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

[Satish Balay]

On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Satish Balay wrote:

> >>>>>
>   "/usr/bin/ar: petscvecmod.o: No such file or directory
> <<<<<
> 
> Mostlikely this is related to using 'winzip' or '7zip' to untar petsc
> sources. Try using 'tar' from cygwin.
> 
> Or you can ignore this issue if not using f90 modules from your code.

Could you confirm if you used winzip or equivalent to extract petsc sources?

And does this error go away if you use 'tar -xzf petsc.tar.gz' to extract sources?

thanks,
Satish