> -----Original Message-----
> From: lam-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:lam-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of bcruchet_at_[hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:04 AM
> To: General LAM/MPI mailing list
> Subject: Re: LAM: lam for linux
>
> I think:
> the beter way to install LAM in a linux machine it's compile
> the sources
> code.
>
> in the past time, in this mailing list, anybody say "We don't do RPMs,
> because all people use the sources por install LAM"
Correct. This data point came [mainly] from me from my [admittedly
informal] list of LAM users -- I asked a bunch of people how they
installed LAM. The overwhelming answer was "from source", but there
were probably a *lot* of people who didn't say anything at all.
It goes back to what Brian said -- the LAM Team doesn't have the time or
resources to dedicate to making RPM's for all possible platforms,
distributions, and driver combinations. So the compromise was to offer
a tarball for those who prefer to install via source and a SRPM (which
is basically a tarball + some build instructions).
The SRPM allows those who prefer to install via RPM to easily build an
RPM for their platform / distribution / driver stack and then easily
install / uninstall it across all their nodes.
--
Jeff Squyres
Server Virtualization Business Unit
Cisco Systems
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