3.3 Configuration options

In order to build MLD2P4, the first step is to use the configure script in the main directory to generate the necessary makefile.

As a minimal example consider the following:

./configure --with-psblas=PSB-INSTALL-DIR

which assumes that the various MPI compilers and support libraries are available in the standard directories on the system, and specifies only the PSBLAS install directory (note that the latter directory must be specified with an absolute path). The full set of options may be looked at by issuing the command ./configure --help, which produces:

‘configure’ configures MLD2P4 2.1.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.  
 
Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...  
 
To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as  
VAR=VALUE.  See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.  
 
Defaults for the options are specified in brackets.  
 
Configuration:  
  -h, --help              display this help and exit  
      --help=short        display options specific to this package  
      --help=recursive    display the short help of all the included packages  
  -V, --version           display version information and exit  
  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print ‘checking ...’ messages  
      --cache-file=FILE   cache test results in FILE [disabled]  
  -C, --config-cache      alias for ‘--cache-file=config.cache’  
  -n, --no-create         do not create output files  
      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or ‘..’]  
 
Installation directories:  
  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX  
                          [/usr/local]  
  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX  
                          [PREFIX]  
 
By default, ‘make install’ will install all the files in  
‘/usr/local/bin’, ‘/usr/local/lib’ etc.  You can specify  
an installation prefix other than ‘/usr/local’ using ‘--prefix’,  
for instance ‘--prefix=$HOME’.  
 
For better control, use the options below.  
 
Fine tuning of the installation directories:  
  --bindir=DIR            user executables [EPREFIX/bin]  
  --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]  
  --libexecdir=DIR        program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]  
  --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]  
  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]  
  --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]  
  --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]  
  --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]  
  --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]  
  --datarootdir=DIR       read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]  
  --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]  
  --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]  
  --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]  
  --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]  
  --docdir=DIR            documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/mld2p4]  
  --htmldir=DIR           html documentation [DOCDIR]  
  --dvidir=DIR            dvi documentation [DOCDIR]  
  --pdfdir=DIR            pdf documentation [DOCDIR]  
  --psdir=DIR             ps documentation [DOCDIR]  
 
Program names:  
  --program-prefix=PREFIX            prepend PREFIX to installed program names  
  --program-suffix=SUFFIX            append SUFFIX to installed program names  
  --program-transform-name=PROGRAM   run sed PROGRAM on installed program names  
 
Optional Features:  
  --disable-option-checking  ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options  
  --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)  
  --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]  
  --enable-silent-rules   less verbose build output (undo: "make V=1")  
  --disable-silent-rules  verbose build output (undo: "make V=0")  
  --enable-dependency-tracking  
                          do not reject slow dependency extractors  
  --disable-dependency-tracking  
                          speeds up one-time build  
  --enable-serial         Specify whether to enable a fake mpi library to run  
                          in serial mode.  
  --enable-long-integers  Specify usage of 64 bits integers.  
 
