[petsc-users] PETSc, C++ and Eclipse

Matt Bockman mdbockma at ucsd.edu
Wed Jul 27 21:22:56 CDT 2011


Nevermind, I was completely wrong. I actually was able to build it using the
commands that the original makefile produced (from PETSc), then when I went
into Eclipse I forgot to press "clean"...derr.

Matt

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Matt Bockman <mdbockma at ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Hi Berend,
>
> First of all, you have been extremely helpful. Second, I was FINALLY able
> to compile the example through Eclipse. Sadly, it's the biggest breakthrough
> I've had in the last 2 weeks of my research :(.
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> I tried running what Eclipse was running from a terminal:
>
> Eclipse:
> /home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/bin/mpicc
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/include
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/include -O0
> -g3 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -MMD -MP -MF"ex1.d"
> -MT"ex1.d" -o"ex1.o" "../ex1.c"
>
> That did not work. So I ran make ex1 in the original ex1 tutorial directory
> and saw what the makefile was doing there:
>
> /home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/bin/mpicc
> -o ex1.o -c -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -g3
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/src/dm/mesh/sieve
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/include
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/include
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/include
> -D__INSDIR__=src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ ex1.c
>
> /home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/bin/mpicc
> -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -g3  -o ex1 ex1.o
> -Wl,-rpath,/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/lib
> -L/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/lib
> -lpetsc   -lX11
> -Wl,-rpath,/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/lib
> -L/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/lib
> -lflapack -lfblas -lnsl -lrt -lm
> -L/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/lib
> -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5.2
> -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ldl -lmpich -lpthread -lrt -lgcc_s -lmpichf90
> -lgfortran -lm -lm -ldl -lmpich -lpthread -lrt -lgcc_s -ldl
>
> So apparently it was making an object file then linking. I then compared
> the one from Eclipse and found that I was missing
> -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/src/dm/mesh/sieve.
> Why I need this I do not know (ideas?).
>
> But, after I found that I added it to my Include Directories and it
> compiled!
>
> Thanks Berend and others, I appreciate your persistence and aid.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Berend van Wachem <
> b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear Matt,
>>
>> I can't directly see anything wrong with your settings.
>>
>> Have you tried compiling your example outside of eclipse with the PETSc
>> makefile system?
>>
>> The previous pastebin output you emailed me does suggest that the error is
>> during the compile stage: it cannot find the correct headers describing the
>> implementations of PetscInitialize etc.
>>
>> Have you tried using the mpicc outside of eclipse directly on the
>> directory?
>>
>> /home/mdbockman/Documents/**Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.**
>> 1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/bin/**mpicc -I"/home/mdbockman/Documents/**
>> Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.**1-p8/include"
>> -I"/home/mdbockman/Documents/**Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.**
>> 1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/**include" -O0 -g3 -Wall -Wwrite-strings
>> -Wno-strict-aliasing -MMD -MP -MF"ex1.d" -MT"ex1.d" -o"ex1.o" "../ex1.c"
>>
>> within the eclipse directory? This way you can more easily play around
>> with it to see what is the problem.
>>
>> I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Berend.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/28/2011 02:20 AM, Matt Bockman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Berend,
>>>
>>> Under Library search path I have:
>>>
>>> /home/mdbockman/Documents/**Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3.**
>>> 1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/lib
>>>
>>> For libraries I have:
>>>
>>> petsc
>>> X11
>>> flapack
>>> fblas
>>> nsl
>>> rt
>>> m
>>> dl
>>> mpich
>>> pthread
>>> rt
>>> gcc_s
>>> mpichf90
>>> gfortran
>>> m
>>> m
>>> dl
>>> mpich
>>> rt
>>> gcc_s
>>> dl
>>>
>>> I used the exact order as I found in petscmachineinfo.h file (see here:
>>> http://pastebin.com/cqzNgjJe)
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your help Berend,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Berend van Wachem
>>> <b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Dear Matt,
>>>
>>>
>>>    What do you have under
>>>    Properties->C/C++ Build -> Settings -> GCC Linker Libraries for both
>>>    "Libraries" and "Library Search Path"?
