Compiling SLEPc 3.5.4 on ARCHER (Cray XC30)
SLEPc (Scalable Library for Eigenvalue Problem Computations) a library for parallel computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Based on PETSc.
Useful links
Environment
It is recommended you use SLEPc major and minor versions that correspond to the underlying PETSc installation. e.g. At time of writing, cray-petsc/3.5.2.1 (v3.5.x line) is the default PETSc module on ARCHER. Hence these instructions detail a build of SLEPc 3.5.4.
Certain environment modules must be loaded prior to compilation. Either the Cray, GNU or Intel compilers can be used by swapping to the corresponding PrgEnv. The Intel compiler is used here as an example. Note: Substitute cray-petsc for cray-petsc-complex if doing a complex build.
module swap PrgEnv-cray PrgEnv-intel module load cray-petsc/3.5.2.1 module load arpack
Compilation
Download the SLEPc source and run the configure script (substitute /path/to/install/dir for the directory you wish to install SLEPc in):
wget http://slepc.upv.es/download/download.php?filename=slepc-3.5.4.tar.gz tar xf slepc-3.5.4.tar.gz cd slepc-3.5.4 ./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/dir --with-arpack-dir=$ARPACK_DIR --with-arpack-flags=-lparpack_MPI-XC30,-larpack_XC30
Use the suggested make command given as the output at the end of configuration. e.g:
xxx=========================================================================xxx Configure stage complete. Now build the SLEPc library with (gnumake build): make SLEPC_DIR=$PWD PETSC_DIR=/opt/cray/petsc/3.5.2.1/real/INTEL/140/sandybridge xxx=========================================================================xxx
After the above make completes, again use the prompted command:
========================================= gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home1/z01/z01/dsloanm/slepc_build/slepc-3.5.4' Now to install the library do: make SLEPC_DIR=/home/z01/z01/dsloanm/slepc_build/slepc-3.5.4 PETSC_DIR=/opt/cray/petsc/3.5.2.1/real/INTEL/140/sandybridge install =========================================
Finally, you will be prompted to test the installation with:
==================================== Install complete. Now to check if the libraries are working do (in current directory): make SLEPC_DIR=/path/to/install/dir PETSC_DIR=/opt/cray/petsc/3.5.2.1/real/INTEL/140/sandybridge PETSC_ARCH="" test ====================================
With the Intel compiler, tests 10 and 7f may fail with messages similar to:
*******************Error detected during compile or link!******************* See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html /home/z01/z01/dsloanm/slepc_build/slepc-3.5.4/src/eps/examples/tests test7f *********************************************************
These can be safely ignored. They are a result of the test system incorrectly detecting the compiler warning:
icc: command line warning #10120: overriding '-xCORE-AVX-I' with '-msse3'
as an error.
Finally, if you intend to use your installation with pkg-config, you must edit the SLEPc.pc file:
vi /path/to/install/dir/lib/pkgconfig/SLEPc.pc
to remove the PETSc requirement line:
Requires: PETSc = 3.5.2
Failure to do so will result in the PrgEnv breaking with lpthread related errors.
