[R-sig-hpc] mpi and opensuse 11.1

[Stefan Theussl]

Hello Ruud,

have you tried to install Rmpi using
R CMD INSTALL Rmpi_version.tar.gz --configure-args=--with-mpi=/mpipath ,
where mpipath is the path to your mpi installation (see 2 in README of 
Rmpi)?

Best,
Stefan

PS: to corresponding command in R would be install.packages("Rmpi", 
configure.args="--with-mpi=/mpipath")

R.H.Koning at rug.nl wrote:
> Hello, I am not a linux expert, so maybe this question shows my ignorance. I have installed openSUSE 11.1 on a dual processor machine (64 bit, HP xw6400), and I have installed openmpi (all files reside in /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi). I compiled R (2.8.1) from sources successfully without setting any additional parameters. However, I am unable to install Rmpi: install.packages("Rmpi") gives 
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> Checking for mpi.h usability. no
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> Checking for mpi.h presence. no
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> Checking for mpi.h. no
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> Try to find libmpi.so or libmpich.a
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> Checking for main in -lmpi. no
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> Libmpi not found. Exiting.
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> However, mpi.h is present in /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi/include and libmpi.so is a link to libmpi.so.0.0.0 in /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi/lib64. Could anyone help me a bit to convince R that openmpi is installed? Thanks, Ruud
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