Does installing the following patch help [1]?

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzindovic/suitesparse-bugfix-1319687
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/dealii/Kdz_PyA0gZE

Jan


On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:37:42 -0700
Chris Leibs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Fenics support,
> 
> OS details:
> 
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
> Release: 14.04
> Codename: trusty
> 
> I recently upgraded from FEniCS 1.5 to FEniCS 1.6 via re-running:
> 
> $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fenics-packages/fenics
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get install fenics
> $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> Everything upgraded as expected with no errors, warnings, etc. Now,
> upon running any example, or previously working code. I run into the
> error:
> 
> ##################################
> RuntimeError: In instant.recompile: The module did not compile with
> command 'make VERBOSE=1', see
> '/home/chris/.instant/error/dolfin_compile_code_c8b988ab6016262c9eebd6dc8482b98c0cf05c33/compile.log'
> ##################################
> 
> I believe the key lines in the log file are:
> 
> ##################################
> /usr/bin/ld: 
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libsuitesparseconfig.a(SuiteSparse_config.o):
> relocation R_X86_64_32S against `malloc' can not be used when making a
> shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> 
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libsuitesparseconfig.a:
> error adding symbols: Bad value
> 
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> ##################################
> 
> I have tried all permutations of purging via ppa-purge, apt-get
> remove, apt-get purge, followed by the ppa installation instructions.
> All routes lead back to the same error and same message in the instant
> log file.
> 
> As another data point: On a different computer, a clean install of
> Ubuntu 14.04, followed by a clean install of Fenics 1.6 (via ppa)
> yields a perfectly working copy.
> 
> I have found a similar account of the problem here,
> 
> http://fenicsproject.org/qa/7402/expression-does-not-work-anymore
> 
> but have been unable to resolve it from the supplied information.
> 
> Many thanks for any help you can provide.
> 
> - Chris
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