Installation problem: 32-bit libraries not found on this system on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Cagatay_G_ · ‎04-19-2014

Hi all,

Ijust installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to my 64bit laptop.

I downloaded Intel Fortran Composer XE for Linux - Version 2013 SP1.

During the installation I got "Unsupported operating system error" but I skipped it.

Later, I get :

Missing optional prerequisites
-- 32-bit libraries not found

error.

I followed the instructions given in:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-compilers-for-linux-with-ubuntu/

I searched a lot.

My problem is same with this topic:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/topic/270143

But I could not solve my problem and I am sure that I have 32bit libraries but I dont know where is my mistake :/

If you can help me for overcome this problem, I will be glad.

mecej4 · ‎04-19-2014

I am sure that I have 32bit libraries

On what grounds?

Here is a simple test: write a short C program, and compile it to an a.out file using "gcc -m32 <filename.c>" and see if that command completes successfully. If not, you need to download the necessary packages for your version of Linux before you can get IFort to work.

John4 · ‎04-19-2014

I'm using Debian and also get the "32-bit libraries not found" message, but there's an option to skip the prerequisite and proceed with the installation.

I do have 32-bit support set (i.e., the "dpkg --print-foreign-architectures" command returns i386), and gcc/g++/gfortran multilib packages are installed.

So I suppose the message is due to the installer looking for specific libraries at {/usr}/lib32 instead of {/usr}/lib/i386-linux-gnu.

TimP · ‎04-19-2014

If you don't want to install the g++ -m32 support, the basic g++ 64-bit installation is sufficient to support the ifort installation when you deselect ia32.

Cagatay_G_ · ‎04-20-2014

@mecej4:

Thanks for your suggest.

I said "I think I am sure that I hv 32bit libraries", because I followed the instructions and downloaded ia32-libs. In addition, I also check 32bit libraries are installed in Synaptic Package Manager.

This link helped me for that:
http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/ia32-libs-in-ubuntu-13-10

On the other hand, I did what you say and I am able to compile a C source code to the a.out.

@John:

Thanks for the information.

I checked "dpkg --print-foreign-architectures --> command returns i386". It also worked :)
I think you're right. Maybe the installer is looking for specific libraries.

Well, did you get any error while try to compile/use 32bit things?

@Tim Prince:

Well, I saw that Fortran 2013 Composer has an option to download for either 64bit or 32 bit on intel website unlike for Fortran 2013 Composer SP1.
I read almost same advice as yours in another forum but you know to know something is wrong makes me hesitated.

Thanks everyone once again. Well, I am new to both Linux and Fortran (therefore, my words can be seem meaningless to you) and I am trying to learn as much as I can (includes errors and how to overcome :), that's why I dont want to install only 64bit version ).

John4 · ‎04-24-2014

Hi,

Compiling a simple example seems to work properly:

...:~$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

...:~$ cat hello.f90 
print *, 'Hello, world!'
end

...:~$ . /opt/intel/bin/compilervars.sh ia32
...:~$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/compiler/lib/ia32:/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/mpirt/lib/ia32:/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/ipp/../compiler/lib/ia32:/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/ipp/lib/ia32:/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/compiler/lib/ia32:/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/mkl/lib/ia32:/opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.2.144/tbb/lib/ia32/gcc4.4
...:~$ ifort -m32 hello.f90 
...:~$ file a.out
a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=e7a580ddf63a1153688f739ffa3ea603e63fa26f, not stripped
...:~$ ldd ./a.out 
	linux-gate.so.1 (0xf774a000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xf76d6000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xf76b9000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf750e000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf74f2000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xf74ed000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf774b000)
...:~$ ./a.out 
 Hello, world!
...:~$

Yajun_A_ · ‎06-19-2014

Hi,

I use Ubuntu 14.04 and followed the same set of instructions from

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-compilers-for-linux-with-ubuntu/

Here is a sum up of what I did:

1) I changed the install location to:

Install location:
/home/foo/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.3.174

2) The components available are (what I installed):

Component(s) selected:
    Intel(R) Fortran Compiler XE 14.0 Update 3                             261MB
        Intel Fortran Compiler XE

    Intel(R) Debugger 13.0                                                 223MB
        Intel Debugger

    Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 3                             578MB
        Intel MKL core libraries
        Fortran 95 interfaces for BLAS and LAPACK
        GNU* Compiler Collection support

    GNU* GDB 7.5                                                            52MB
        GNU* GDB 7.5 on IA-32 (Provided under GNU General Public License v3)

compared to what was given on their website (see above), I do not have:

Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessor support ( under the MKL) and

Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives 8.1 Update 1 2.8GB
Intel IPP single-threaded libraries

Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks 4.2 Update 4 77MB
Intel TBB

GDB Eclipse* Integration on Intel(R) 64 (Provided under Eclipse Public
License v.1.0)

3) Finally, I did not have the option of:

Step 5 of 7 | Options > Architecture selection

Target Architecture(s) of your applications:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. IA-32
2. Intel(R) 64

It looks like I do not have ifort ( since which ifort in terminal gives back nothing and typing ifort I get ifort: command not found). Here is what I have in above install location:

/home/foo/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.3.174/composer_xe_2013_sp1.3.174/bin$ ls
compilervars_arch.csh    compilervars.sh   idbvars.sh
compilervars_arch.sh     debuggervars.csh ifortvars.csh
compilervars.csh         debuggervars.sh   ifortvars.sh
compilervars_global.csh ia32              loopprofileviewer.jar
compilervars_global.sh   idbvars.csh       sourcechecker

Could anyone please help me with getting ifort to work/

Thank you so much!

Steven_L_Intel1 · ‎06-19-2014

You need to use the "source" command to make the compiler available. Since you moved the install location you would use:

source /home/foo/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.3.174/composer_xe_2013_sp1.3.174/bin/ifortvars.sh intel64

Though I would have expected to see an "intel64" folder under bin if this is a 64-bit system.

John4 · ‎08-26-2014

Hi,

The "32-bit libraries not found" message still happens during installation of version 15.0.0 of the compiler, although it can be skipped.

After installation, the test I posted above (#6) still works, so the libraries detection issue is only in the installer.

Also, even though I'm using Debian Testing, and I know that it's an unsupported OS, it's worth mentioning that the text installer (i.e., install.sh) segfaults, and only the GUI installer works.