[gmx-users] Re : installation of gromacs in windows on cygwin

[Justin A. Lemkul]

bharat gupta wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I am trying installing gromacs 4.5.1 in windows using cygwin .. I have 
> fftw3 package also without any error.. but the moment I use ./configure 
> command given in the installation instruction I am getting the following 
> error :-
> 
> 
> Selva at selva-pc /fftw-3.2.2/gromacs-4.5.1
> $ ./configure
> checking build system type... config/config.guess: line 136:  4000 Aborted
>            ( test -f /.attbin/uname ) > /dev/null 2>&1
> config/config.guess: line 1308:  3184 Aborted                 ( umask 
> 077 && mkd
> ir $tmp )
> config/config.guess: line 1308:  4060 Aborted                 ( umask 
> 077 && mkd
> ir $tmp )
> config.guess: cannot create a temporary directory in /tmp
> config/config.guess: line 1308:  3248 Aborted                 ( rm -f 
> $tmpfiles
> 2> /dev/null; rmdir $tmp 2> /dev/null )
> configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
> 
> Selva at selva-pc /fftw-3.2.2/gromacs-4.5.1
> $ ./configure --enable-shared LDFLAGS = '-L/usr/local/lib'
> configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
> configure: error: invalid variable name: `'
> 

There should not be spaces within the declaration of LDFLAGS, i.e.:

LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib'

You are also being told that configure cannot guess your build type, so it must 
be specified manually.

-Justin

> 
> Can anybody help me out in this regard ...
> 
> 
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