>>>
>>>    Regards,
>>>    Berend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    On 07/28/2011 02:04 AM, Matt Bockman wrote:
>>>
>>>        Hi Berend,
>>>
>>>        Under Properties->C/C++ Build -> Settings -> GCC C Compiler ->
>>>        Directories : Include paths (-I) I have:
>>>
>>>        /home/mdbockman/Documents/__**Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3._**
>>> _1-p8/include
>>>        /home/mdbockman/Documents/__**Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3._**
>>> _1-p8/linux-gnu-c-debug/**include
>>>
>>>        Under Properties -> C/C++ BUild -> Environment -> I have
>>>
>>>        PETSC_ARCH = linux-gnu-c-debug
>>>        PETSC_DIR =
>>>        /home/mdbockman/Documents/__**Research/codes/petsc/petsc-3._**
>>> _1-p8
>>>
>>>        In my source file I have included petsc.h:
>>>
>>>        #include "petsc.h"
>>>
>>>        Thanks,
>>>        Matt
>>>
>>>        On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Berend van Wachem
>>>        <b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>
>>> >
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**__ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        Dear Matt,
>>>
>>>        The error is definitely in the compiler stage: it cannot find that
>>>        appropriate petsc.h include file.
>>>        1. Have you included petsc.h in the source file?
>>>        2. What do you have under
>>>        <Your Project> -> Settings -> Includes
>>>        ?
>>>
>>>        Also, just to make sure, you can set the appropriate values for
>>>        PETSC_DIR and PETSC_ARCH if you wish under
>>>        <Your Project> -> Settings -> Environment
>>>
>>>        Regards,
>>>
>>>        Berend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        On 07/28/2011 01:49 AM, Matt Bockman wrote:
>>>
>>>        Hi Berend,
>>>
>>>        Here is the complete output of the build:
>>>
>>>        http//pastebin.com/Es4ms4EF <http://pastebin.com/Es4ms4EF>
>>>        <http://pastebin.com/Es4ms4EF>
>>>
>>>
>>>        and by the 2nd to last line "collect2: ld returned 1 exit status"
>>> I
>>>        believe it is failing during the linking step. I'm not 100% sure
>>>        though.
>>>
>>>        Thanks for your quick response and help. Please advise,
>>>
>>>        Matt
>>>
>>>        On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Berend van Wachem
>>>        <b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**
>>> ac.uk <b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**__ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>
>>> >>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**>____ac.uk <http://ac.uk>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**__ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        Dear Matt,
>>>
>>>        Does it say this during the compiling? Or linking?
>>>
>>>        If it says this during the compiling, it means that eclipse cannot
>>>        find the PETSc header files. So, it must be the setting of the
>>>        "Includes". You might want to "hard-code" the directory, just to
>>>        make sure.
>>>
>>>        It is indeed not completely straightforward - eclipse has so many
>>>        options. But trust me - many of them you will really learn to
>>>        appreciate over time.
>>>
>>>        Kind regards,
>>>
>>>        Berend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        On 07/28/2011 01:34 AM, Matt Bockman wrote:
>>>
>>>        Thanks Berend for your thorough response,
>>>
>>>        I have done what you have said but I still get the same error
>>>        regarding
>>>        "undefined references to PetscInitialize" etc. It's like I didn't
>>>        include the petscksp.h file, but it's there. I even tried
>>>        petsc.h to no
>>>        avail.
>>>
>>>        I'm not sure what the compiler is referring to when it says
>>>        "Undefined
>>>        references to ...". What I think this is is in the assembly code
>>>        generated by the compiler, there is a PetscInitialize symbol
>>>        that isn't
>>>        found in the library. But I'm soooooooooo confused at this point
>>>        :(. How
>>>        did you guys all learn how to compile this?
>>>
>>>        Matt
>>>
>>>        On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Berend van Wachem
>>>        <b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>
>>> >
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**__ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>
>>> >>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**>____ac.uk <http://ac.uk>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**__ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>
>>> >>>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial>**.
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial>**.__>____ac.uk <http://ac.uk>
>>>        <http://ac.uk>
>>>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**>____ac.uk <http://ac.uk>
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**__ac.uk
>>>        <mailto:b.van-wachem at imperial.**ac.uk<b.van-wachem at imperial.ac.uk>>>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        Dear Matt,
>>>
>>>        I use Eclipse and have eclipse make the makefiles.
>>>        It is just a matter of indicating to eclipse where the PETSc
>>>        headers/libraries are to be found, so if you have a C project
>>> which
>>>        needs PETSc headers and libraries:
>>>
>>>        To do this, click on your managed C project with the right sided
>>>        mouse button, select
>>>
>>>        Properties -> C/C++ Build -> Settings
>>>
>>>        Then you get a new window with on the right hand side the various
>>>        setting options.
