If you dont plan on using mpi in your programs, then you can compile dealii without mpi. I do this (without mpi) on my laptop and there is no problem in running serial programs.
praveen On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Yuliang Wang <[email protected]>wrote: > It is stated in the dealii webpage that it is highly recommended to compile > dealii with mpi support. But is it really necessary for a single machine? By > the way, the object and binary file compiled by mpic++ is much larger in > size than that compiled by g++. I am afraid this will affect the speed of > the program.
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