Steps to compile CodeAster in 64bit with OpenMP, MPI, etc.

Hi

Sorry, but I compiled these binaries more than 6 months ago on another machine: initially it was just a trial, but I finally kept it as it was to include it in CAELinux 2009... This is just to explain you why I don't have the compilation notes... But from what I remember, the key points are:
1) if you are using Ubuntu, you will need to compile the code as a simple user not as root (through sudo) because the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is protected in "sudo" which prevents you from using Intel compilers as root. So if you install in /opt/aster, do a sudo chmod a+rw /opt/aster before compiling the code. At the end, you will change the access rights to revert to a safe configuration.
2) you NEED to source the Intel C, Fortran and MKL environments before running the install script of Aster
3) I remember that I had to modify some parts of the config file to add the full paths to the compilers.

I will let you know when I try to compile version 10.

I hope that it can help you.

Joël

PS: I have only compiled an OpenMP executable , I still haven't tried to build an MPI version... but this would be a great addition for clusters!!!