As it says check the config.log for any error messages. I have not had any problems using external hwloc on my debian boxes.
2015-03-18 1:30 GMT+00:00 Peter Gottesman <mygames1...@gmail.com>: > Hey all, > I am trying to compile Open MPI on a 32bit laptop running debian wheezy > 7.8.0. When I > >> ../ompi-master/configure --prefix=$HOME/ompi-master/build >> --with-hwloc=$HOME/openmpi/hwloc/build >> --with-hwloc-libdir=$HOME/openmpi/hwloc/build/lib > > I get the error code: > >> checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in >> `/home/peter/openmpi/build/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/libevent': >> configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. >> If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. >> See `config.log' for more details >> configure: /bin/bash >> '../../../../../../ompi-master/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/libevent/configure' >> *failed* for opal/mca/event/libevent2022/libevent >> configure: WARNING: Event library failed to configure >> configure: error: Cannot continue > > I have looked at a previous message in this mailing list, and I have a > working compiler, so I do not believe that that is the problem here. Any > help is appreciated. > Thanks, > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2015/03/26491.php > -- Kind regards Nick
