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PVM

Download and extract source code:

cd $INSTALL_DIR
wget http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/pvm3.4.5.tgz
tar -zxvf pvm3.4.5.tgz

Set your c and c++ compiler information as specified on the prerequisites page.

export CC=[your C compiler (i.e. "gcc", "xlc", "icc", "pgcc")|your C compiler (i.e. "gcc", "xlc", "icc", "pgcc")]
export CXX=[your C compiler (i.e. "gCC", "xlC", "icc", "pgCC")|your C compiler (i.e. "gCC", "xlC", "icc", "pgCC")]
export F77=[your Fortran 77 compiler (i.e. "g77", "xlf", "ifort", "pgf77")|your Fortran 77 compiler (i.e. "g77", "xlf", "ifort", "pgf77")]

cd $INSTALL_DIR/pvm3
 export PVM_ROOT=$PWD
 make
 make install

You are now ready to install the next prerequisite, InterComm-1.6.

Developer Website

http://www.csm.ornl.gov/pvm

Troubleshooting

While building with gcc-4.1, you may get the following error:

gcc -O -DCLUMP_ALLOC -DSTATISTICS -DTIMESTAMPLOG -DSANITY -I../../include -DARCHCLASS=\"LINUX\" -DIMA_LINUX -DSYSVSIGNAL -DNOWAIT3 -DRSHCOMMAND=\"/usr/bin/rsh\" -DNEEDENDIAN -DFDSETNOTSTRUCT -DHASERRORVARS -DCTIMEISTIMET -DSYSERRISCONST -DNOTMPNAM -DUSESTRERROR -c ../../src/host.c
In file included from ../../src/host.c:227:
../../src/global.h:321: error: array type has incomplete element type
../../src/global.h:323: error: array type has incomplete element type

We have found two solutions that appear to work:

Solution #1: include a missing "#include <pvmtev.h>" in global.h, as described here.

FILE: pvm3/src/global.h MISSING: #include <pvmtev.h> 
...

Changed end of file $PVM_ROOT/pvm3/src/global.h to read:
/* General Trace Globals Declarations */
#include <pvmtev.h>

extern  struct Pvmtevdid pvmtevdidlist[];

extern  struct Pvmtevinfo pvmtevinfo[];

(Original reads:
/* General Trace Globals Declarations */

extern  struct Pvmtevdid pvmtevdidlist[];

extern  struct Pvmtevinfo pvmtevinfo[];

)

Solution #2: Apply the following patch:

Only in pvm3/pvmgs: LINUX
diff -urp pvm3-original/src/global.h pvm3/src/global.h
--- pvm3-original/src/global.h  2008-02-22 11:10:16.000000000 -0700
+++ pvm3/src/global.h   2008-02-22 11:11:08.000000000 -0700
@@ -318,7 +318,3 @@ extern      struct pvmmclass *pvmmboxclasses;

 /* General Trace Globals Declarations */

-extern struct Pvmtevdid pvmtevdidlist[];
-
-extern struct Pvmtevinfo pvmtevinfo[];
-
Only in pvm3/src/LINUX: waitc.o
diff -urp pvm3-original/src/pmsg.c pvm3/src/pmsg.c
--- pvm3-original/src/pmsg.c    2008-02-22 11:10:16.000000000 -0700
+++ pvm3/src/pmsg.c     2008-02-22 11:11:41.000000000 -0700
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static char rcsid[] =
  **  Globals  **
  **           **
  ***************/
-
+extern struct Pvmtevinfo pvmtevinfo[];

 /***************
  **  Private  **
Only in pvm3/src: pmsg.c~
diff -urp pvm3-original/src/pvmdtev.c pvm3/src/pvmdtev.c
--- pvm3-original/src/pvmdtev.c 2008-02-22 11:10:16.000000000 -0700
+++ pvm3/src/pvmdtev.c  2008-02-22 11:12:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ static int init_checklist[CHECKLISTSIZE]
 static int init_start = 0;
 static int init_end = 0;

+extern struct Pvmtevdid pvmtevdidlist[];
+extern struct Pvmtevinfo pvmtevinfo[];
+

 void
 tev_init_pvmd( dst, ctx, tag )
Only in pvm3/src: pvmdtev.c~
diff -urp pvm3-original/src/tev.c pvm3/src/tev.c
--- pvm3-original/src/tev.c     2008-02-22 11:10:16.000000000 -0700
+++ pvm3/src/tev.c      2008-02-22 11:12:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static char rcsid[] =

 struct pmsg *midtobuf();

+extern struct Pvmtevinfo pvmtevinfo[]

 /***************
  **  Private  **