[petsc-users] Petsc configure error (cmake)

[Barry Smith]

  Please try

  rm -rf  /home/eda/petsc-3.13.2/arch-linux-c-debug

  and then run configure again.

  It lists the correct make to use 

Makefile processor on this system is: /home/eda/petsc-3.13.2/arch-linux-c-debug/bin/make

  So I am hoping the problem is from the crazy cmake caching nonsense and cleaning out the old files will resolve the problem.

  Barry


> On Jul 29, 2020, at 5:51 AM, Eda Oktay <eda.oktay at metu.edu.tr> wrote:
> 
> Dear Barry,
> 
> I wrote the followings:
> 
> $ patch -p1 < cmakemake.patch
> 
> And it gave the following line:
> 
> (Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
> patching file config/BuildSystem/config/packages/cmake.py
> 
> Then I configured as follows:
> 
> ./configure --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran
> --download-make --download-mpich --download-openblas --download-metis
> --download-parmetis --download-chaco
> --download-slepc=/home/eda/slepc-v3.13.2.tar.gz --download-cmake
> --with-X=1
> 
> But I am still getting the following error:
> 
> *******************************************************************************
>         UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log
> for details):
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Error running configure on CMAKE
> *******************************************************************************
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Eda
> 
> Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev>, 29 Tem 2020 Çar, 00:10 tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>> 
>> 
>>   It's better to use git than download tarballs. With tarballs it is not possible to access recent fixes or try branches.
>> 
>>   Here is what you can do, save the attachment as cmakemake.patch and do
>> 
>>   patch -p1 < cmakemake.patch
>> 
>>   in the PETSc directory
>> 
>>   Then run configure as before
>> 
>>   Barry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 28, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Eda Oktay <eda.oktay at metu.edu.tr> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Barry,
>>> 
>>> Thank you so much for answering. So, I downloaded the tar.gz file and
>>> now, should I configure this file with my previous options?  I am
>>> using the following line:
>>> 
>>> ./configure --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran
>>> --download-make --download-mpich --download-openblas --download-metis
>>> --download-parmetis --download-chaco
>>> --download-slepc=/home/eda/slepc-v3.13.2.tar.gz --download-cmake
>>> --with-X=1
>>> 
>>> Thanks so much again!
>>> 
>>> Eda
>>> 
>>> Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev>, 28 Tem 2020 Sal, 20:55 tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  Eda,
>>>> 
>>>>    The branch barry/2020-07-28/cmake-use-make-if-given/maint should resolve the problem. It will force the cmake build to use the make obtained with --download-make
>>>> 
>>>>  Barry
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 28, 2020, at 9:48 AM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:45 AM Eda Oktay <eda.oktay at metu.edu.tr> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am trying to download Petsc with slepc,openblas,mpich,meti,parmetis
>>>>> and chaco to a linux computer (probably
>>>>> ubuntu, I don't know because I am using it via ssh).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Due to an error, for metis, I needed to download cmake, so I added
>>>>> this option, too. However, I got an error telling me that "Error
>>>>> running configure on cmake". I attached configure.log.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What should I do? Where is the problem and how can ı fix it?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you so much for answering,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It looks like you do not have 'make' in your path, and CMake is feaking out:
>>>> 
>>>> CMAKE was just downloaded, forcing a rebuild because cannot determine if package has changed
>>>>                       ===============================================================================
>>>>                             Running configure on CMAKE; this may take several minutes
>>>>                       ===============================================================================
>>>> 
>>>> Running Executable WITHOUT threads to time it out
>>>> Executing: ./configure --prefix=/home/eda/petsc-3.13.2/arch-linux-c-debug --parallel=40
>>>> stdout:
>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>> CMake 3.15.6, Copyright 2000-2019 Kitware, Inc. and Contributors
>>>> Found GNU toolchain
>>>> C compiler on this system is: gcc
>>>> C++ compiler on this system is: g++
>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>> Error when bootstrapping CMake:
>>>> Cannot find appropriate Makefile processor on this system.
>>>> Please specify one using environment variable MAKE.
>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>> Log of errors: /home/eda/petsc-3.13.2/arch-linux-c-debug/externalpackages/cmake-3.15.6/Bootstrap.cmk/cmake_bootstrap.log
>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>>   Matt
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Eda
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.
>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
> <configure.log>