[petsc-users] Problem installing metis

[Satish Balay]

Hm - this is weird.

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TESTING: checkMath from config.libraries(config/BuildSystem/config/libraries.py:251)
  Check for sin() in libm, the math library

Executing: mpicc  -o /tmp/petsc-AXFj8c/config.libraries/conftest    -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -O3 -ffast-math -march=native -mtune=native /tmp/petsc-AXFj8c/config.libraries/conftest.o   -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ldl -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lgcc_s -ldl
              Popping language C
          Math functions are linked in by default


Executing: mpicc  -o /tmp/petsc-AXFj8c/config.libraries/conftest    -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -O3 -ffast-math -march=native -mtune=native /tmp/petsc-AXFj8c/config.libraries/conftest.o  -Wl,-rpath,/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/lib -L/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/lib -lmetis -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ldl -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lgcc_s -ldl
Possible ERROR while running linker: exit code 256
stderr:
/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/lib/libmetis.a(kmetis.c.o): In function `libmetis__InitKWayPartitioning':
/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/externalpackages/metis-5.1.0-p1/libmetis/kmetis.c:187: undefined reference to `__log_finite'
/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/externalpackages/metis-5.1.0-p1/libmetis/kmetis.c:187: undefined reference to `__pow_finite'
/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/lib/libmetis.a(util.c.o): In function `gk_flog2':
/opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx/externalpackages/metis-5.1.0-p1/GKlib/util.c:106: undefined reference to `__log_finite'
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Can you rerun configure with the additional option "LIBS=-lm" - and see if it makes a difference?

Satish


On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Michele Rosso wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install METIS via the development version of petsc, but I
> encountered the following error:
> 
>          UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log
> for details):
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Downloaded metis could not be used. Please check install
> in /opt/petsc/petscfork/gnu-opt-32idx
> 
> 
> I attached the install script and the configure.log file.
> Any idea?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michele
> 
> 
> 
>