[petsc-users] Configure error

[Satish Balay]

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Executing: /cygdrive/d/Workspace/PETSc/petsc-3.3-p2/bin/win32fe/win32fe cl  -o /tmp/petsc-_yEt5c/config.setCompilers/conftest.exe    /tmp/petsc-_yEt5c/config.setCompilers/conftest.o
sh: LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'^M
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Ok configure failing with compiler check. It hasn't gone up to mpi check.

Have you setup compilers in bash correctly [as the installation
instructions indicate?]. Have you checked if the compiler works [in
both 'compiler cmd' as well as bash] with a simple code - as the
instructions indicate?

> MSVC Express (32 bit with some work to do to make it see 64 bit by
> means of sdk installation)?

I don't know what you mean by this.

Using 32bit compilers on 64bit windows shouldn't be a problem. You
shouldn't need 'some work' to have useable 32bit compilers.

Satish

On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Fabio wrote:

> Without using the wiht-mpi-dir option the code start testing but it
> stops saying the "C compiler associated with mpi-cc win32fe cl  does
> not work"
> (configure.log is its log)
> 
> If I use a link to another directory without space in the name I get
> the same error (provided that the link has been done in cygwin
> otherwise I have Nonexistant directory). It seems than anyway path are
> an issue in general (although for standard path they seem to find
> correctly what they need)
> The respective log file is configure2.log
> 
> It look like it is not finding kernel32.lib. Actually a search in my
> system find only kernel32.dll so I think that the configure script
> complain rightfully.
> Anyway could this be linked to my setup win 7 64 bit and MSVC Express
> (32 bit with some work to do to make it see 64 bit by means of sdk
> installation)?
>  I thought I could just start with a 32 bit version as it is the
> default setting of MSVC and it was quite hard to make the 64 bit work
> (I would have liked to have something simple to focus only on my real
> implementation, instead of running after VC Express tantrums)
> 
> Thank you very much for your assistance
> 
> Fabio
> 
> 
> 2012/8/10 Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov>:
> > On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Fabio wrote:
> >
> >> I updated to the last version of Petsc then I used again
> >>
> >> PETSC_DIR=`pwd`; export PETSC_DIR
> >>
> >> then in the petsc directory
> >> ./configure --with-cc='win32fe cl' --with-fc=0
> >> --download-f2cblas-lapack --with-mpi-dir=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\
> >> \(x86\)/MPICH2
> >>
> >> Now I have an error,
> >> "Nonexistent directory /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/MPICH2"
> >>
> >> The directory anyway is there and cygwin could easily access it
> >>
> >> Also trying with mpi-include/lib gives the same error.
> >> What can I do?
> >
> >
> > Remove the --with-mpi-dir option.
> >
> > Configure should automatically look for mpich at this location.
> >
> > Satish
>