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+#!/bin/sh
+# installation script for Papi
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> 2011
+# Rainer Kelelr <keller@hlrs.de> 2011
+#
+ 
+# exit on any error!
+set -e
+
+# directory containing the source tar files
+SRC_POOL="$HOME/WORK"
+
+# basic installation directory
+PREFIX_BASE=${PREFIX_BASE:=$HOME}
+
+# compiler to use
+# (gnu|intel|pgi)
+COMPILER=${COMPILER:=gnu}
+# use specific compiler version
+COMPILER_VERSION=${COMPILER_VERSION:=}
+
+# package to build
+CATEGORY="system"
+PACKAGE="papi"
+VERSION="4.1.2.1a"
+
+# add a descriptor at the end of the installation path e.g. for special config options etc.
+PACKAGE_DESCRIPTOR=${PACKAGE_DESCRIPTOR:+-$PACKAGE_DESCRIPTOR}
+
+# Archive A and package name P
+# archive can be tar.bz2 or tar.gz file
+A=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+P=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}
+
+echo "Loading perctr module"
+module load system/perfctr
+# Figure out Root directory of perfctr
+TMP1=`which perfex`
+TMP2=`dirname $TMP1`
+PERFCTR_PREFIX=`dirname $TMP2`
+
+ 
+# If you want to use the CC, CXX, FC or F77 variables for the compilers put the following 
+# below the compiler loading section!
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-perfctr-prefix=$PERFCTR_PREFIX --with-CPU=i7"
+# ATTENTION: Do NOT compile with -j2 -- it will stopp in src/util with a dependence on ../libpapi.a
+MAKEOPTS=""
+
+
+# Compiler specifications
+
+if [ "x${COMPILER_VERSION}" != "x" ]
+then
+    COMPILER_MODULE=compiler/${COMPILER}/${COMPILER_VERSION}
+else
+    COMPILER_MODULE=compiler/${COMPILER}
+fi
+
+echo "Loading compiler module ${COMPILER_MODULE}"
+module load ${COMPILER_MODULE}
+
+
+case ${COMPILER} in
+    gnu)
+        COMPILER_OPTS="CC=gcc CXX=g++ FC=gfortran F77=gfortran"
+	if [ "x${COMPILER_VERSION}" == "x" ]
+	then
+            COMPILER_VERSION=$(gcc -dumpversion)
+        fi
+        ;;
+    intel)
+        COMPILER_OPTS="CC=icc CXX=icpc FC=ifort F77=ifort"
+        if [ "x${COMPILER_VERSION}" == "x" ]
+        then
+            COMPILER_VERSION=$(icc -dumpversion)
+        fi
+        ;;
+    pgi)
+	COMPILER_OPTS="CC=pgcc CXX=pgCC FC=pgf95 F77=pgf77"
+        if [ "x${COMPILER_VERSION}" == "x" ]
+        then
+	    COMPILER_VERSION=$(pgcc -V |  awk '/pgcc/{print $2}')
+        fi
+	;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unknown compiler ${COMPILER}."
+        ;;
+esac
+# make the compiler variables CC, CXX, FC and F77 available
+export ${COMPILER_OPTS}
+
+# construct the final installation directory path
+# PREFIX="${PREFIX_BASE}/${CATEGORY}/${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}-${COMPILER}-${COMPILER_VERSION}${PACKAGE_DESCRIPTOR}"
+PREFIX="${PREFIX_BASE}/${CATEGORY}/${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}"
+
+# basepath for the working directory
+ORIGDIR="${HOME}/WORK"
+# final working directory path
+WORKDIR=${ORIGDIR}/${CATEGORY}/${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}
+# path to the source code directory
+SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+SUBDIR=src
+# build directory (should be different from source directory):
+BUILDDIR=${SRCDIR}/COMPILE
+
+echo "Using workir $WORKDIR"
+echo "Building with PREFIX=$PREFIX"
+
+umask 0002
+
+
+if [ -d ${WORKDIR} ]
+then
+#     rm -rf ${WORKDIR}
+   echo rm -rf ${WORKDIR}
+fi
+
+echo "Creating working dir ${WORKDIR}"
+mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}
+cd ${WORKDIR}
+
+echo "Extracting sources"
+case "${A##*.}" in
+    bz2)
+        tar -xjf ${SRC_POOL}/${A}
+        ;;
+    gz|tgz)
+        tar -xzf ${SRC_POOL}/${A}
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Archive format not recogized"
+        exit
+        ;;
+esac
+
+
+echo "Running configure in ${SRCDIR}/${SUBDIR}"
+cd ${SRCDIR}/${SUBDIR}
+./configure --prefix=${PREFIX} ${CONFIGURE_OPTS} ${COMPILER_OPTS} 2>&1 | tee configure.log
+echo "Running make"
+make ${MAKEOPTS} 2>&1 | tee make.log
+
+module unload compiler
+
+cat <<EOF
+##############################################################################
+# IMPORTANT!
+##############################################################################
+# To complete the installation please run the follwoing command:
+module load ${COMPILER_MODULE}
+cd ${BUILDDIR}
+make install 2>&1 | tee make_install.log
+bzip2 *.log
+mv *.log.bz2 ${PREFIX}/
+cd ${PREFIX}
+chmod -R g+rwX .
+chmod -R o+rX .
+# Finally do not forget to provide a module file!
+##############################################################################
+EOF
+
+exit 0
+