[gmx-users] Re: [gmx-developers] installing the parallel version of Gromacs 3.3.1

[Justin A. Lemkul]

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West, Ana wrote:
> Dear Gromacs Community,
> 
> I attempted to install the parallel version of Gromacs 3.3.1 on a 
> machine with the x86-64 architecture and 8 core AMD Opteron processors. 
> The operating system is openSusie 11.3. During my attempt I used the 
> following set of commands:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/packages/gromacs-3.3.1 
> --enable-mpi CC=icc CXX=icpc F77=ifort
> make mdrun
> make mdrun install
> 
> The version of the three compilers is 12.0.3. The installation seemed 
> unsuccessful. In the 'config.log' file the fatal error message reads as :
> 
> "Fatal Error: This program was not built to run on the processor in your 
> system. The allowed processors are: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 and compatible 
> Intel processors with Intel(R) Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel(R) 
> SSE3) instruction support." 
> 
> Could someone please provide me with some kind advice?
> 

Your hardware is too new to install the (archaic!) version of Gromacs you're 
trying to use.  I suspect you would have more success with a version of Gromacs 
that is not five years old.

Either use a newer version of Gromacs, or find a slower machine.

-Justin

> Thank you, 
> Ana 
> 
> 
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Justin A. Lemkul
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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