[petsc-users] PETSc Windows Installation

[Pierre Jolivet]

Or you can use MinGW, it’s not tricky, you don’t need to change any PETSc code, and you can ship .exe for either x86_64 (mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc) or ARM (mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-clang, without MPI).

Thanks,
Pierre

> On 7 Nov 2022, at 1:38 PM, hamid badi <badi.hamid at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You can try gcc/clang cross-compilers, it's a little but tricky, i had to change some petsc codes but it works fine.
> 
> Le lun. 7 nov. 2022 à 13:30, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com <mailto:knepley at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 7:11 AM Mohammad Ali Yaqteen <mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr <mailto:mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr>> wrote:
>>> Once I finish writing the code, the .exe file will not change. Can I make an .exe file using WSL2 and VScode?
>>> 
>> 
>> If you build in WSL2, it will link to system libraries. You would probably need to run in WSL2 after that. If you are planning
>> on running on native Windows, you likely need to build there.
>> 
>>   Thanks,
>> 
>>      Matt
>>   
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Ali
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com <mailto:knepley at gmail.com>> 
>>> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 7:13 PM
>>> To: Mohammad Ali Yaqteen <mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr <mailto:mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr>>
>>> Cc: petsc-users <petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>> Subject: Re: [petsc-users] PETSc Windows Installation
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 12:21 AM Mohammad Ali Yaqteen <mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr <mailto:mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have written backend code for a software company. If WSL2 and VSCode(Linux) can be called through a command line and executed at the backend, then it will be great. But if I have to install WSL2 and other required things on every other PC that will run that software, then I think I will be at a disadvantage. What do you suggest?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> As long as you do not change the architecture and the compiler libraries are available, you can run the executable.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>   Thanks,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>      Matt
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Thank you
>>> Ali
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:balay at mcs.anl.gov>> 
>>> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 12:00 AM
>>> To: Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com <mailto:knepley at gmail.com>>
>>> Cc: Mohammad Ali Yaqteen <mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr <mailto:mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr>>; petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> Subject: Re: [petsc-users] PETSc Windows Installation
>>> 
>>> Likely the compilers are not setup correctly as per instructions.
>>> 
>>> https://petsc.org/release/install/windows/#installation-with-microsoft-intel-windows-compilers
>>> 
>>> And if you do not have a specific windows need - and only need IDE - perhaps a WSL2 (aka linux) install with VSCode(linux) might be the way to go.
>>> 
>>> Satish
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 6 Nov 2022, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>>> 
>>> > We need to see configure.log to see what is going on. Can you send it?
>>> > 
>>> >   Thanks,
>>> > 
>>> >      Matt
>>> > 
>>> > On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 4:29 AM Mohammad Ali Yaqteen 
>>> > <mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr <mailto:mhyaqteen at sju.ac.kr>>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > > Dear Sir/Madam,
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > I am installing PETSc on windows but it keeps giving me unexpected errors.
>>> > > I want to use it on MS Visual Studio or Codeblocks. When I use the 
>>> > > command on your webpage (./configure --with-cc='win32fe cl' 
>>> > > --with-fc='win32fe ifort' --with-cxx='win32fe cl' --with-mpi=0 
>>> > > --download-fblaslapack), I get the following error message:
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > $ ./configure --with-cc='win32fe cl' --with-fc='win32fe ifort'
>>> > > --with-cxx='win32fe cl' --with-mpi=0 --download-fblaslapack
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > ====================================================================
>>> > > =========================
>>> > >
>>> > >                          Configuring PETSc to compile on your system
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > ====================================================================
>>> > > =========================
>>> > >
>>> > > TESTING: checkCCompiler from
>>> > > config.setCompilers(config/BuildSystem/config/setCompilers.py:1341)*
>>> > > ********************************************************************
>>> > > **********
>>> > >
>>> > >          UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS    (see configure.log for
>>> > > details):
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > > -----------
>>> > >
>>> > > C compiler you provided with -with-cc=win32fe cl cannot be found or 
>>> > > does not work.
>>> > >
>>> > > Cannot compile/link C with
>>> > > /home/SEJONG/petsc-3.18.1/lib/petsc/bin/win32fe/win32fe cl.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Kindly look into this problem! Your prompt response will highly be 
>>> > > appreciated
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Thank you
>>> > >
>>> > > Ali
>>> > >
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 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/ <http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/>
>> 
>> -- 
>> 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/ <http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/>

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