Re: Parallel octave ??

[Thomas Weber]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:56:47PM +0530, Sangamesh B wrote:
> Hi all octave users,
> 
>     Downloaded Parallel octave from:
> 
> http://www.higuchi.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp/octave/patch/octave-parallel_mpi_0.0.4.tar.gz

Did you look at the dates of these patches? The youngest is 6 years old.

> Also, octave-2.1.73.tar which is downloaded from GNU ftp site is installed
> in /opt/apps/octave/srl

The 2.1 series is obsolete.


> libdld_common.cc:413: error: at this point in file
> libdld_common.cc:422: error: 'swap_4_bytes' was not declared in this scope
> make[3]: *** [libdld_common.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> `/export/packages/apps/octave/poctave-0.0.4/dld/libdld_common'
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/packages/apps/octave/poctave-0.0.4/dld'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/packages/apps/octave/poctave-0.0.4'
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> 
> May I know how to fix it?

Ask the patch's author, also I have some doubts that he's still active.


> Some doubts:
> 
>    Does the latest version of octave from GNU:
> ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/octave-3.0.2.tar.gz support MPI?

With that patch? Unlikely.

Try
http://atc.ugr.es/javier-bin/mpitb

I don't know if it will be a simple installation, but the author is
still active.

        Thomas