[mpich-discuss] MPICH2 installation

[Jeff Hammond]

Note also that LAMMPS can be compiled without MPI by building the MPI
stubs library in lammps/src/STUBS.  See lammps/doc/Section_start.txt
for details.

Jeff

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Jeff Hammond <jeff.science at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some important output lines to consider are:
>
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such
> file or directory
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/yakun/mpich2-install': File exists
>
> I don't mean to be rude, but do you understand how to use Linux shell
> commands and the role of different directories in a Linux filesystem,
> such as /tmp and /home/$USER i.e. $HOME?  If not, I encourage you to
> get some help with those issues before attempting to install MPICH2.
> If you do understand Linux shell commands and directory structure, I'm
> having trouble understanding what is actually causing you trouble.
>
> Can you please post the script that you're referring to?  What you've
> posted is not a script but rather the input and output that may or may
> not result from a script of Linux shell commands.
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:19 PM, YAKUN ZHU <yakun.zhu at utah.edu> wrote:
>> To Whom It May Concern,
>>
>> I am a student a the Metallurgical Engineering Department, University of Utah. My name is Yakun. I am trying to install MPICH2 to my Opensuse Linux system. There is a problem when the installation proceeded to Step 5. The following is script:
>>
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /home/yakun/mpich2-install
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /home/yakun/mpich2-install
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/yakun/mpich2-install': File exists
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': File exists
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> cd /home/yakun/mpich2-install
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-install> mkdir /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': File exists
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-install> cd /home/yakun
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /temporary/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/temporary/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1': No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> mkdir /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> prefix
>> If 'prefix' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
>>    cnf prefix
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> -prefix
>> If '-prefix' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
>>    cnf -prefix
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> cnf prefix
>> prefix: command not found
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> cnf -prefix
>> -prefix: command not found
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> --enable-g=dbg,mem,log
>> If '--enable-g=dbg,mem,log' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
>>    cnf --enable-g=dbg,mem,log
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> cnf --enable-g=dbg,mem,log
>> --enable-g=dbg,mem,log: command not found
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~> cd /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure \
>>> -prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure -prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure/-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure/-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure/prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure/prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure \-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure/tmp \-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1/configure/tmp: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure \-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure/-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure/-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure
>> bash: /home/yakun/libraries/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure/-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install |& tee c.txt
>> bash: /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure/-prefix=/home/yakun/mpich2-install: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure
>> bash: /home/yakun/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp/configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> configure
>> If 'configure' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
>>    cnf configure
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> ./configure
>> bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> make |& tee m.txt
>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> make clean
>> make: *** No rule to make target `clean'.  Stop.
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> make VERBOSE=1 |& tee m.txt
>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp> make clean
>> make: *** No rule to make target `clean'.  Stop.
>> yakun at free-lab-06:~/mpich2-1.3.2p1-tmp>
>>
>>
>> The reason why I am trying to install MPICH2 is before installing Lammps MPICH2 may need to be installed. I spent lots of time on the installation of Lammps but still failed. Can you please give me some hints on how to install Lammps eaisily?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Yakun Zhu
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> Jeff Hammond
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> University of Chicago Computation Institute
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Jeff Hammond
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University of Chicago Computation Institute
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