Error installing PETSc with --download-triangle

[Matthew Knepley]

I need the log to see what is wrong. Also, send these to
petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov.

  Thanks,

    Matt

On 6/11/07, Shi Jin <jinzishuai at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks but I am not exactly sure how I can get your
> changes.
>
> I've tried the latest petsc-dev and 2.3.3-p2, they
> both
> give me
> *********************************************************************************
>          UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS
> (see configure.log for details):
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Shi
> --- Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I fixed this error after release. If you
> >
> >   a) Remove externalPackages/Triangle
> >
> >   b) Reconfigure
> >
> > It should pull the new package and work.
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >
> >     Matt
> >
> > On 6/10/07, Shi Jin <jinzishuai at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I am studying the tutorial given at
> > >
> >
> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-2/documentation/tutorials/PCFD2007.pdf
> > >
> > > At revision 4, I need to use triangle to generate
> > or
> > > refine the mesh. So I reinstalled my
> > PETSc-2.3.3-p1
> > > with
> > > ./config/configure.py --with-cc=gcc --with-fc=g77
> > > --with-cxx=g++ --download-f-blas-lapack=1
> > > --download-mpich=1 --with-clanguage=cxx
> > --with-sieve=1
> > > --download-boost=1 --download-chaco
> > --with-triangle
> > >
> > > I got an error saying that <config.h> included in
> > > externalpackages/Triangle/src/triangle.h is
> > missing.
> > > So I modified it to be "config.h" and then it
> > seemed
> > > to generate the libtriangle.o file. However, I
> > still
> > > get the error saying:
> > > /usr/bin/ld: src/libtriangle.o: relocation
> > R_X86_64_32
> > > against `a local symbol' can not be used when
> > making a
> > > shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> > > src/libtriangle.o: could not read symbols: Bad
> > value
> > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > >
> > > I am attaching the build.log file.
> > > I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Shi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
their experiments lead.
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