>>>
>>>        Select Includes, and add the required PETSc paths. In my case I
>>> have
>>>        added
>>>        ${PETSC_DIR}/include
>>>        ${PETSC_DIR}/${PETSC_ARCH}/___**_____include
>>>
>>>        Then select "Libraries" under the header Linker
>>>        and you should set the Library search path:
>>>        ${PETSC_DIR}/${PETSC_ARCH}/lib
>>>
>>>        and then the libraries, in my case:
>>>        m, petsc, stdc++, mpichxx, mpich, lapack, blas, gfortran, dl,
>>>        rt,gcc_s, pthread, X11
>>>        (you can find these easily in
>>>        $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/_______**_petscmachineinfo.h)
>>>
>>>        The nice thing is that in eclipse you can easily switch between
>>>        Debug/Release code, traverse into the PETSc source code etc. It's
>>>        really a very productive tool with PETSc I've found.
>>>
>>>        Let me know if you have any questions.
>>>
>>>        Kind regards,
>>>
>>>        Berend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        On 07/27/2011 11:25 PM, Matt Bockman wrote:
>>>
>>>        Thanks everyone for the help,
>>>
>>>        I was able to compile a single example in Eclipse using the
>>> provided
>>>        makefile. I'm pretty new to makefiles so it's a LOT to digest.
>>>        I'm now
>>>        manually creating a makefile for my project in Eclipse (and I've
>>> set
>>>        Eclipse up to use a makefile that I create instead of
>>> automatically
>>>        generating one). Unfortunately this is a big pain but since I
>>> can't
>>>        figure out how to make Eclipse automatically include a few files
>>>        in the
>>>        makefile I don't really have any other choices :(.
>>>
>>>        Thanks again,
>>>        Matt
>>>
>>>        On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Mohammad Mirzadeh
>>>        <mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>**>__>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        There two problems(I think) in this code.
>>>
>>>        1) there is no main function in your source code. If this is the
>>>        only file you are compiling, you need to change the function name
>>> to
>>>        main.
>>>        2) linking should be done after object files are created. A simple
>>>        g++ call would first compile the main file and then link the
>>> object
>>>        to the petsc lib i.e
>>>
>>>        g++ -c -I($PETSC_INCLUDE) main.cpp
>>>        g++ -o main main.o $PETSC_LIBS
>>>
>>>        alternatively, you could do it in a single line if you like
>>>
>>>        g++ -o main -I($PETSC_INCLUDE) main.cpp $PETSC_LIBS
>>>
>>>        my point is you should link to petsc after compiling your own
>>> code.
>>>        So wherever in Eclipse that you are seting the parameters, make
>>> sure
>>>        the $PETSC_LIBS is in the linker option and not compiler.
>>>
>>>        Mohammad
>>>
>>>
>>>        On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Matt Bockman
>>>        <mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>>>**>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        I added the include directories from "make getincludedirs" and I
>>>        added the line from "make getlinklib". Eclipse creates a gcc
>>>        call as follows:
>>>
>>>        /home/mdbockman/Documents/____**____Research/codes/petsc/**
>>> petsc-__3.______1-p8/linux-**gnu-c-__debug/bin/______mpicc
>>>        -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/__**______Research/codes/petsc/__**
>>> petsc-__3.____1-p8/linux-gnu-_**_c-debug/____include
>>>        -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/__**______Research/codes/petsc/__**
>>> petsc-__3.____1-p8/include
>>>        -I/home/mdbockman/Documents/__**______Research/codes/petsc/__**
>>> petsc-__3.____1-p8/linux-gnu-_**_c-debug/____include
>>>        -O0 -g3 -pg -p -Wall
>>>        -Wl,-rpath,/home/mdbockman/___**_____Documents/Research/codes/**
>>> ________petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/**linux-__gnu-______c-debug/lib
>>>        -Wl,-rpath,/home/mdbockman/___**_____Documents/Research/codes/**
>>> ________petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/**linux-__gnu-______c-debug/lib
>>>        -L/home/mdbockman/Documents/__**______Research/codes/petsc/__**
>>> petsc-__3.____1-p8/linux-gnu-_**_c-debug/__lib
>>>        -lpetsc -lX11
>>>        -Wl,-rpath,/home/mdbockman/___**_____Documents/Research/codes/**
>>> ________petsc/petsc-3.1-p8/**linux-__gnu-______c-debug/lib
>>>        -L/home/mdbockman/Documents/__**______Research/codes/petsc/__**
>>> petsc-__3.____1-p8/linux-gnu-_**_c-debug/__lib
>>>        -lflapack -lfblas -lnsl -lrt -lm
>>>        -L/home/mdbockman/Documents/__**______Research/codes/petsc/__**
>>> petsc-__3.____1-p8/linux-gnu-_**_c-debug/__lib
>>>        -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/__**______gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.**
>>> 5.2
>>>        -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ldl -lmpich -lpthread -lrt -lgcc_s
>>>        -lmpichf90 -lgfortran -lm -lm -ldl -lmpich -lpthread -lrt
>>>        -lgcc_s -ldl -MMD -MP -MF"SparseMatrixPetsc.d"
>>>        -MT"SparseMatrixPetsc.d" -o"SparseMatrixPetsc.o"
>>>        "../SparseMatrixPetsc.c
>>>
>>>        And when it is compiled I get the following:
>>>
>>>        http://pastebin.com/CbRzYcZj
>>>
>>>        The source file which is being compiled is:
>>>
>>>        http://pastebin.com/Q85hXvnS
>>>
>>>        Please have a look. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong but
>>>        I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to the solution.
