Installing ScaLAPACK

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Decompress the ScaLAPACK installation package.

   tar xf scalapack-2.0.2.tgz

3. Go to the directory generated after the decompression.

   cd scalapack-2.0.2

4. Create an SLmake.inc file.

   cp SLmake.inc.example SLmake.inc

5. Edit the SLmake.inc file.
   1. Open the SLmake.inc file.

      vi SLmake.inc

   2. Press i to enter the insert mode and edit lines 58 and 59 of the file.

      BLASLIB = /path/to/OpenBLAS/lib/libopenblas.a
      LAPACKLIB = /path/to/OpenBLAS/lib/liblopenblas.a

      

      After performing 5.a, press Esc, type :set nu, and press Enter to display the line number.

   3. Press Esc, type :wq!, and press Enter to save the file and exit.
6. Compile and install the software and copy the compiled file.

   make
   cp libscalapack.a /path/to/SCALAPACK/

7. Load the environment variables.

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/SCALAPACK:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH