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[Paul Barbone <barbone@xxxxxx>]

 On 9/6/10 6:32 PM, Anders Logg wrote:
> Did you install PETSc and SLEPc yourself or did you let Dorsal build
> them?
I let dorsal build them.
> Did you have any old versions of any of the libraries on your system?
Yes, but these were in different directories, and incidentally installed 
from an older dorsal build.   I tried to keep things separate, but there 
is some overlap between the installations.   They use the same python, 
for example, but the PETSc and SLEPc are distinct.

-Paul
> --
> Anders
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 05:42:01PM -0400, Paul Barbone wrote:
> >   I just tried the new dorsal version on leopard, but unfortunately
> > without success.
> >
> > I first just tried dorsal.sh.  dorsal correctly identified the
> > system as leopard, and ran the leopard.platform file.  It then
> > crashed.
> >
> >
> > After fiddling, I called dorsal with the snowleopard.platform file.
> > It crashed on an error in compiling scotch.  After commenting out
> > scotch in the package list (it's not used in my current
> > installation), it ran through to dolfin.  In dolfin, it died, giving
> > the message shown in the text appended at the end of this note.
> >
> >
> > You'll see that there are two things going on here.  One is that
> > despite the fact that petsc and slepc are installed, dolfin claims
> > it didn't find them.   The second is a linking error with
> > libparmetis. The error persists whether compiling petsc with or
> > without the  --with-parmetis option.
> >
> >
> > Best, -Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Output upon breaking on dolfin:
> >
> > -- The following optional packages could not be found:
> > -- ---------------------------------------------------
> > -- (**) PETSC
> > -- (**) SLEPC
> > -- (**) TRILINOS
> > -- (**) SCOTCH
> --
> Anders