[petsc-users] Configure error

[Satish Balay]

Why use this very old version petsc-2.3.3?

If this old version is really needed - you might want to copy over
bin/win32fe/* files over from the latest version.

> --with-mpi-dir=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/MPICH2

I don't remember if it will handle current mpi - so might want to use
--with-mpi-include/--with-mpi-lib options. Also the braces in the PATH
can potentially cause problem.

Satish

On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Fabio wrote:

> I forgot to say that I start cygwin from the MSVC 2008 Expresse prompt
> and that running cl does produce some output (basically prviding an
> help for the cl function)
> 
> 2012/8/10 Fabio <fabio.pinna.2006 at gmail.com>:
> > 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
> >>>>>
> >>
>