Send configure.log I assume you tried rerunning a few times? It seems like possibly a flaky filesystem problem.
Barry > On Jun 6, 2025, at 6:56 PM, Blondel, Sophie via petsc-users > <petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am getting an error when trying to install PETSc with > --download-f2cblaslapack on Linux: > ============================================================================================= > Installing F2CBLASLAPACK; this may take several minutes > ============================================================================================= > > ********************************************************************************************* > UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS (see configure.log for > details): > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Error moving > > /home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-source/external/petsc/arch-linux-c-opt/externalpackages/f2cblaslapack-3.8.0.q2 > libraries > > With the error in configure.log (which is accurate, the file is not present > in the folder): > ============================================================================================= > Installing F2CBLASLAPACK; this may take several minutes > ============================================================================================= > Executing: ['mkdir', '-p', > '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib'] > Executing: ['cp', '-f', 'libf2clapack.a', 'libf2cblas.a', > '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib'] > stdout: cp: cannot stat 'libf2clapack.a': No such file or directory > Error moving > /home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-source/external/petsc/arch-linux-c-opt/externalpackages/f2cblaslapack-3.8.0.q2 > libraries: Could not execute "[['mkdir', '-p', > '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib'], > ['cp', '-f', 'libf2clapack.a', 'libf2cblas.a', > '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib']]": > cp: cannot stat 'libf2clapack.a': No such file or directory > > The configure command is: > ./configure > --prefix=/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install > --with-fc=0 --with-cuda=0 --with-mpi --with-openmp=0 --with-debugging=0 > --with-shared-libraries --with-64-bit-indices --download-kokkos > --download-kokkos-kernels --download-hdf5 > --download-hdf5-configure-arguments=--enable-parallel --download-boost > --download-f2cblaslapack --COPTFLAGS=-O3 --CXXOPTFLAGS=-O3 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > The version of PETSc you are using is out-of-date, we recommend updating to > the new release > Available Version: 3.23.3 Installed Version: 3.22.2 > > Let me know what additional information I can provide to help identify the > issue. > > Best, > > Sophie