>>>
>>>        Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>        On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Satish Balay
>>>        <balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>>>>>**>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        use:
>>>        make getincludedirs
>>>
>>>        Satish
>>>
>>>        On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Mohammad Mirzadeh wrote:
>>>
>>>         > I applogize for the mistake; Include files are actually
>>>        located
>>>         > in $PETSC_DIR/include
>>>         >
>>>         > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Mohammad Mirzadeh
>>>        <mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>**>__>______wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>         >
>>>         > > Ok then. Now I don't have enough experience with Eclipse so
>>>         > > I apologize beforehand if you already know these/have
>>>        tried them out. If
>>>         > > not, hopefully they can be of help. I assume there
>>>        should be a way in
>>>         > > Eclipse to give it the link lib directory. In plain
>>>        makefile that's just a
>>>         > > simple step when linking. To get all the needed
>>>        linklibs for petsc, you can
>>>         > > do
>>>         > >
>>>         > > make getlinklibs
>>>         > >
>>>         > > in the $PETSC_DIR. As for the needed include files,
>>>        they are all located
>>>         > > in
>>>         > >
>>>         > > $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/include
>>>         > >
>>>         > > Again, its easy to use these directories along with
>>>        your makefile. I'm not
>>>         > > sure about how you give them to Eclipse though.
>>>        Hopefully this has been
>>>         > > helpful.
>>>         > >
>>>         > > Best,
>>>         > > Mohammad
>>>         > >
>>>         > >
>>>         > >
>>>         > >
>>>         > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Matt Bockman
>>>        <mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>>>**>
>>> wrote:
>>>         > >
>>>         > >> Just pointing it to the library would be sufficient.
>>>         > >>
>>>         > >> Matt
>>>         > >>
>>>         > >>
>>>         > >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Mohammad Mirzadeh
>>>        <mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>**>__>______wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>         > >>
>>>         > >>> So do you want to be able to compile PETSc with
>>>        Eclipse or just point it
>>>         > >>> to the library to use in your own applications?
>>>         > >>>
>>>         > >>>
>>>         > >>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Matt Bockman
>>>        <mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>
>>>        <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu <mailto:mdbockma at ucsd.edu>>>>>**>
>>> wrote:
>>>         > >>>
>>>         > >>>> Thanks Mohammad,
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>> I'll give that a shot. I use Qt Creator for some GUI
>>>        applications so I
>>>         > >>>> am familiar with it, but I've never tried doing a
>>>        non-Qt project in it. I'd
>>>         > >>>> really like to get Eclipse to work.
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>> Regarding the makefiles for eclipse. There are
>>>        makefiles that it
>>>         > >>>> generates (which are for GNU make) but I think I can
>>>        also manually create my
>>>         > >>>> makefiles. After sleeping on it, it seems like this
>>>        might be the best
>>>         > >>>> option, unless I can figure out a way to configure
>>>        eclipse to include the
>>>         > >>>> conf/variables and conf/rules files in the makefile.
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>> Matt
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Mohammad Mirzadeh
>>>        <mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com <mailto:mirzadeh at gmail.com>>>>**>
>>>
>>>
>>>         > >>>> > wrote:
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>>> Although this is sort of orthogonal to what you do
>>>        right now,
>>>         > >>>>> I recommend Qt Creator as an alternative IDE to
>>>        Eclipse. It links nicely
>>>         > >>>>> with PETSc(or any other library for that matter)
>>>        and has excellent c/c++
>>>         > >>>>> support.
