[mpich-discuss] problems with mpich2 configure

Pavan Balaji balaji at mcs.anl.gov
Tue Jan 12 21:29:59 CST 2010


You need a C++ compiler (e.g., g++), if you plan to use C++ programs.
gcc is a C compiler.

If you don't need C++, you can just do a configure --disable-cxx, as
Dave pointed out.

 -- Pavan

On 01/12/2010 07:38 PM, jaharvey at chem.umass.edu wrote:
> Would a re-install of GCC fix this problem?
> 
> Jacob
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Dave Goodell <goodell at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
>     It looks like your C++ compiler installation isn't in the best shape
> (see the quoted passage at the bottom of this mail for an example).  If
> you don't need C++ support in your mpich2 installation you can configure
> with --disable-cxx. Otherwise I would work on getting your C++ compiler
> working on simple programs before attempting to build mpich2.
> 
>     -Dave
> 
>     -------8<-------
>     configure:12111: checking whether C++ compiler works with string
>     configure:12145: c++ -c -m64  -I/opt/src/mpich2-1.2.1/src/openpa/src
> -I/opt/src/mpich2-1.2.1/src/openpa/src conftest.cpp >&5
>     In file included from conftest.cpp:29:
>    
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/string:45:28:
> bits/c++config.h: No such file or directory
>     In file included from
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/bits/stl_algobase.h:70,
> 
>                     from
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/bits/char_traits.h:46,
> 
>                     from
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/string:47,
> 
>                     from conftest.cpp:29:
>     -------8<-------
>     [trimming lots more error output from the same test]
>     -------8<-------
>     configure:12152: $? = 1
>     configure: failed program was:
>     | /* confdefs.h.  */
>     | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
>     | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
>     | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
>     | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
>     | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
>     | #define USE_SMP_COLLECTIVES 1
>     | #define HAVE_ERROR_CHECKING MPID_ERROR_LEVEL_ALL
>     | #define MPICH_ERROR_MSG_LEVEL MPICH_ERROR_MSG_ALL
>     | #define USE_LOGGING MPID_LOGGING_NONE
>     | #define HAVE_RUNTIME_THREADCHECK 1
>     | #define MPICH_THREAD_LEVEL MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE
>     | #define USE_THREAD_IMPL MPICH_THREAD_IMPL_GLOBAL_MUTEX
>     | #define MPIU_THREAD_GRANULARITY MPIU_THREAD_GRANULARITY_GLOBAL
>     | #define MPIU_HANDLE_ALLOCATION_METHOD MPIU_HANDLE_ALLOCATION_MUTEX
>     | #define MPIU_THREAD_REFCOUNT MPIU_REFCOUNT_NONE
>     | #define HAVE_ROMIO 1
>     | #define HAVE__FUNC__ /**/
>     | #define HAVE__FUNCTION__ /**/
>     | #define HAVE_PRAGMA_WEAK 1
>     | #define USE_WEAK_SYMBOLS 1
>     | #define HAVE_MULTIPLE_PRAGMA_WEAK 1
>     | #define HAVE_LONG_LONG 1
>     | #define F77_NAME_LOWER_2USCORE 1
>     | #define STDCALL
>     | #define HAVE_MPI_F_INIT_WORKS_WITH_C 1
>     | #define HAVE_FORTRAN_BINDING 1
>     | /* end confdefs.h.  */
>     | #include <string>
>     | int
>     | main ()
>     | {
>     | return 0;
>     |   ;
>     |   return 0;
>     | }
>     configure:12173: result: no
>     configure:12176: WARNING: The C++ compiler c++ cannot compile a
> program containing the <string> header - this may indicate a problem
> with the C++ installation.  Consider configuing with --disable-cxx
>     -------8<-------
> 
> 
> 
>     On Jan 12, 2010, at 4:21 PM, jaharvey at chem.umass.edu wrote:
> 
>         Dear all,
> 
>         Here is my config.log file. Looks like I got errors is a few
> places but I'm not sure which ones are the offending ones.
> 
>         Jacob
> 
>         On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Dave Goodell
> <goodell at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
>           Hi Jacob, can you also send your config.log?  Configure
> doesn't think that your C++ compiler is in the best shape, but the exact
> error messages will be contained in the config.log.
> 
>           -Dave
> 
> 
>           On Jan 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, jaharvey at chem.umass.edu wrote:
> 
>               Dear MPICH2 community,
> 
>               I am trying to install MPICH2-1.2.1 on my 26 node cluster
> running CentOS. I want to compile two versions of MPICH2-1.2.1, one for
> 64 bit machines and the other for 32 bit machines. So for the 64 bit
> machines I have given the following command:
> 
>               ./configure --prefix=/opt/mpich2-1.2.1-i86 CFLAGS=-m64
> FFLAGS=-m64 F90FLAGS=-m64 CXXFLAGS=-m64 2>&1 | tee c.txt
> 
>               However, when I run this the configuration process ends
> abruptly with the following errors:
> 
>               configure: error: C++ compiler
> /opt/src/mpich2-1.2.1/bin/mpicxx  has neither iostream nor iostream.h.
>               configure: error: ./configure failed for test/mpi
> 
>               I am indeed on a 64 bit machine when running ./configure.
> I have attached my c.txt file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>               Jacob Harvey
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