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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:59:29AM -0400, Hatef Monajemi wrote:
> 
> 
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> Anders Logg wrote:
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> >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.
> >
> 
> Thank you for your replies.
> Yes, as you mentioned, I am using the old build system not the new 
> Scons one.
> now, is there any document or example which shows how to use Scons as a 
> build system for Fenics. Because I installed Fenics based on what has 
> been mentioned in Download page of www.fenics.org using apt-get and 
> also installed all the dependencies mentioned in Dolfin user manual but 
> I could not find anything related to Scons in documentation. 
> 
> I hope as Anders said this new release will solve the problem.
> 
> Hatef 

See here:

  http://www.fenics.org/wiki/Compiling_DOLFIN

-- 
Anders