[petsc-users] Could not find make when building PETSc in Windows 7

[Qin Lu]

Jed,
 
As I mentioned, I did add C:\cygwin64\bin (where make.exe is) to Path, and also tried to run ./configure --with-cc='win32fe icl' --with-fc='win32fe ifort' --with-cxx='win32fe icl' --with-make=/cygdrive/cygwin64/bin. It did not work, I just tried what you suggested: adding --download-make in confugure, it gave the same error.
 
Thanks,
Qin



On Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:36 AM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
Qin Lu <lu_qin_2000 at yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to build PETSc in Windows 7 with following steps:
>
> 1. Installed cygwin 64-bit with python, make and other default packages under C:\cygwin64
> 2. Added C:\cygwin64\bin to Windows environmental variable Path.
> 3. Downloaded and unzipped PETSc 3.4.2.
> 4. Run mintty.exe to open a cygwin terminal.
> 5. In the cygwin terminal, under PETSc directory, run:  ./configure --with-cc='win32fe icl' --with-fc='win32fe ifort' --with-cxx='win32fe icl'
>
> However, it gave an error "Could not locate the make utility on your system, make sure it is in your path or use --with-make=/fullpathnameofmake and run ./configure again".  I suppose it should use C:\cygwin64\bin\make.exe, which is already in path, but I still added  --with-make=/cvgdrive/cygwin64/bin in configure's option and run configure again, yet it gave the same error.

You need to pass the full path to the make executable (or add it to your
path), or you can use --download-make.


> What should I do to let configure know the path of make?
>  
> Many thanks for your help,
>  
> Regard,
> Qin