Parallel installation incl. metis, cgns errors...

klausb · October 26, 2014, 14:27

Hello,

I tried to install SU2 including mpi, metis and cgns on ubuntu 14.04 64bit and ran into the following problem:

When I run ./configure, I get the following error message at the very end:

checking for /usr/lib/libcgns.a... no
configure: error: CGNS requested but library file not found.

I cannot find a library called libcgns.a

Openmpi, metis and cgns are installed on the system.

libcgns.so and libcgns.so.3.1 can be found in /usr/lib (default location)

I used: ./configure --prefix=/home/dev/SU2 --with-MPI=/usr/bin/mpicxx CXXFLAGS="-O3" --with-CGNS-lib=/usr/lib --with-CGNS-include=/usr/include --with-Metis-lib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/metis-5.1.0 --with-Metis-include=/home/dev/trunk/externals/metis --with-Metis-version=5

Another error was:

configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-Metis-lib, --with-Metis-include, --with-Metis-version

What needs to be installed?
What parameters needs to be used following ./configure?

Klaus

pdp.aero · October 27, 2014, 14:37

Hi Klaus,

I have wrote my step by step experience for installing the suite with detailed explanation here, you might find part 2 and part 3 useful.

However, you don't need to specify Metis library in your configuration while you are installing the code, it has been included in the code in recent version.

Bests,
Payam

economon · January 16, 2015, 03:25

Hi,

Just to follow up what Payam has mentioned, METIS is now included within the distribution of SU2, so it will automatically build and link when you request a parallel build. You will, however, still need an MPI implementation installed on your machine.

CGNS is a different story. At the moment (and this might change in the future), we do not ship the source for CGNS, so users need to build this library separately and specify the paths to the library and the include files during configure. It looks like you have built a shared object (.so) rather than a static version (.a) of the CGNS lib. You might try to recompile CGNS as a static lib and then try to build SU2 again. At the time of writing, we recommend CGNS v3.1.4.

Hope this helps,

Thomas D. Economon
SU2 lead developer

October 26, 2014, 14:27	Parallel installation incl. metis, cgns errors...	#1
klausb Senior Member Klaus Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 281 Rep Power: 22	Hello, I tried to install SU2 including mpi, metis and cgns on ubuntu 14.04 64bit and ran into the following problem: When I run ./configure, I get the following error message at the very end: checking for /usr/lib/libcgns.a... no configure: error: CGNS requested but library file not found. I cannot find a library called libcgns.a Openmpi, metis and cgns are installed on the system. libcgns.so and libcgns.so.3.1 can be found in /usr/lib (default location) I used: ./configure --prefix=/home/dev/SU2 --with-MPI=/usr/bin/mpicxx CXXFLAGS="-O3" --with-CGNS-lib=/usr/lib --with-CGNS-include=/usr/include --with-Metis-lib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/metis-5.1.0 --with-Metis-include=/home/dev/trunk/externals/metis --with-Metis-version=5 Another error was: configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-Metis-lib, --with-Metis-include, --with-Metis-version What needs to be installed? What parameters needs to be used following ./configure? Klaus

October 27, 2014, 14:37		#2
pdp.aero Senior Member Pay D. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 166 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 15	Hi Klaus, I have wrote my step by step experience for installing the suite with detailed explanation here, you might find part 2 and part 3 useful. However, you don't need to specify Metis library in your configuration while you are installing the code, it has been included in the code in recent version. Bests, Payam febriyan91 likes this. Last edited by pdp.aero; October 27, 2014 at 14:40. Reason: update

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economon Super Moderator Thomas D. Economon Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Stanford, CA Posts: 271 Rep Power: 14	Hi, Just to follow up what Payam has mentioned, METIS is now included within the distribution of SU2, so it will automatically build and link when you request a parallel build. You will, however, still need an MPI implementation installed on your machine. CGNS is a different story. At the moment (and this might change in the future), we do not ship the source for CGNS, so users need to build this library separately and specify the paths to the library and the include files during configure. It looks like you have built a shared object (.so) rather than a static version (.a) of the CGNS lib. You might try to recompile CGNS as a static lib and then try to build SU2 again. At the time of writing, we recommend CGNS v3.1.4. Hope this helps, Thomas D. Economon SU2 lead developer