Compiling and Installing NPB

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Run the following command to create a main program installation directory:

   mkdir -p /path/to/NPB

3. Copy the installation package to the installation directory.

   cp NPB3.4.tar.gz /path/to/NPB

4. Run the following command to go to the main program installation directory:

   cd /path/to/NPB

5. Run the following command to decompress the installation package:

   tar -xvf NPB3.4.tar.gz

6. Run the following command to switch to the directory generated after the package is decompressed

   cd NPB3.4

7. Run the following command to generate a configuration file:

   cd NPB3.4-MPI
   cp config/make.def.template config/make.def

8. Run the following command to load OPENMPI and GNU environmental variables:

   export PATH=/path/to/OPENMPI/bin:/path/to/GNU/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/OPENMPI/lib:/path/to/GNU/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

9. Run the following command to perform compilation.

   make EP CLASS=D NPROCS=96

   

   In the preceding command:

   • EP indicates the benchmark. The NPB has 12 benchmarks: IS, EP, CG, MG, FT, BT, BT-10, SP, LU, UA, DC, and DT.
   • CLASS=D indicates the problem size. NPB has eight problem sizes: S, W, A, B, C, D, E, and F.
   • NPROCS=96 indicates the number of cores.

   You can select the benchmark, problem size, and number of cores based on the site requirements. For details about the parameters, see More Resources.