libwinpthread-1.dll missing_solved

[yolily]

Dear,
I am trying to compile my code using
elmerf90 -o lib1.dll lib1.f90

But got an error saying
" The program can't start because libwinpthread-1.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem".

This file does locate in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Elmer 8.2-Release\bin" and this path has been added in my system environmental variables.
I am using Elmer on Windows. Tried to reinstall but still got this error.
Any one has any idea of how to fix it?
Many thanks,
Lily

[mzenker]

Hi,

do you get the same message if you just say

elmerf90

on the command line without any filename?

You need to declare the Elmer installation directory (in your case "C:\Program Files (x86)\Elmer 8.2-Release") as a variable ELMER_HOME, and in your Path variable, there need to be %ELMER_HOME%\bin and %ELMER_HOME%\lib.

HTH,

Matthias

[yolily]

Hi Matthias,

If only command

elmerf90

there is no error. Does this mean the error links to gfortran not to the installation of Elmer?

I have checked that the variable ELMER_HOME has been added correctly.

Many thanks.

Lily

[mzenker]

Hi,

what happens if you try

elmerf90 lib1.f90

Matthias

[yolily]

The same error if use

elmerf90 lib1.f90

Do you think the problem should be avoid if using Ubuntu, is it something specially with Windows system?

Thank you,

Lily

[mzenker]

Hi,

my elmerf90 works fine under Windows 7 64bit.
I have installed Elmer into a non-standard program directory (like "C:\MyPrograms\Elmer 8.2-Release") since at times it may be necessary to modify the contents of the installation directory (e.g. for ElmerGUI), and Windows 7 is rather picky there. So maybe you could try if that makes a difference for you. If you do that, don't forget to modify the value of ELMER_HOME accordingly.

HTH,

Matthias

[yolily]

Hi Matthias,

As you suggested, I re-installed Elmer into "C:\Elmer8.2" (without space, bracket etc.) and problem solved.

Thank you for your time!

Lily