[petsc-users] Installing Triangle for PETSc by not using --download

[Satish Balay]

On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Mike Michell wrote:

> Thank you very much. It seems that --download-package={downloaded_dir} is
> the right way to let PETSc know the source files and let it configures &
> installs everything as it wants.
> If I try --with-packages-download-dir, PETSc again tries to connect and get
> the external packages from online, which I cannot do.

No - it tells you what to download - and where to place it locally. In my example below - I used 'git clone' but you can use rsync or any other mechanism that you are currently using to copy stuff over.

And sure  --download-package=/local/location/[tarball,git,dir] also works .

Satish

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> > Can you try the --with-packages-download-dir option?
> >
> > It tells you the URL to download - and then PETSc configure does the
> > install.
> >
> > Satish
> >
> > --------
> >
> > balay at p1 /home/balay/petsc (release =)
> > $ ./configure --with-packages-download-dir=$HOME/tmp --download-triangle
> > Download the following packages to /home/balay/tmp
> >
> > triangle ['git://https://bitbucket.org/petsc/pkg-triangle', '
> > https://bitbucket.org/petsc/pkg-triangle/get/v1.3-p2.tar.gz']
> >
> > Then run the script again
> >
> > balay at p1 /home/balay/petsc (release =)
> > $ pushd $HOME/tmp
> > ~/tmp ~/petsc
> > balay at p1 /home/balay/tmp
> > $ git clone -q https://bitbucket.org/petsc/pkg-triangle
> > balay at p1 /home/balay/tmp
> > $ popd
> > ~/petsc
> > balay at p1 /home/balay/petsc (release =)
> > $ ./configure --with-packages-download-dir=$HOME/tmp --download-triangle
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >                          Configuring PETSc to compile on your system
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >         Running /home/balay/soft/sowing-1.1.26-p1/bin/bfort to generate
> > Fortran stubs
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >                  Trying to download /home/balay/tmp/pkg-triangle for
> > TRIANGLE
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >                       Compiling Triangle; this may take several minutes
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> >                       Installing Triangle; this may take several minutes
> >
> > =============================================================================================
> > TESTING: checklsame from
> > config.packages.BlasLapack(config/BuildSystem/config/packages/BlasLapack.py:691)
> >
> > ...
> > ..
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, Mike Michell wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I need to install PETSc and its dependencies to a linux system, which
> > does
> > > not allow git clone from online. Thus I need to install all the
> > > dependencies by having their source files. First I downloaded and
> > installed
> > > all the dependencies by relying on PETSc on my local linux (which means I
> > > used --download=triangle), then tar all of them, and brought them to the
> > > cluster.
> > >
> > > There is an issue with Triangle. I can do make (or cmake using the
> > > CMakeList file that Triangle 1.6 provides, although PETSc --download
> > > provides Triangle 1.3) and can get "libtriangle.a". But during the PETSc
> > > configure step, it fails with the error message below:
> > >
> > > {$Triangle_Home}/build/libtriangle.a(triangle.c.o): In function
> > `poolinit':
> > > triangle.c:(.text+0x15aa): undefined reference to `PetscTrMalloc'
> > > {$Triangle_Home}/build/libtriangle.a(triangle.c.o): In function
> > > `pooldeinit':
> > > triangle.c:(.text+0x1708): undefined reference to `PetscTrFree'
> > > ...
> > >
> > > It seems that I need to let Triangle know that it will be used by PETSc
> > to
> > > enable those functions when I install Triangle. Is this correct
> > > understanding? If so, how can I configure, install, and link Triangle
> > with
> > > PETSc?
> > >
> > > I have seen some PETSc related commands in configure.py in the root
> > > directory of Triangle downloaded by PETSc, but it is not clear how this
> > > python script is related or can be used by user like me.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> >
>