[petsc-dev] Configure on Windows

[Satish Balay]

you can specify zlib with the LIBS option to configure

LIBS=/cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/lib/libzlib.lib

Satish

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, Luis Manuel de Vries wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> When running the following in Cygwin on Windows with the latest PETSC-dev
> code:
> 
> $PETSC_DIR/config/configure.py --with-cc='win32fe cl' --with-fc='win32fe
> ifort' --with-cxx='win32fe cl' --with-clanguage=c \
> --with-mpi-dir=/cygdrive/C/Progra~2/MPICH2
> --with-blas-lapack-dir=/cygdrive/c/Progra~2/Intel/Compos~1/mkl/lib/ia32 \
> --CFLAGS=-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE --ignore-cygwin-link --with-valgrind=0
> --with-c2html=0 --download-sowing=1 \
> --with-hdf5=1 --with-hdf5-include=\[/cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/include,\
> /cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/include/fortran\] \
> --with-hdf5-lib=\[/cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/lib/hdf5.lib,\
> /cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/lib/hdf5_fortran.lib,\
> /cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/lib/libzlib.lib,\
> /cygdrive/c/dev/PFlotran/HDF5/lib/libszip.lib\] \
> --with-debugging=0 --with-petsc-arch=cygwin_hdf189_rel_24559
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for details):
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Compression library [libz.a or equivalent] not found
> 
> I downloaded the HDF5 library from:
> http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/bin/windows/HDF5189-win32-vs10-static.zip
> 
> I tried renaming libzlib.lib to zlib.lib, but that did not help. Also tried
> copying it to the petsc-dev dir, that also failed.
> How can I pass the path to the zip library correctly?
> 
> A few months ago I did not have problems running configure on windows....
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Luis Manuel de Vries
>