David : Petsc does not support parallel LU. For dense matrix, you can use Elemental. See example petsc/src/ksp/ksp/examples/tests/ex40.c Hong Hello,
i was trying to solve a linear system with a MPIDENSE matrix. I did PC pc; KSPGetPC(solver, &pc); PCSetType(pc, PCLU); KSPSetOperators(solver, a_petsc, a_petsc); for some KSP solver and some Mat a_petsc. When i run the code sequentially (mpirun -n 1) it works, but once i start it in parallel it breaks with the error message [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message -------------------------------------------------------------- [0]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/linearsolvertable.html for possible LU and Cholesky solvers [0]PETSC ERROR: Could not locate a solver package. Perhaps you must ./configure with --download-<package> [0]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for trouble shooting. [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.9.3, unknown [0]PETSC ERROR: Unknown Name on a arch-linux2-c-debug named manjaroDesktop by david Tue Oct 2 16:47:10 2018 [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --download-superlu_dist --download-parmetis --download-metis --download-ptscotch [0]PETSC ERROR: #1 MatGetFactor() line 4328 in /home/david/lib/petsc/src/mat/interface/matrix.c I recompiled petsc with the recommended options (and also trying some other options) but the error persists. on the linear solve table there is an X at the required solver package column for dense LU. What does it mean? On https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-3.2/docs/linearsolvertable.html it says "PLAPACK". Did you deprecate it? What is the replacement? Thanks David Sommer
