Re: [Gretl-devel] Compiling with MPI support not working

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, Johannes Lips wrote: On 28.11.2016 10:09, Johannes Lips wrote: > >> >> >> On 27.11.2016 08:24, Johannes Lips wrote: >> >>> On 26/11/16 16:15, Allin Cottrell wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2016, Johannes Lips wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> since the new release is out, I am trying to compile gretl with the >>>>> additional MPI support. I added the configure option --with-mpi and >>>>> the additional build requirement openmpi-devel, which should include >>>>> the mpicc compiler in /usr/lib/bin, but it's not found by the >>>>> configure script, please see the build logs. [1] >>>>> It would be great if anyone could check what might be wrong. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for trying this, Johannes. >>>> >>>> I routinely build gretl with MPI support on Fedora 23. I have the >>>> openmpi.x86_64 and openmpi-devel.x86_64 packages installed (version >>>> 1.8.8-5.fc23.2). These packages place mpicc in >>>> /usr/lib64/openmpi/bin/mpicc and the libraries in >>>> /usr/lib64/openmpi/lib. In addition I have >>>> >>>> module load mpi/openmpi-x86_64 >>>> >>>> in my ~/.bash_profile. Under these conditions everything "just works." >>>> I >>>> don't need to give "--with-mpi" when running the >>>> configure script, it's detected and used automatically. >>>> >>>> Allin >>>> >>> I've managed to build it properly and the updates will go out shortly. >>> >> Well, that was too early. I am able to build it on 64bit, but 32bit >> still fails. I've asked on the devel mailing list of fedora. [1] >> >> Johannes >> > > Ok, problem found. It seems, that the configure script does not check the > complete library path in the 32bit case. Please see the thread on > fedora-devel for details. Not sure if this is a general problem in the > configure script or rather specific to fedora. > I've now added /usr/lib/openmpi/lib to the default MPI library search path in gretl's configure script (in git, that is). When configuring the 2016d release source it's possible to use --with-mpi-lib=<path> to help things along. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel