[mpich-discuss] MPICH2 installation

[Darius Buntinas]

Rather than compiling from source, consider installing the suse package found at the bottom of this page:

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

It may also be available int he suse repo.

-d


On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:19 PM, YAKUN ZHU 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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