[Libmesh-users] Compilation Problems - Petsc

[Onur S. <onu...@gm...>]

Hello everyone

It's been a while since I could find some time to deal with libmesh. I've
recently got back to research and tried to compile the latest branch from
the git repository.

I've encountered problems linking getpot_parse:
  CXXLD    getpot_parse-opt
./.libs/libmesh_opt.so: undefined reference to
`ISLocalToGlobalMappingGetIndices'
./.libs/libmesh_opt.so: undefined reference to `petscstack'
./.libs/libmesh_opt.so: undefined reference to `VecGetLocalToGlobalMapping'
./.libs/libmesh_opt.so: undefined reference to
`ISLocalToGlobalMappingRestoreIndices'

The errors are related to petsc, right? I'm using petsc version 3.2-p7.
(Note that I've tried the latest 3.4.2 and got similar and more abundant
errors while linking the same object.)
Now it must be really hard to keep up with all the changes done to petsc. I
wanted to tell you that I share your frustration. I also wonder when they
are going to stop messing with backward compatibility.

I must ask:

Which version of petsc are you using for the latest release? I'm assuming
you do not have any problems compiling since you are currently developing.
It would also be great if you could put more detailed information on
installation on your page.

I will hopefully have more questions once I manage to get the library
working.

Onur Solmaz