[petsc-users] Configure error

[Fabio]

I followed your advice and I installed the binary version of MPICH for
win 32 bit.
Than I prepared the envirnmental variable with
PETSC_DIR=`pwd`; export PETSC_DIR

then in the petsc directory

./config/configure.py --with-cc='win32fe cl' --with-fc='win32fe f90'
--download-f-blas-lapack --with-mpi-dir=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\
\(x86\)/MPICH2

and I got the error

"C compiler you provided -with-cc win32fe cl does not work"

Part of the log look like this

sh: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-2.3.3-p13/bin/win32fe/win32fe cl
-c -o conftest.o   conftest.c
Executing: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-2.3.3-p13/bin/win32fe/win32fe
cl -c -o conftest.o   conftest.c
sh: Warning: win32fe: Path Not Found: C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\SharedIDE\BIN

conftest.c


sh: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-2.3.3-p13/bin/win32fe/win32fe cl
-c -o conftest.o   conftest.c
Executing: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-2.3.3-p13/bin/win32fe/win32fe
cl -c -o conftest.o   conftest.c
sh: Warning: win32fe: Path Not Found: C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\SharedIDE\BIN

conftest.c


                                          Pushing language C
                                          Popping language C
                                          Pushing language Cxx
                                          Popping language Cxx
                                          Pushing language FC
                                          Popping language FC
                  Pushing language C
                  Popping language C
sh: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-2.3.3-p13/bin/win32fe/win32fe cl
 -o conftest.exe     conftest.o
Executing: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-2.3.3-p13/bin/win32fe/win32fe
cl  -o conftest.exe     conftest.o
sh: Warning: win32fe: Path Not Found: C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\SharedIDE\BIN

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'


Possible ERROR while running linker:  output: Warning: win32fe: Path
Not Found: C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\SharedIDE\BIN

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'

ret = 512



so it look like a directory problem, but the installation is standard,
maybe I cannot use it with MS Visual C++ 2008 Express?
Thank you for your time.
Fabio


2012/8/6 Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>:
>
> On Aug 5, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Fabio <fabio.pinna.2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your quick reply,I will try with a reboot.
>>
>> Regarding the compiler my idea was to use MSVC express 2008. I thought
>> it was possible to compile both library with gcc under cygwin.
>> From your reply I guess this is not the case.
>> Does this mean I should compile Petsc with MSVC express as well, isn't it?
>
>    Yes, you need to compile PETSc with the compiler you would like to use and make sure to use the MPICH binary install  since that works with the Microsoft compilers.
>
>    Barry
>
>>
>>
>> Fabio.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/8/5 Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov>:
>>> On Sun, 5 Aug 2012, Fabio wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> I am new to petsc, and I've been struggling with it for the last days.
>>>>
>>>> I want to install it on Windows 7, and first  I tried to install the
>>>> Microsoft MPI and then compiling the MPICH. They both seems ok but I
>>>> am not able to compile Petsc with any of them.
>>>> I am mostly interested to MPICH (for portability).
>>>> I used this script to configure
>>>>
>>>> ./config/configure.py PETSC_ARCH=win32-gnu  --with-fc=0
>>>> --download-f2cblaslapack=1
>>>> –with-mpi-dir=/cygdrive/d/Workspace/MPICH/mpich2-1.4.1p1
>>>
>>> What compilers do you plan to use? MS C/C++ or cygwin gcc/g++?
>>>
>>> [MS MPI is for use with MS compiler only. MPICH binary install is for
>>> MS compilers, and MPICH source install is for cygwin gcc/g++]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> and I've got this error,
>>>>
>>>>                    UNABLE to EXECUTE BINARIES for config/configure.py
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> [Errno 16] Device or resource busy: 'conftest.exe'
>>>>
>>>> This error seems to happen pretty randomly at differente places in the script.
>>>> Any idea to solve this problem?
>>>
>>> Its bad file locks on windows. The only suggestion we have is reboot.
>>>
>>> For some cygwin issues - you need to run 'rebaseall' but this doesn;t apper to be
>>> that issue.
>>>
>>> If you still have issues - send the complete log [and logfile] to petsc-maint.
>>>
>>> Satish
>>>
>>>> Thank you all
>>>>
>>>> Fabio
>>>>
>