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kyoung
Asked: 2011-07-22 12:58:23 +0800 CST

Help with MPICH2 installation on Ubuntu Server

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I'm trying to install MPICH2 on a ubuntu server installation (7.04 fiesty fawn). This is for a Beowulf cluster.

I have so far been unable to install it for two reasons.

1) under the root account: 

apt-get install mpich2

yields the following: 

Package mpich2 is not available, but is referred to by another package 
E: Package mpich2 has no installation candidate

2) When installing from a tar ball using the following instructions from cd /mirror

mkidr mpich2
tar xvf mpich2_1.3.1.orig.tar.gz (creates directory /mirror/mpich2-1.3.1)
cd mpich2­-1.3.1
./configure --­prefix=/mirror/mpich2
make
sudo make install

everything goes fine until make, where i am informed:

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

there is a small indent on my desk shaped curiously like my forehead. What do you suppose I do to get this bloody software installed?

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1 Answers

  1. Re: (1) -

    1. Are you sure you have the appropriate apt repository configured? (I'm not sure where this lives, but here is a list of the repos for Natty).
    2. Have you done apt-get update to make sure your package lists are up to date?
    3. Have you tried apt-cache search MPI in case the package was renamed?

    Re: (2) -
    See comment above.

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