{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754/events","html_url":"https://github.com/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754","id":149204300,"number":754,"title":"Cannot install firedrake, firedrake-install freezing during petsc installation","user":{"login":"ovgeorge","id":12253907,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12253907?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge","html_url":"https://github.com/ovgeorge","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2016-04-18T16:36:58Z","updated_at":"2016-04-18T16:52:14Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm trying to install firedrake on fresh ubuntu 15.10\r\n\r\nThe problem is it seems petsc compilation takes forever, because some packages needed for building it are missing.\r\nI cannot figure our which ones and I've tried to install anything seemingly related, from build-essentials, to all mpi versions, blas, atlas, lapack (dev versions).\r\n\r\nThe resulting installation log is here http://dpaste.com/27M72HS\r\n\r\nI'm also trying with system PETCS, specifying --honor-petsc-dir, but this is inconsistent:\r\nwhile I'm specifing PETCS location as \"/usr/lib/petscdir/3.4.2/\"\r\nit says:\r\n\r\nerror: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/petscdir/3.4.2/lib/petsc/conf/petscvariables'\r\n\r\nif I create symlink /usr/lib/petsc => /usr/lib/petscdir/3.4.2\r\nit says:\r\n\r\nerror: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/petsc/lib/petsc/conf/petscvariables'\r\n\r\nSo, I seems it writes in the end of the path anyway, right? \r\nThen I specify petsc dir as '/usr/' hoping it would add 'lib/petsc/...'\r\n\r\nAnd getting new error \r\nerror: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/include/petscversion.h'\r\n\r\nApparently it looks at different places... "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/comments/211471057","html_url":"https://github.com/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754#issuecomment-211471057","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/754","id":211471057,"user":{"login":"ovgeorge","id":12253907,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12253907?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge","html_url":"https://github.com/ovgeorge","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ovgeorge/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-18T16:52:14Z","updated_at":"2016-04-18T16:52:14Z","body":"But another point, is inability of script to use system's petsc"}}