Re: [Getfem-users] Installation of python interface on mac os 10.5

[Julien Pommier]

Quoting Jelle Feringa <address@hidden>:

>
> Dear Julien,
>
> > It should work but fortran and autotools have always been a pain to
> > support...
> > The simplest way would be to uninstall your gfortran ;)
>
> Right, so if I understand you correctly I should either looking for
> another fortran compiler ( any recommendations? ) or are you
> suggesting I should be able to compile the python interface _without_
> a fortran compiler?

gfortran is fine, the probleme is the getfem ./configure script generated by the
autotools which tries to detect something that looks like a fortran compiler,
and it finds one (which is your case), fails miserably if it cannot use it.

But you can build getfem without a fortran compiler (fortran is used to link
with some blas libraries, but getfem can provide its own blas). Just use the
--with-blas=builtin option for the ./configure script to make sure that getfem
uses its own blas.

>
>
> > You can also try to remove the "AC_PROG_F77" line in the
> > configure.in script and
> > then run "autoreconf" and then the ./configure . I'm not sure it
> > will work.
>
> Thanks, I'll give it a try.
>
> Best,
>
> -jelle
>