[petsc-users] PETSC configuration on linux with intel MKL

[Satish Balay]

Glad its working! Thanks for the update.

Satish

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Bruno Ramon Batista Fernande wrote:

>  Hi Satish and Pierre,
> It worked with the first shell friendly syntax recommended by Satish.
> I got that other syntax from a Windows configuration we have.
> Thank you so much for the help.
> Best regards,
> Bruno
> 
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 4:07 PM Satish Balay <balay.anl at fastmail.org> wrote:
> 
> > This syntax is useful for python - for ex.: config/examples*.py
> >
> > Best to use shell friendly notation - when not using python scripts. i.e.:
> >
> > --with-blaslapack-lib="/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_blas95_lp64.a
> > /opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_lapack95_lp64.a
> > /opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_gf_lp64.a
> > /opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_sequential.a
> > /opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_core.a"
> >
> > or
> >
> > --with-blaslapack-lib="-L/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/
> > -lmkl_lapack95_lp64 -lmklblas95_lp64 -lmkl_gf_lp64 -lmkl_sequential
> > -lmkl_lapack95_lp64"
> >
> > Also "--with-blaslapack-dir=/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64"
> > should automatically find and give something like:
> >
> > BlasLapack:
> >   Intel MKL Version:  20220000
> >   Includes:
> >  -I/nfs/gce/software/custom/linux-ubuntu22.04-x86_64/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu22.04-x86_64/gcc-11.2.0/intel-oneapi-mkl-2022.0.2-lzrncoj/mkl/2022.0.2/include
> >   Libraries:
> > -Wl,-rpath,/nfs/gce/software/custom/linux-ubuntu22.04-x86_64/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu22.04-x86_64/gcc-11.2.0/intel-oneapi-mkl-2022.0.2-lzrncoj/mkl/2022.0.2/lib/intel64
> > -L/nfs/gce/software/custom/linux-ubuntu22.04-x86_64/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu22.04-x86_64/gcc-11.2.0/intel-oneapi-mkl-2022.0.2-lzrncoj/mkl/2022.0.2/lib/intel64
> > -lmkl_intel_lp64 -lmkl_core -lmkl_intel_thread -liomp5 -ldl -lpthread
> >
> > Satish
> >
> > On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Pierre Jolivet wrote:
> >
> > > I just copied you configure line, you also have a whitespace in the [ ],
> > best to remove that: libmkl_blas95_lp64.a", "/opt/intel/ ->
> > libmkl_blas95_lp64.a,/opt/intel/ and so on.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Pierre
> > >
> > > > On 29 Dec 2024, at 9:09 PM, Bruno Ramon Batista Fernande <
> > brbfernandes at utexas.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Pierre,
> > > > I tried it and got the same error message. Still, no configure.log was
> > generated. It seems like it doesn't even start the configuration.
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Bruno
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 1:45 PM Pierre Jolivet <pierre at joliv.et
> > <mailto:pierre at joliv.et>> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> On 30 Dec 2024, at 2:24 AM, Bruno Ramon Batista Fernande <
> > brbfernandes at utexas.edu <mailto:brbfernandes at utexas.edu>> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Hi Satish,
> > > >>> Thank you for your prompt response.
> > > >>> It seems like it doesn't reach the point of writing the
> > configure.log for this issue.
> > > >>> The command used is below. I am using mpich and oneAPI both
> > installed from apt from Ubuntu.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> ./configure --with-cc=mpicc --with-cxx=mpicxx --with-fc=mpif90
> > --with-debugging=0 --download-hypre
> > --with-blaslapack-libs=["/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_blas95_lp64.a",
> > "/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_lapack95_lp64.a","/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_gf_lp64.a",
> > "/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_sequential.a","/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_core.a"]
> > --with-scalapack-libs=["/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_scalapack_lp64.a","/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_blacs_lp64.a"]
> > --with-scalapack-include=/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/include
> > > >>
> > > >> It’s not -libs=, it’s -lib=, and there is no need for quotation marks.
> > > >> Try again, and if it still does not work, please send configure.log,
> > there is no reason for it not being generated.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Pierre
> > > >>
> > > >>> Best regards,
> > > >>> Bruno
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 8:15 AM Satish Balay <balay.anl at fastmail.org
> > <mailto:balay.anl at fastmail.org>> wrote:
> > > >>>> Hm - what was the configure command [with options] used here? Can
> > you send corresponding configure.log?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Satish
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Sat, 28 Dec 2024, Bruno Ramon Batista Fernande wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> > Hi,
> > > >>>> > I am trying to use the oneAPI MKL 2025 into my PETSC
> > configuration on
> > > >>>> > Linux. However, I get the following error as I enter the names of
> > the mkl
> > > >>>> > libraries:
> > > >>>> >
> > *********************************************************************************************
> > > >>>> >                         ERROR in COMMAND LINE ARGUMENT to
> > ./configure
> > > >>>> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >>>> >   The option
> > > >>>> >
> > > >>>> >
> > /opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_lapack95_lp64.a,/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl_gf_lp64.a,
> > > >>>> >   should probably be
> > > >>>> >
> > > >>>> >
> > /opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl-lapack95-lp64.a,/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/2025.0/lib/intel64/libmkl-gf-lp64.a,
> > > >>>> >
> > *********************************************************************************************
> > > >>>> > As you can see, the configure suggest to use libraries with
> > hyphen in their
> > > >>>> > names but the original libraries have underscores in it. Any way
> > to bypass
> > > >>>> > this issue without creating links or creating copies of files?
> > > >>>> > Best regards,
> > > >>>> > Bruno
> > > >>>> >
> > > >>>>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>