[Paraview] Installation error "MPIEXEC was empty"

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Ensure MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH and MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH cmake variable are
set correctly to point to this location of mpi.h include file.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Pradeep Jha
<pradeep at ccs.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed MPI locally on my account. After that I managed to do the ccmake
> and generate a makefile. But when I do "make", after 21% completion, I get
> the following error:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ 21%] Building CXX object
> ParaViewCore/VTKExtensions/Core/CMakeFiles/vtkPVVTKExtensionsCorePython.dir/vtkPVVTKExtensionsCorePythonInit.cxx.o
> Linking CXX shared module ../../../lib/vtkPVVTKExtensionsCorePython.so
> [ 21%] Built target vtkPVVTKExtensionsCorePython
> Scanning dependencies of target vtkParallelMPI
> [ 21%] Building CXX object
> VTK/Parallel/MPI/CMakeFiles/vtkParallelMPI.dir/vtkMPICommunicator.cxx.o
> In file included from
> /home/hp120242/k00603/softwares/ParaView/VTK/Parallel/MPI/vtkMPICommunicator.cxx:26:
> /home/hp120242/k00603/softwares/ParaView/VTK/Parallel/MPI/vtkMPI.h:22:18:
> error: mpi.h: No such file or directory
> /home/hp120242/k00603/softwares/ParaView/VTK/Parallel/MPI/vtkMPI.h:33:
> error: expected `)' before '*' token
> /home/hp120242/k00603/softwares/ParaView/VTK/Parallel/MPI/vtkMPI.h:35:
> error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'MPI_Comm' with no type
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have all the MPI files declared in my PATH so that my mpirun and mpiexec
> are working now. What is causing this error?
>
> Thank you,
> Pradeep
>
>
> 2013/1/25 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
>>
>> You need to point the MPIEXEC variable to the mpiexec or mpirun
>> executables. If they are not present/don't work, you are better off
>> not building ParaView with MPI support enabled.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Pradeep Jha
>> <pradeep at ccs.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install ParaView 3,98 rom source on a Linux machine. I
>> > dont
>> > have the root passwords. I have locally installed the cmake and qt
>> > 4.8.4.
>> >
>> > I want to install Python with MPI support.
>> >
>> > After pulling the source code using git, when I am running the ccmake
>> > command, it is giving me the following error during configuration:
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >  CMake Error at VTK/Parallel/MPI/CMakeLists.txt:37 (message):
>> >    MPIEXEC was empty.
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > I dont know if the following information is useful:
>> > I do have mpi installed on this system as the mpi compilers for fortran
>> > and
>> > C are available. But I dont have the mpirun or mpiexec command working.
>> >
>> > Any ideas what is going wrong?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Pradeep
>> >
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