[petsc-users] Fwd: PETSc installation on Intrepid

[Jitendra Kumar]

Thanks Satish. I tried using the configuration you pointed me to with the
addition of --download-hdf5=1 and got error "Compression library [libz.a or
equivalent] not found
"

Do I need to load some package to get this?

Jitu


On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> As the message indicates you need '--with-batch' option on this machine
>
> Check one of the default builds on intrepid for configure options to use..
>
> [perhaps
> /soft/apps/libraries/petsc/3.3-p6/xl-opt/conf/reconfigure-arch-bgp-ibm-opt.py]
>
> Satish
>
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Jitendra Kumar wrote:
>
> > I ran into following errors while trying to build PETSc-dev on Intrepid
> > @ALCF.  (configure.log attached)
> >
> >
> *******************************************************************************
> >          UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for
> > details):
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Cannot run executable to determine size of char. If this machine uses a
> > batch system
> > to submit jobs you will need to configure using ./configure with the
> > additional option  --with-batch.
> >  Otherwise there is problem with the compilers. Can you compile and run
> > code with your C/C++ (and maybe Fortran) compilers?
> >
> *******************************************************************************
> >   File "/gpfs/home/jkumar/lib/petsc/config/configure.py", line 293, in
> > petsc_configure
> >     framework.configure(out = sys.stdout)
> >   File
> > "/gpfs/home/jkumar/lib/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py",
> line
> > 933, in configure
> >     child.configure()
> >   File "/gpfs/home/jkumar/lib/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/types.py",
> > line 386, in configure
> >     map(lambda type: self.executeTest(self.checkSizeof, type),
> > ['char','void *', 'short', 'int', 'long', 'long long', 'float', 'double',
> > 'size_t'])
> >   File "/gpfs/home/jkumar/lib/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/types.py",
> > line 386, in <lambda>
> >     map(lambda type: self.executeTest(self.checkSizeof, type),
> > ['char','void *', 'short', 'int', 'long', 'long long', 'float', 'double',
> > 'size_t'])
> >   File "/gpfs/home/jkumar/lib/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/base.py",
> > line 115, in executeTest
> >     ret = apply(test, args,kargs)
> >   File "/gpfs/home/jkumar/lib/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/types.py",
> > line 296, in checkSizeof
> >     raise RuntimeError(msg)
> >
> > This is what my configuration looks like (adapted from
> > config/examples/arch-bgp-ibm-opt.py)
> > configure_options = [
> >   '--with-cc=mpixlc',
> >   '--with-fc=mpixlf90',
> >   '--with-cxx=mpixlcxx',
> >   'COPTFLAGS=-O3',
> >   'FOPTFLAGS=-O3',
> >   '--with-debugging=0',
> >   '--with-cmake=/soft/apps/fen/cmake-2.8.3/bin/cmake',
> > #  '--with-hdf5=/soft/apps/hdf5-1.8.0',
> >   '--download-parmetis=1',
> >   '--download-metis=1',
> >   '--download-plapack=1',
> >   '--download-hdf5=1'
> >   ]
> >
> > I would appreciate any help building the llbrary there.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jitu
> >
>
>
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