Optional Packages:  
  --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]  
  --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)  
  --with-psblas=DIR       The install directory for PSBLAS, for example,  
                          --with-psblas=/opt/packages/psblas-3.5  
  --with-psblas-incdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for PSBLAS C includes.  
  --with-psblas-moddir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for PSBLAS Fortran modules.  
  --with-psblas-libdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for PSBLAS library.  
  --with-ccopt            additional [CCOPT] flags to be added: will prepend  
                          to [CCOPT]  
  --with-fcopt            additional [FCOPT] flags to be added: will prepend  
                          to [FCOPT]  
  --with-libs             List additional link flags here. For example,  
                          --with-libs=-lspecial_system_lib or  
                          --with-libs=-L/path/to/libs  
  --with-clibs            additional [CLIBS] flags to be added: will prepend  
                          to [CLIBS]  
  --with-flibs            additional [FLIBS] flags to be added: will prepend  
                          to [FLIBS]  
  --with-library-path     additional [LIBRARYPATH] flags to be added: will  
                          prepend to [LIBRARYPATH]  
  --with-include-path     additional [INCLUDEPATH] flags to be added: will  
                          prepend to [INCLUDEPATH]  
  --with-module-path      additional [MODULE_PATH] flags to be added: will  
                          prepend to [MODULE_PATH]  
  --with-extra-libs       List additional link flags here. For example,  
                          --with-extra-libs=-lspecial_system_lib or  
                          --with-extra-libs=-L/path/to/libs  
  --with-blas=<lib>       use BLAS library <lib>  
  --with-blasdir=<dir>    search for BLAS library in <dir>  
  --with-lapack=<lib>     use LAPACK library <lib>  
  --with-mumps=LIBNAME    Specify the libname for MUMPS. Default: autodetect  
                          with minimum "-lmumps_common -lpord"  
  --with-mumpsdir=DIR     Specify the directory for MUMPS library and  
                          includes. Note: you will need to add auxiliary  
                          libraries with --extra-libs; this depends on how  
                          MUMPS was configured and installed, at a minimum you  
                          will need SCALAPACK and BLAS  
  --with-mumpsincdir=DIR  Specify the directory for MUMPS includes.  
  --with-mumpsmoddir=DIR  Specify the directory for MUMPS Fortran modules.  
  --with-mumpslibdir=DIR  Specify the directory for MUMPS library.  
  --with-umfpack=LIBNAME  Specify the library name for UMFPACK and its support  
                          libraries. Default: "-lumfpack -lamd"  
  --with-umfpackdir=DIR   Specify the directory for UMFPACK library and  
                          includes.  
  --with-umfpackincdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for UMFPACK includes.  
  --with-umfpacklibdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for UMFPACK library.  
  --with-superlu=LIBNAME  Specify the library name for SUPERLU library.  
                          Default: "-lsuperlu"  
  --with-superludir=DIR   Specify the directory for SUPERLU library and  
                          includes.  
  --with-superluincdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for SUPERLU includes.  
  --with-superlulibdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for SUPERLU library.  
  --with-superludist=LIBNAME  
                          Specify the libname for SUPERLUDIST library.  
                          Requires you also specify SuperLU. Default:  
                          "-lsuperlu_dist"  
  --with-superludistdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for SUPERLUDIST library and  
                          includes.  
  --with-superludistincdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for SUPERLUDIST includes.  
  --with-superludistlibdir=DIR  
                          Specify the directory for SUPERLUDIST library.  
 
Some influential environment variables:  
  FC          Fortran compiler command  
  FCFLAGS     Fortran compiler flags  
  LDFLAGS     linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a  
              nonstandard directory <lib dir>  
  LIBS        libraries to pass to the linker, e.g. -l<library>  
  CC          C compiler command  
  CFLAGS      C compiler flags  
  CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if  
              you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>  
  MPICC       MPI C compiler command  
  MPIFC       MPI Fortran compiler command  
  CPP         C preprocessor  
 
Use these variables to override the choices made by ‘configure’ or to help  
it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.  
 
Report bugs to <https://github.com/sfilippone/mld2p4-2/issues>.

For instance, if a user has built and installed PSBLAS 3.5 under the /opt directory and is using the SuiteSparse package (which includes UMFPACK), then MLD2P4 might be configured with:

 ./configure --with-psblas=/opt/psblas-3.5/ \  
 --with-umfpackincdir=/usr/include/suitesparse/

Once the configure script has completed execution, it will have generated the file Make.inc which will then be used by all Makefiles in the directory tree; this file will be copied in the install directory under the name Make.inc.MLD2P4.

To use the MUMPS solver package, the user has to add the appropriate options to the configure script; by default we are looking for the libraries -ldmumps -lsmumps  -lzmumps -lcmumps -mumps_common -lpord. MUMPS often uses additional packages such as ScaLAPACK, ParMETIS, SCOTCH, as well as enabling OpenMP; in such cases it is necessary to add linker options with the --with-extra-libs configure option.

To build the library the user will now enter

make

followed (optionally) by

make install