[mpich-discuss] How codes are distributed?

[Anthony Chan]

There are newer versions of mpich2 for Ubuntu, see
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/downloads/index.php?s=downloads

A.Chan

----- Original Message -----
> I largely followed the instruction at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MpichCluster
> which is for a older version MPICH2-1.0.5.
> 
> I did NOT use the "make" to install, instead, I just used the apt-get
> command in Ubuntu as:
> sudo apt-get install mpich2
> I think it used the default the location and I can see
> dpkg -L mpich2
> 
> /usr/share/mpich2
> /usr/share/mpich2/mpd.py
> /usr/share/mpich2/mpdallexit.py
> /usr/share/mpich2/mpiexec.py
> ....
> /usr/bin
> /usr/bin/mpdroot
> /usr/bin/pmi_proxy
> /usr/bin/mpiexec.gforker
> /usr/bin/mpiexec.hydra
> /usr/share/doc/mpich2/changelog.gz
> /usr/share/doc/mpich2/README.gz
> /usr/share/man/man1/mpirun.mpich2.1.gz
> /usr/share/mpich2/mpdrun.py
> /usr/share/mpich2/mpirun.py
> /usr/bin/mpd
> /usr/bin/mpdallexit
> /usr/bin/mpdboot
> /usr/bin/mpdcheck
> /usr/bin/mpdcleanup
> /usr/bin/mpdexit
> /usr/bin/mpdgdbdrv
> /usr/bin/mpiexec.mpich2
> /usr/bin/mpirun.mpich2
> ...
> 
> 
> I installed mpich2 on ALL machines.
> SHOULD I do that or just install it on one machine and share the
> folder with others using NFS??
> 
> Maybe I should re-install mpich2 using make?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ------------------
> Jerry
> 
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Pavan Balaji <balaji at mcs.anl.gov>
> wrote:
> >
> > [please keep mpich-discuss cc'ed.]
> >
> > Well, you couldn't have done a direct configure, because in the
> > default
> > configure mpd won't even be built.
> >
> > My guess is that you are using the wrong mpiexec. I'll need to know
> > how
> > exactly you installed mpich2.
> >
> >  -- Pavan
> >
> > On 10/25/2011 07:21 AM, Jierui XIE wrote:
> >>
> >> I just installed the MPICH2-1.4.1 on my Ubuntu. I did not make
> >> special
> >> configurations but
> >> it works when I tested the mpd(as in the install guide) and run
> >> simple
> >> codes.
> >>
> >> Since Hydra is the "default" process manager, I want to see how it
> >> work. So I tried
> >>
> >> 1. mpiexec -f mpihosts.txt(just 2 machines names) -n 2
> >> /bin/hostname
> >>
> >> ==> it showed the help information. Looks like -f is not suppored.
> >>
> >> 2. mpiexec -machinefile mpihosts.txt -n 2 /bin/hostname
> >> ==> it showed no mpd is up.
> >>     But do I need to start the mpd here?? (this what confused me,
> >> since Hydra is the "default" manager)
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Pavan Balaji<balaji at mcs.anl.gov>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> On 10/24/2011 10:09 PM, Jierui XIE wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks. Got it. One more question:
> >>>>
> >>>> It seems that the instruction at
> >>>> http://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/mpich2/index.php/Using_the_Hydra_Process_Manager
> >>>> is out of date. Following it, I was not able to run with Hydra
> >>>> (mpich2-1.4.1, although mpd runs well ) with neither of the
> >>>> following
> >>>> two commands.
> >>>>
> >>>>      mpiexec -f mpihosts.txt -n 2 /bin/hostname
> >>>>      mpiexec -machinefile mpihosts.txt -n 2 /bin/hostname
> >>>
> >>> What error are you seeing? How did you configure MPICH2?
> >>>
> >>>  -- Pavan
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Pavan Balaji
> >>> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~balaji
> >>>
> >
> > --
> > Pavan Balaji
> > http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~balaji
> >
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