Errors and Fixes

This page is a repository of common errors and their fixes.

Note

This page is still under construction, and is by no means an exhaustive list.

Issues with autogen phase

Error: Autoreconf error during futile setup

*** Error during phase setup of futile: ########## Error running autoreconf -fi *** [1/1]

Solution:

sudo apt install autoconf

Note

This may also indicate missing MPI libraries. Try:

sudo apt install openmpi-bin

Issues with build phase

Error: Missing C compiler:

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

fixed by:

sudo apt install build-essential

Error: Could not compile .f90 files

configure: error: Fortran could not compile .f90 files

Solution:

sudo apt install gfortran

Error: Missing linear algebra libraries

Linear algebra libraries are not available

Occurs during futile phase

Solution:

sudo apt install libblas-dev liblapack-dev

Error: Missing cmake

*** Error during phase configure of ntpoly: cmake not found *** [5/12]

Occurs during ntpoly configure phase

may also contain:

Could NOT find MPI_C (missing: MPI_C_LIB_NAMES MPI_C_HEADER_DIR MPI_C_WORKS)
Could NOT find MPI_CXX (missing: MPI_CXX_LIB_NAMES MPI_CXX_HEADER_DIR MPI_CXX_WORKS)
Could NOT find MPI_Fortran (missing: MPI_Fortran_LIB_NAMES MPI_Fortran_F77_HEADER_DIR MPI_Fortran_MODULE_DIR MPI_Fortran_WORKS)

Solution:

sudo apt install cmake
sudo apt install openmpi-bin

Error: Bigdft build phase make issues

`*** Error during phase build of bigdft: ########## Error running make -j 5 *** [12/12]`

This issue was fixed in an earlier release, however, if the following lines are present in the output:

/usr/bin/ld: /home/pi/bigdft-test/build/install/lib/libfutile-1.a(f_plugin.o): undefined reference to symbol 'dlsym@@GLIBC_2.2.5'
/usr/bin/ld: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Try to add "LIBS=-ldl -lstdc++" to the env_configuration in the rcfile you are using to build.