problem in compiling petsc for visual c++ 2005

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:18 AM, berry <lua.byhh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to compile  PETSC  in cygwin for Visual c++ 2005.  I follow the
> guide exactly from here:
> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-2/documentation/installation.html.
>
>
> and use below command:
>
>  /usr/bin/python ./config/configure.py --with-cc='win32fe cl --nodetect'
> --with-fc='win32fe ifort --nodetect'  --with-mpi=1 --with-f-blas-lapack=1
> --with-hypre=1
>
>  PETSC installation script really starts to run. However, it fails with
> below errors:
>
>
>
> ================================================================================
> =
>              Configuring PETSc to compile on your system
>
>
> ================================================================================
> =
>
> ********************************************************************************
> *
>          UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for
> detail
> s):
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> Unable to determine host type using
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pangshengyong/soft/p
> etsc-2.3.3-p13/python/BuildSystem/config/packages/config.sub: Could not
> execute
> '/bin/sh
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pangshengyong/soft/petsc-2.3.3-p13/python/Build
> System/config/packages/config.guess':
>
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pangshengyong/soft/petsc-2.3.3-p13/python/BuildSystem/co
> nfig/packages/config.guess: line 38: sed: command not found
>
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pangshengyong/soft/petsc-2.3.3-p13/python/BuildSystem/co
> nfig/packages/config.guess: line 1272: mkdir: command not found
>
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/pangshengyong/soft/petsc-2.3.3-p13/python/BuildSystem/co
> nfig/packages/config.guess: line 1272: mkdir: command not found
> : cannot create a temporary directory in /tmp
>
> ********************************************************************************
> *
>
> It seems that the configure script miss to find the correct path. Does
> anyone could point me out how to set the correct path for configure script
> please?
>
> Btw:  I have successfully compiled petsc library on cygwin for gcc.
>

I am not sure how you built PETSc on cygwin before. Perhaps a different
copy? This
error seems to occur because you cygwin is missing the command line
utilities
'sed' and 'mkdir'.

   Matt


>
> Thanks.
> --
> Pang Shengyong
> Solidification Simulation Lab,
> State Key Lab of Mould & Die Technology,
> Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech. China
>



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