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Re: -lamd error

 

2008/4/22, Ilmar Wilbers <ilmarw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>  Garth N. Wells wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > Ilmar Wilbers wrote:
>  >> Anders Logg wrote:
>  >>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:14:51PM -0400, Hatef Monajemi wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>> Hello
>  >>>> I am trying to install FEniCS on some new machines. I follow the
>  >>>> instructions mentioned in the Fenics document for installation,
>  >>>> However when I try to run a demo, there is an error in "make" step.
>  >>>> the error is as follows:
>  >>>>
>  >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>  >>>> rm -f *.o core *.core main.o demo
>  >>>> `pkg-config --variable=compiler dolfin` `pkg-config --cflags
>  >>>> dolfin` -c main.cpp
>  >>>> `pkg-config --variable=compiler dolfin` -o demo main.o `pkg-config
>  >>>> --cflags dolfin` `pkg-config --libs dolfin`
>  >>>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lamd
>  >>>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>  >>>> make: *** [demo] Error 1
>  >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>  >>>>
>  >>>> does anyone know how I can get rid of this -lamd error???
>  >>>>
>  >>> Do you have libamd on the system? Try with
>  >>>
>  >>> locate libamd
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >> libamd should be installed as part of umfpack. For Ubuntu, libamd.so
>  >> comes with libsuitesparse-dev and libufsparse-dev.
>  >
>  > Is limamd not tested for by umfpack.py?
>  >
>
> Yes, it is. Both the location of the header files and of the library
>  files are located. I get an error using scons when the dev-packages are
>  not installed.
>
>  Maybe Hatef could run 'python umfpack.py' in
>  dolfin/scons/simula-scons/simula_scons/pkgconfiggenerators, and include
>  the output (if any error), as well as the file umfpack.pc that will be
>  generated in the same folder.
>
>  Also, the file dolfin/scons/simula_scons.log could be of interest. It is
>  generated when using scons in the main dolfin folder.
>
>
>  ilmar

He said he's using make, not the new scons build system.

-- 
Martin


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