intel fortran compiler under redhat 8.0 linux

[pere]

i've tried to use intel fortran compiler for linux in my redhat box, i've got redhat 8.0 with kernel 2.4.18-14 and gcc-3.2.7, it installed without problems, but after setting up enviroment variables (with ifcvars.csh) and trying to compile with ifc, i get this error message:

/usr/lib/crt1.o: In function `_start':
/usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'


is it an incompatibility with my libryries (coming from my redhat installation?)

how can i solve this and make fortran intel compiler work?

thanks!!

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Intel Fortran is not yet supported under RH8, though I don't know if the particular issue you're having is due to this. An update coming out in April will add RH8 support.

Steve

[Martyn_C_Intel]

The message means what it says, the linker found no main program. It can happen, for example, if you just type
ifc -V without a filename, just to get the compiler version number. If you compile a hello world example from the documentation, the message should go away. You might like to look at the Getting Started Guide at www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/flin

Martyn

[pere]

ups!

i updted my ifc installation to 7.1.008 (announced to support already redhat 8.0)... i set up the enviromental variables with ifcvars.csh and tried to compile hello.f, as explained in the "getting started guide"... ifc failed to compile, this are the error messages which i can't really understand:

---------------------
>ifc hello.f -o hello
main program

PROGRAM HELLO_WORLD
^
Error 14 at (1:hello.f) : invalid label field
^
Error 15 at (1:hello.f) : invalid continuation line
^
Error 7 at (1:hello.f) : incomplete statement

PRINT *, 'HELLO WORLD!'
^
Warning 53 at (2:hello.f) : This form of binary, octal or hex constant is an extension to standard Fortran 95
^
Error 20 at (2:hello.f) : invalid octal constant
^
Warning 34 at (2:hello.f) : Use of a binary, octal or hex constant here is an extension to standard Fortran 95

END PROGRAM HELLO_WORLD
^
Error 16 at (3:hello.f) : label field must be blank
^
Error 24 at (3:hello.f) : syntax error
Error 38 : END statement is missing

7 Errors
compilation aborted for hello.f (code 1)
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[pere]

also.. thanks everyone for the help!! ;)

[Steven_L_Intel1]

If you name the file with a .F or .f file type, fixed-form source is assumed, which means columns 1-5 are for statement numbers only and column 6 is for continuation.

Try renaming your file with a .f90 file type - it will probably be happier.

Steve