It supports 2 modes: 1. inplace [default]:
./configure && make 2. prefix ./configure --prefix=/prefix/location && make && make install So to use 'make install' - you need to run configure with the correct prefix option. Satish On Tue, 11 Apr 2017, Joachim Wuttke wrote: > Does PETSc support the usual installation command sequence > configure; make; make install? > > The installation web page does not mention "make install". > > The Makefile generated by configure does contain a target "install". > However, "make install" does not work; it yields the error message > "Incorrect prefix usage. Specified destDir same as current > PETSC_DIR/PETSC_ARCH" > >
