* Here was my user-config.jam to install with MPICH2, windows Intel:using intel-win ; using mpi : : <find-shared-library>cxx <find-shared-library>mpi <library-path>C:/apps/MPICH2/lib ; * Considering that MPICH2 is a common library, perhaps it is worth the automatic mpi search on windows to look for it instead of just windows compute cluster. Sadly, I don't know enough about jam to write it myself. Now for a potential build issue: * After running: *bjam release debug --with-mpi *I then copied the libs/dll's into a lib folder in my Lib path for the compiler. * The build created a file called: libboost_mpi-iw-mt-gd-1_36.lib * And it created a file called: boost_serialization-iw-mt-gd-1_36.lib * However, when I tried to build using Intel C++ (and I didn't add the libs directly into the link inputs, the boost::mpi figured it out itself), it found the MPI library file, but tried to automatically look for a library called: libboost_serialization-iw-mt-gd-1_36.lib instead of the one created. * I renamed the serialization library to have "lib" in front, and everything compiled/ran fine. * * On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jesse Perla wrote:

I am trying to build the boost::mpi (1.36) on: 1) Windows vista 2) Visual Studio 2008 3) Intel C++ 10.1 (though could switch to the built in Microsoft compiler here if it would help) 4) With the open source MPICH2 libraries installed.

I can link, compile, and test properly according to the beginning of the MPI intstructions ( http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/doc/html/mpi/getting_started.html)

Now, I added "using intel ; " and "using mpi ; " to my user-config.jam, but

I guess it can't autodetect since it spits out:

C:\apps\boost\boost_1_36_0>bjam --with-mpi

...

The system cannot find the path specified. The system cannot find the path specified. The system cannot find the path specified. MPI auto-detection failed: unknown wrapper compiler mpic++

Does anyone know the set of config settings that would work for the setup I described? When I tried to get debugging info out of the build, it said something about trying to detect windows cluster server, which I am not using (instead, MPICH2 as above).

I guess part of the question is whether Intel C++ needs a "wrapper compiler" as discussed later in the getting started. Since I was able to compile and run the (non boost) MPI code, it doesn't seem so to me. (or are there binaries for the MPI libraries? I had trouble finding them...)

Thanks, Jesse