[petsc-users] errors when using elemental with petsc3.10.5

[Matthew Knepley]

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  Thanks,

    Matt

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:56 PM Lailai Zhu via petsc-users <
petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> hi, dear petsc developers,
>
> I am having a problem when using the external solver elemental.
> I installed petsc3.10.5 version with the flag
> --download-elemental-commit=v0.87.7
> the installation seems to be ok. However, it seems that i may not be able
> to use the elemental solver though.
>
> I followed this page
> https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/Mat/MATELEMENTAL.html
> to interface the elemental solver, namely,
> MatSetType(A,MATELEMENTAL);
> or set it via the command line '*-mat_type elemental*',
>
> in either case, i will get the following error,
>
> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Unknown type. Check for miss-spelling or missing package:
> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/installation.html#external
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Unknown Mat type given: elemental
> [0]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html
> for trouble shooting.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.10.5, Mar, 28, 2019
>
> May i ask whether there will be a way or some specific petsc versions that
> are able to use the elemental solver?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> best,
> lailai
>


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