I'm trying to get a petsc installation going on a Linux machine, and I'm
getting the following error when building with --download-mpich=yes
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UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS (see configure.log for
details):
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Error running configure on MPICH: Could not execute "cd
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/externalpackages/mpich-3.0.4-106 &&
./configure --prefix=/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/arch-linux2-c-debug
CC="gcc" CFLAGS=" -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing
-Wno-unknown-pragmas -g3 -fno-inline -O0 " CXX="g++" CXXFLAGS=" -Wall
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -g " FC="gfortran"
FCFLAGS=" -Wall -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-dummy-argument -g "
F77="gfortran" FFLAGS=" -Wall -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-dummy-argument
-g " --with-device=ch3:sock --without-mpe --with-pm=hydra --enable-g=meminit
--enable-fast":
Configuring MPICH version 3.0.4 with
'--prefix=/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/arch-linux2-c-debug' 'CC=gcc'
'CFLAGS= -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -g3
-fno-inline -O0 ' 'CXX=g++' 'CXXFLAGS= -Wall -Wwrite-strings
-Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -g ' 'FC=gfortran' 'FCFLAGS= -Wall
-Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-dummy-argument -g ' 'F77=gfortran' 'FFLAGS=
-Wall -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-dummy-argument -g '
'--with-device=ch3:sock' '--without-mpe' '--with-pm=hydra' '--enable-g=meminit'
'--enable-fast'
Running on system: Linux pegasus 3.2.0-41-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 25
03:27:11 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in confdb
"."/confdb
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File "./config/configure.py", line 293, in petsc_configure
framework.configure(out = sys.stdout)
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py",
line 933, in configure
child.configure()
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/package.py", line
556, in configure
self.executeTest(self.configureLibrary)
File "/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/base.py",
line 115, in executeTest
ret = apply(test, args,kargs)
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/MPI.py",
line 748, in configureLibrary
config.package.Package.configureLibrary(self)
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/package.py", line
484, in configureLibrary
for location, directory, lib, incl in self.generateGuesses():
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/package.py", line
232, in generateGuesses
d = self.checkDownload(1)
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/MPI.py",
line 351, in checkDownload
return config.package.Package.checkDownload(self, requireDownload)
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/package.py", line
340, in checkDownload
return self.getInstallDir()
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/package.py", line
187, in getInstallDir
return os.path.abspath(self.Install())
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/MPI.py",
line 366, in Install
return self.InstallMPICH()
File
"/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.4.3/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/MPI.py",
line 555, in InstallMPICH
raise RuntimeError('Error running configure on MPICH: '+str(e))
-gideon
