"checking whether we are using the Microsoft C compiler... no
checking for mtc_init in -lmatc... no
configure: error: libmatc
==> FEHLER: Ein Fehler geschah in build().
Breche ab ..."
"checking whether we are using the Microsoft C compiler... no
checking for mtc_init in -lmatc... no
configure: error: libmatc
==> FEHLER: Ein Fehler geschah in build().
Breche ab ..."
I stumbled on the same error. Turned out, that the mtc lib installed from my native distro Debian/testing was missing somesymbols. However, elmerfem brings its own version of mtc. A build and install of the mtc package in elmerfem before build of elmergrid resolved issue.
I have had the same error and then I realized that the problem is only in library folder name.
I am using 64bit linux system. In my installation folder, /opt/elmer a folder lib64 was created. But all the make scripts looks for libraries like matc.a and other in folder ./lib.
Therefore, I have created a link from folder ./lib64 (a shortcut) to virtual folder ./lib in the /opt/elmer and the error was solved!