[gmx-users] Problems installing gromacs in a different directory

[David van der Spoel]

Eduardo Martins Lopes wrote:
> Greetins fellow Gromacs Users, I come to thee because when I tried to 
> install gromacs in a different directory without SU privileges I get the 
> following error (the last few log lines)
> Do I need super-user privileges ?
> 
> oppush.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> if cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src  -I../../include 
> -DGMXLIBDIR=\"/home/debora/gromacs/share/top\" 
> -I/home/debora/fftw/include  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions 
> -Wall -Wno-unused -malign-double -funroll-all-loops -MT topcat.o -MD -MP 
> -MF ".deps/topcat.Tpo" -c -o topcat.o topcat.c; \
> then mv -f ".deps/topcat.Tpo" ".deps/topcat.Po"; else rm -f 
> ".deps/topcat.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> if cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src  -I../../include 
> -DGMXLIBDIR=\"/home/debora/gromacs/share/top\" 
> -I/home/debora/fftw/include  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions 
> -Wall -Wno-unused -malign-double -funroll-all-loops -MT topshake.o -MD 
> -MP -MF ".deps/topshake.Tpo" -c -o topshake.o topshake.c; \
> then mv -f ".deps/topshake.Tpo" ".deps/topshake.Po"; else rm -f 
> ".deps/topshake.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/cluster/debora/gromacs-3.3.1/src'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/cluster/debora/gromacs-3.3.1/src'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> 
> 
> FFTW was installed perfectly. Am I wrong or those files inside the 
> /gromacs-3.3.1/src are installed in the /src directory ? I have tried 
> almost all combinations of fftw and gromacs and the same error is 
> displayed everytime...
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
this works fine, I do it all the time.
Typically you should do
./configure --prefix=/home/joe/gromacs
or wherever you want it to go.


> Eduardo Martins Lopes
> Physics Student Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Brazil
> 
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