Installation guide for the course material
in the book by Douglas/Haase/Langer


Yale, April 11  2003


  1. Download the course material and the installation script.

  2.  
  3. Unpack the data:

  4. >  chmod +x install
    >  ./install all

    The course material is available in subdirectory Doc by
    >  netscape Doc/index.html  &

    The example files are stored in Example and the provided solution is stored in Solution .
     

  5. Although it is not necessary for homogeneous clusters, you should set the environment variable archi to one of the suggestions given by the install script.

  6.  
  7. Try out the solutions :

  8. > cd Solution
    > make all
    > make test

    If compilers, flags or libraries are not found then you should adapt the appropriate macros in Example/default.mk and Solution/default.mk to your system specifications.
    Some problems may occure  if the mpi-daemon is  not running or the network is not booted.
     

  9. Try also the parallel multigrid solver with a simple graphic

  10. >  cd Solution/mgparc_i
    >   make graph
If you have problems or questions, please contact  Gundolf Haase.
e-mail: ghaase@numa.uni-linz.ac.at