[Pw_forum] compile GIPAW on aix

[Axel Kohlmeyer]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Giuseppe Mattioli
<giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it> wrote:
>
> Dear all
> I'm trying to compile the XSPECTRA code (4.3.2 version) on a power/AIX machine (sp.sp6 at cineca.it)
> where everything else goes generally fine.
> When the compiler tries to compile the GIPAW directory, it stops complaining something that seems
> likely to be an "AIX related" issue (make -C src make: Not a recognized flag: C) that I am not able
> to solve.
>
>        cd install ; make  -f plugins_makefile gipaw
> make: 1254-053 Command "$(dummy-variable)" expands to empty string.
>
>        if test ! -d ../GIPAW; then  (gzip -dc ../archive/qe-gipaw-latest.tar.gz | (cd ../ ;
> tar -xvf -)) ;  (cd ../ ; ln -s qe-gipaw* GIPAW) ; fi
>        touch uncompress-gipaw
>        cd ../GIPAW ;  ./configure --with-qe-source=/gpfs/scratch/userexternal/gmattiol/4.3.2
> checking for /gpfs/scratch/userexternal/gmattiol/4.3.2/make.sys... yes
> checking for /gpfs/scratch/userexternal/gmattiol/4.3.2/Modules/version.f90... yes
> checking quantum-Espresso version... 4.3.2
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating makedeps.sh
> config.status: creating src/Makefile
> config.status: executing default commands
> sed: illegal option -- i
> Usage:  sed [-n] [-u] Script [File ...]
>        sed [-n] [-u] [-e Script] ... [-f Script_file] ... [File ...]
> sed: illegal option -- i
> Usage:  sed [-n] [-u] Script [File ...]
>        sed [-n] [-u] [-e Script] ... [-f Script_file] ... [File ...]
>        touch ./configure-gipaw
>        if test -d ../GIPAW; then  cd ../GIPAW; make all; cd ../bin; ln -fs ../GIPAW/bin/gipaw.x . ;
> fi
> Building ce-gipaw...
>        make -C src
> make: Not a recognized flag: C
> usage: make [-einqrst] [-k|-S] [-d[A|adg[1|2]mstv]] [-D variable] [-f makefile] [-j [jobs]]
> [variable=value ...] [target ...]
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.
>
>
> Stop.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.
>
>
> Stop.
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.
>
>
> Stop.
>
>
> Can you provide any advice?

neither the "make" nor the "sed" program are
compatible with what QE expects. try
using/installing their GNU counterparts instead.

axel.


>
> Yours
>
> Giuseppe
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