>>>         > >>>>>
>>>         > >>>>> Mohammad
>>>         > >>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>
>>>         > >>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Barry Smith
>>>        <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov
>>>        <mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>>>>**>__>______wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>         > >>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> There is a tiny bit of information in the PETSc
>>>        users manual about
>>>         > >>>>>> Eclipse:
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> \section{Eclipse Users} \sindex{eclipse}
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> If you are interested in developing code that uses
>>>        PETSc from Eclipse
>>>         > >>>>>> or developing PETSc in Eclipse and have knowledge
>>>        of how to do indexing and
>>>         > >>>>>> build libraries in Eclipse please contact us at \
>>>         > >>>>>> trl{petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov
>>>        <mailto:trl%7Bpetsc-dev at mcs.**anl.gov<trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> >
>>>        <mailto:trl%7Bpetsc-dev at mcs.__**anl.gov <http://anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.**anl.gov<trl%25257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> >>
>>>        <mailto:trl%7Bpetsc-dev at mcs.
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.**>____anl.gov <http://anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.**__anl.gov
>>>        <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs.anl.gov<trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> >>>
>>>        <mailto:trl%7Bpetsc-dev at mcs <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>**.
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs
>>>        <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs <trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> >.__>____anl.gov <http://anl.gov>
>>>        <http://anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.
>>>        <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs <trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> .>____anl.gov <http://anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev at __**mcs.anl.gov <http://mcs.anl.gov>
>>>        <mailto:trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs.anl.gov<trl%252525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> >>>>
>>>        <mailto:trl%7Bpetsc-dev at mcs <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs<trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> >>__.
>>>
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs<trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> >
>>>         <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev at __**mcs
>>>        <mailto:trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs <trl%252525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> >>.__>____anl.gov
>>>        <http://anl.gov> <http://anl.gov>
>>>
>>>        <http://anl.gov>
>>>
>>>        <mailto:trl%257Bpetsc-dev at mcs <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs<trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> >.
>>>         <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev at __**mcs
>>>        <mailto:trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev@**mcs <trl%252525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs>
>>> >.>____anl.gov <http://anl.gov>
>>>        <http://anl.gov>
>>>
>>>        <mailto:trl%25257Bpetsc-dev@
>>>        <mailto:trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev@**>____mcs.anl.gov <
>>> http://mcs.anl.gov>
>>>
>>>        <mailto:trl%2525257Bpetsc-dev@**__mcs.anl.gov
>>>        <mailto:trl%252525257Bpetsc-**dev at mcs.anl.gov<trl%25252525257Bpetsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> >>>>>}.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> To make PETSc an Eclipse package
>>>         > >>>>>> \begin{itemize}
>>>         > >>>>>> \item Install the Mecurial plugin for Eclipse and
>>>        then import the
>>>         > >>>>>> PETSc repository to Eclipse.
>>>         > >>>>>> \item elected New->Convert to C/C++ project and
>>>        selected shared
>>>         > >>>>>> library. After this point you can perform searchs
>>>        in the code.
>>>         > >>>>>> \end{itemize}
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> A PETSc user has provided the following steps to
>>>        build an Eclipse
>>>         > >>>>>> index for PETSc that can be used with their own
>>>        code without compiling PETSc
>>>         > >>>>>> source into their project.
>>>         > >>>>>> \begin{itemize}
>>>         > >>>>>> \item In the user project source directory, create
>>>        a symlink to the
>>>         > >>>>>> petsc/src directory.
>>>         > >>>>>> \item Refresh the project explorer in Eclipse, so
>>>        the new symlink is
>>>         > >>>>>> followed.
>>>         > >>>>>> \item Right-click on the project in the project
>>>        explorer, and choose
>>>         > >>>>>> "Index -> Rebuild". The index should now be build.
>>>         > >>>>>> \item Right-click on the PETSc symlink in the
>>>        project explorer, and
>>>         > >>>>>> choose "Exclude from build..." to make sure
>>>        Eclipse does not try to compile
>>>         > >>>>>> PETSc with the project.
>>>         > >>>>>> \end{itemize}
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> We'd love to have someone figure out how to do it
>>>        right and include
>>>         > >>>>>> that information.
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> Barry
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Matt Bockman wrote:
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>> > Has anyone gotten PETSc to work w/Eclipse?
>>>        Eclipse nicely generates
>>>         > >>>>>> all my makefiles for me for my current project
>>>        (which is written in C++).
>>>         > >>>>>> I'd like to link PETSc w/my application but I'm
>>>        not sure how to do this.
>>>         > >>>>>> >
>>>         > >>>>>> > Suggestions?
>>>         > >>>>>> >
>>>         > >>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>         > >>>>>> > Matt
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>>
>>>         > >>>>>
>>>         > >>>>
>>>         > >>>
>>>         > >>
>>>         > >
>>>         >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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