I’m getting the same thing — firedrake now doesn’t install due to “mpif90” not working: TESTING: checkFortranCompiler from config.setCompilers(/private/var/folders/zn/46_9pn0x2k32_z59z6fw5j2w0000gn/T/pip-AO07XK-build/config/BuildSystem/config/setCompilers.py:919) ******************************************************************************* UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS (see configure.log for details): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fortran compiler you provided with --with-fc=/usr/local/bin/mpif90 does not work. Cannot compile FC with /usr/local/bin/mpif90. ******************************************************************************* Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/var/folders/zn/46_9pn0x2k32_z59z6fw5j2w0000gn/T/pip-AO07XK-build/setup.py", line 302, in <module> **metadata) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/var/folders/zn/46_9pn0x2k32_z59z6fw5j2w0000gn/T/pip-AO07XK-build/setup.py", line 218, in run config(prefix, self.dry_run) File "/var/folders/zn/46_9pn0x2k32_z59z6fw5j2w0000gn/T/pip-AO07XK-build/setup.py", line 148, in config if status != 0: raise RuntimeError(status) RuntimeError: 256 On 26 Nov 2015, at 12:15 p.m., Lawrence Mitchell <lawrence.mitchell@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:lawrence.mitchell@imperial.ac.uk>> wrote: On 26/11/15 12:12, Floriane Gidel [RPG] wrote: Moreover, Onno gets stalled as well at his macbook pro at: ... ******************************************************************************* UNABLE to EXECUTE BINARIES for ./configure ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cannot run executables created with FC. If this machine uses a batch system to submit jobs you will need to configure using ./configure with the additional option --with-batch. Otherwise there is problem with the compilers. Can you compile and run code with your compiler '/usr/local/bin/mpif90'? ******************************************************************************* Well, can you run and compile code using mpif90? Cheers, Lawrence _______________________________________________ firedrake mailing list firedrake@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:firedrake@imperial.ac.uk> https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/firedrake Prof. Beth Wingate b.wingate@exeter.ac.uk<mailto:b.wingate@exeter.ac.uk> “The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” - Thoreau