Perhaps we should add back the windows-python check? [since we haven't yet added the windows python support]
Satish On Thu, 24 Oct 2013, Qin Lu wrote: > Chetan > > Great, that was the problem! I set python point to a copy that was not > cygwin's. Now I set it to cygwin's python and it this error is gone! I am > waiting to see if the whole building will finish without problems. > > Thanks a lot for all you guys' helps. > > Qin > > On Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:28 AM, Chetan Jhurani > <[email protected]> wrote: > I vaguely recall seeing the "could not locate make" error > when a non-cygwin python is picked up first in path. > So ensure that "which python" points to cygwin python. > > Another issue is that the --with-make argument, if it is > needed, should be /cygdrive/C/cygwin64/bin (or with some > other drive letter in between where cygwin is installed). > > Chetan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Qin Lu > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:43 AM > > To: Jed Brown; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [petsc-users] Could not find make when building PETSc in > > Windows 7 > > > > Jed, > > > > As I mentioned, I did add C:\cygwin64\bin (where make.exe is) to Path, and > > also tried to run > > ./configure --with-cc='win32fe icl' --with-fc='win32fe ifort' > > --with-cxx='win32fe icl' --with- > > make=/cygdrive/cygwin64/bin. It did not work, I just tried what you > > suggested: adding --download-make > > in confugure, it gave the same error. > > > > Thanks, > > Qin > > > > > > > > On Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:36 AM, Jed Brown <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Qin Lu <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am trying to build PETSc in Windows 7 with following steps: > > > > > > 1. Installed cygwin 64-bit with python, make and other default packages > > > under C:\cygwin64 > > > 2. Added C:\cygwin64\bin to Windows environmental variable Path. > > > 3. Downloaded and unzipped PETSc 3.4.2. > > > 4. Run mintty.exe to open a cygwin terminal. > > > 5. In the cygwin terminal, under PETSc directory, run: ./configure > > > --with-cc='win32fe icl' --with- > > fc='win32fe ifort' --with-cxx='win32fe icl' > > > > > > However, it gave an error "Could not locate the make utility on your > > > system, make sure it is in your > > path or use --with-make=/fullpathnameofmake and run ./configure again". I > > suppose it should use > > C:\cygwin64\bin\make.exe, which is already in path, but I still added > > --with- > > make=/cvgdrive/cygwin64/bin in configure's option and run configure again, > > yet it gave the same error. > > > > You need to pass the full path to the make executable (or add it to your > > path), or you can use --download-make. > > > > > > > What should I do to let configure know the path of make? > > > > > > Many thanks for your help, > > > > > > Regard, > > > Qin >
