[mpich-discuss] Mpich2 - in Red Hat 7.3

[Sandra Guija]

helloIf I decide to setup my cluster so that each node has their own mpich2 binaries,it will be ok if I installed just in one and the copied the mpich2-install directory to the other node?Or I need to install idnivduallyThanks
Sandra Guija

> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 16:56:33 -0400
> From: gus at ldeo.columbia.edu
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Mpich2 - in Red Hat 7.3
> 
> On 10/03/2012 01:23 PM, Sandra Guija wrote:
> > Thanks Gus and Pavan,
> > I am able to use Fedora release 5. Linux 2.6.15 with gcc 4.1.0 (RedHat
> > 4.1.0-3)
> > if this setup will work for 1.5rc2 or any other one?
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Sandra Guija
> >
> 
> MPICH2 may install on Fedora 5, but as Pavan said,
> that is still old.
> I guess it is probably already discontinued by Fedora
> (i.e.you can't get RPMs to install stuff, in case you hit any problem
> with dependencies when istalling mpich2).
> 
> Consider installing the system again,
> use a current distribution version:
> CentOS, Scientific Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora.
> 
> Gus Correa
> 
> >  > Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:16:26 -0400
> >  > From: gus at ldeo.columbia.edu
> >  > To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> >  > Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Mpich2 - in Red Hat 7.3
> >  >
> >  > On 10/03/2012 10:48 AM, Pavan Balaji wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > > On 10/03/2012 09:47 AM, Sandra Guija wrote:
> >  > >> I will work on get a newer compiler.
> >  > >> And for installation guide, should I use same as 1.4.p1?
> >  > >
> >  > > Are you upgrading to 1.5rc2? It comes with its own installation guide,
> >  > > though 1.4.1p1's should also work.
> >  > >
> >  > Hi Sandra
> >  >
> >  > It may be more complicated to install a new version of gcc
> >  > in your Red Hat 7.3 machine, than to upgrade Linux to something
> >  > more up to date.
> >  > You may open an endless can of worms of package
> >  > and library dependencies will be hard to resolve.
> >  > Red hat 7.3 is about 10 years old, a lot has
> >  > changed since then.
> >  >
> >  > CentOS and Scientific Linux are free,
> >  > and very similar to Red Hat enterprise.
> >  > The current version is 6.3:
> >  >
> >  > https://www.centos.org/
> >  > https://www.scientificlinux.org/
> >  >
> >  > Another option is to install Ubuntu:
> >  >
> >  > http://www.ubuntu.com/
> >  >
> >  > The current stable version is 12.04.1, I think.
> >  >
> >  > An (admittedly very sketchy) outline of the procedure is:
> >  >
> >  > - backup your /home and any other data that you want to keep,
> >  > maybe to a large capacity pen drive, or copy to a DVD perhaps,
> >  > - download the ISO images (sites above, pick one),
> >  > - burn the ISO images to CDs or DVD (probably several CDs or one DVD),
> >  > - put the first CD or DVD on the CD/DVD tray,
> >  > - reboot the computer,
> >  > - follow the installation instructions,
> >  > Once the system is installed:
> >  > - add new users (yourself, maybe more), then
> >  > - restore the files you need from your backed-up /home,
> >  > - add any packages you may need (e.g. gfortran) with yum (CentOS, SL)
> >  > or apt-get (Ubuntu).
> >  > - install mpich2
> >  >
> >  > I hope this helps,
> >  > Gus Correa
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