You don't need to install petsc with matlab for this. You can just use '-mat_view_matlab' - or PETSC_VIEWER_MATLAB in your code.
Satish On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Weiwei Wang wrote: > Dear All, > I want to check the determinant of some sparse matrix in petsc but I > didn't know how to do it using petsc directly so I try to save the sparse > matrix in Matlab format, then calculate the determinant in Matlab, so I > reinstalled petsc with the opinion "--with-matlab-dir=...", but the following > error appeared: > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lustdio > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: [shared_linux] Error 1 (ignored) > > I don't know where I can find the lib "ustdio" or other ways to calculate the > determinant, the system of my box is debian 5, so any suggestion is > appreciated. > > Thanks, > weiwei wang >