we used the mpirun command and a list of nodes.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Joel E. Hirsh Ph.D. Boeing Reaearch and Technology PO BOX 16858, MC
>> P29-99 Philadelphia, PA Office: 610-591-7769 Cell: 610-517-1098 
>> Fax: 314-545-8651
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
>> [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Anthony
>> Chan Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:32 PM To:
>> mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Building the
>> HP-UX MPICH library --Question
>> 
>> 
>> I would say you should try MPICH2 first.  MPICH-1 has not been
>> developed for years so its support for newer compilers is
>> questionable. You can try building MPICH2 with new HP compilers
>> (and send us your configure and make outputs if there is any
>> problem.) and see if the mpich2 library works with your F77 code.
>> If your app does not use any MPICH-1 implementation specific
>> features, MPICH2 should be OK with your app.
>> 
>> A.Chan
>> 
>> ----- "Joel E Hirsh" <joel.e.hirsh at boeing.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Some advice please!
>>> 
>>> We have an application that uses MPICH-1 on HP-UX.  We built the
>>> MPICH library back in 1999 using MPICH-1.1.1.  Today, we cannot
>>> link to it, probably because the newer HP compilers are no
>>> compatible with that old library.  Our application is basically a
>>> FORTRAN 77 code.
>>> 
>>> In order to bring us up to date, I believe we need to have a
>>> current version of the MPICH library for HP-UX.  Should we build
>>> the HP-UX library from the latest MPICH-1 source as we did a long
>>> time ago, or should we jump to MPICH-2?  If we go to MPICH-2, is
>>> there an HP-UX library that we can use without building the
>>> library ourselves?
>>> 
>>> Thank you
>>> 
>>> Joel E. Hirsh Ph.D. Boeing Reaearch and Technology PO BOX 16858,
>>> MC P29-99 Philadelphia, PA Office: 610-591-7769 Cell:
>>> 610-517-1098 Fax: 314-545-8651
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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