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Dear devolper and users,
I tried to configure abinit-7.8.2 with the suggested recipe by this forum ( i.e. same as abinit-7.6.3 for Ubuntu 13.04), but on the newest ubuntu14.04. I got an error related to etsf_io, error message is as follow
configure: error: external etsf_io support does not work


When I delete all the etsf_io configure scripts in the .ac file, the cofiguration went well. but the 'make' process terminated unexpected with error information also related to etsf (check the attachments)

could you show me how to solve this problem?

Many thanks,

Johnny

The reason is simple : on Ubuntu 14.04, the package containing etsf_io was not compiled with the same default compiler (gcc4.8.2) therefore the module file are not compatible and you try to compile something with those .mod file you have this error.

The easiest fix is to download etsf_io and compile it or just use the fallback.

I've attached a script (download it, rename it install.sh and make sure you can execute it (chmod u+x install.sh)) that should install abinit with the same features than the recipe on the forum. It has been tested on a brand new Ubuntu14.04
You will need a internet connection.
All the fallbacks are downloaded and compiled separetely in $HOME/Downloads and installed in $HOME/Codes.
You can replace this install directory by whatever you want, just edit the script and change line 12


It has never been tested by someone else than I so let me know if there is any issue.

Cheers

Jordan

Dear Jordan,
Thank you very much for your kind help. I have run the script you gave to me. It went well initially untill following error message came up .

Making all in src/low_level
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/johnnyw/Downloads/etsf_io-1.0.4/src/low_level'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/johnnyw/Downloads/etsf_io-1.0.4/src/low_level'
Making all in src/group_level
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/johnnyw/Downloads/etsf_io-1.0.4/src/group_level'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/johnnyw/Downloads/etsf_io-1.0.4/src/group_level'
Making all in src/utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/johnnyw/Downloads/etsf_io-1.0.4/src/utils'
gfortran -I/usr/include -I../../src/low_level -I../../src/group_level -g -O2 -I/usr/include -c -o etsf_io_file.o etsf_io_file.f90
etsf_io_file.f90:29.6:

use etsf_io_low_level
1
Fatal Error: Cannot read module file 'etsf_io_low_level.mod' opened at (1), because it was created by a different version of GNU Fortran
make[1]: *** [etsf_io_file.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/johnnyw/Downloads/etsf_io-1.0.4/src/utils'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Many thanks,
Johnny

In order to avoid any possible confusion for the compiler, you have to first remove the etsf-io* packages from your system before recompiling from the source.

Dear Jordan and Yann ,
After I did what Yann told me, i successfully install Abinit-7.8.2 on my Ubuntu14.04 with Jordan's script. Now, it works well. Thank you both a lot for helping me to work this out . You guys are amazing.
Best regards,
Johnny

Jordan wrote:I've attached a script (download it, rename it install.sh and make sure you can execute it (chmod u+x install.sh)) that should install abinit with the same features than the recipe on the forum. It has been tested on a brand new Ubuntu14.04

Cheers
Jordan

Thank you! It's work for me too.
However, I had to change the date in Ubuntu to 2014 year.