Hi Kenneth, In my case I have "ACTIVATION_TYPE=exist_lic". I think my problem is related to intel impi itself: even if I try to install impi manually from the intel impi installer, and I point it to the valid license file, it does not recognizes the license file as valid.
Intel support just suggested to use a newer version of their software stack. They said the license file was ok, but then it did not work at all! I think they changed something in the way the licenses are managed in the latest versions of the compilers etc., causing them not to work properly in some cases when trying to activate older versions of the products. At least with some licenses. I also got this feeling from what I could read digging in intel's webpage. Bests, Iñigo On Tue, 10 May 2016 14:43:03 +0200 Kenneth Hoste <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Elena & Inigo, > > We were just discussing a similar issue on IRC, although it was with > icc rather than impi. > > Can you look into generating a debug log for the failing impi > installation with EasyBuild 2.7.0 (eb --debug), and hunt down the > section that prints the contents on the silent.cfg configuration file > that is supplied to the installer? > > It should look something like: > > == 2016-05-10 14:22:47,380 easyblock.py:2067 INFO Running method > install_step part of step install == 2016-05-10 14:22:47,381 > intelbase.py:313 DEBUG Contents of .../silent.cfg: > ACTIVATION_TYPE=exist_lic ... > > The problem Pablo & I were looking into is that the > "ACTIVATION_LICENSE_FILE=" line is missing from the silent.cfg file, > because Pablo was specifying multiple license files rather than a > single one, triggering a (apparently long-standing) bug in the > IntelBase generic easyblock. > > I'd like to see if your situation is similar... > > Since you're not seeing this problem with EasyBuild v2.6.0, it's > likely you're hitting the same (or a related) bug, especially since > quite a bit of changes were made to IntelBase w.r.t. the license > specs in EasyBuild v2.7.0, cfr. > https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyblocks/pull/839 . > > > regards, > > Kenneth > > On 10/05/16 14:28, Elena Malkin wrote: > > Hi Inigo, > > > > thanks for the answer. Which version and main settings of EasyBuild > > > were you using? > > > > I ended up installing imkl and impi with EasyBuild 2.6.0 and the > > rest > with EasyBuild 2.7.0. If there was any other difference > > between the 2 > installations, I don't see it. Both used the same > > configuration file > with the default naming scheme, hidden=True > > and some packages listed > on the hidden list. We are also using an > > academic license. > > > > All the best, > > Elena > > > > > > On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Inigo Aldazabal Mensa > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 12:34:13 +0200 > > Elena Malkin <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > Hi easybuilders, > > > > > > first, let me thank you for the help I received last summer. I > > > realised I never answered that email. Sorry and thank you. :) > > > > > > Now to my new question: I ran into a problem installing the > > > intel 2016a bundle with EasyBuild 2.7.0 and I would like to > > > figure out > > what > > > is going on. To be more precise: icc and ifort install without > > > problems, but impi stops because it can not find a license. > > > > > > We have played around with easybuild installations to find > > > out which configuration works best for us. During this time > > > we also installed intel 2016a with EasyBuild 2.6.0. This > > > intel package works on our system, so our license should be > > > ok. I have now created a new installation account, a new > > > directory tree, installed EasyBuild 2.7.0, and I am trying to > > > reinstall everything in this directory tree. I ran into the > > > problem of icc and ifort being installed > > without > > > problems, and impi installation giving me the following error: > > > > > > Error during the silent install. ACTIVATION_TYPE=exist_lic > > > specified although no > > > existing license is found on the system. Please use other > > > activation types. > > > > > > When I load the old installation of EasyBuild - that is 2.6.0 > > > - the impi installation completes without problems. I am > > > using the same account for both tries and I didn't specify > > > explicitly the config file, so I expect the easybuild to use > > > the same $HOME/.config/easybuild/config.cfg in both cases. > > > > > > What could be the problem? Let me know if you need more > > > information. > > > > The same thing happened to me, but with intel/2015a: icc and > > ifort installing without problems and impi failing with same error > > you mention. > > > > After a few tries I went back to install impi with its own > > installer, and although there you explicitly specify the license > > file, it failed with "The license file(s) you provided is not valid > > for this product." > > > > This is strange as the full Intel Parallel Studio XE Cluster > > Edition, impi included, installed without problems. Only the > > isolated impi installation failed. > > > > This was using an academic license. > > > > I didn't sort this out yet. > > > > > > https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-clusters-and-hpc-technology/topic/624867 > > > > > > Bests, > > > > Inigo > > > > > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > Elena > > > > >
