[petsc-users] Petsc Installation error in OS X

[Satish Balay]

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ld: section __DATA/__thread_bss extends beyond end of file, file 'CMakeFiles/metis.dir/__/GKlib/error.c.o' for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
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We suspect its xcode 7.3 bug. You can workarround with the following
patch to metis
https://bitbucket.org/petsc/pkg-metis/commits/c27a7c30921dc587ae07286774ea2735ad21bb80

BTW: We recommend upgrading to using currently supported release [3.6]  if possible.

Satish


On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, Cindy Chen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I try to install PETSc-3.5.4 in my macbook (version 10.11.3) but failed.
> 
> Best,
> Xiaocui
>