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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:26:06AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> 
> 
> Anders Logg wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:54:29AM +0200, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> >> 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.
> > 
> > ok, then the answer is "Use the new build system".
> > 
> 
> Or "Let's make a release".
> 
> Garth

:-)

I'm working on a cleanup/review of the linear algebra classes.
Hopefully I can finish today and then I'm ready for a release.

-- 
Anders