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

[Satish Balay]

Perhaps we should add back the windows-python check?

[since we haven't yet added the windows python support]

Satish

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013, Qin Lu wrote:

> Chetan
> 
> Great, that was the problem! I set python point to a copy that was not cygwin's. Now I set it to cygwin's python and it this error is gone! I am waiting to see if the whole building will finish without problems.
> 
> Thanks a lot for all you guys' helps.
> 
> Qin 
> 
> On Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:28 AM, Chetan Jhurani <chetan.jhurani at gmail.com> wrote:
> I vaguely recall seeing the "could not locate make" error
> when a non-cygwin python is picked up first in path.
> So ensure that "which python" points to cygwin python.
> 
> Another issue is that the --with-make argument, if it is
> needed, should be /cygdrive/C/cygwin64/bin (or with some
> other drive letter in between where cygwin is installed).
> 
> Chetan
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: petsc-users-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:petsc-users-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Qin Lu
> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:43 AM
> > To: Jed Brown; petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: Re: [petsc-users] Could not find make when building PETSc in Windows 7
> > 
> > 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
>