From: Sam Liao sliao@pharmaxresearch.com
Subject: [NMusers] Upgrading to Intel 9.0 Fortran for Windows
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:29:05 -0400
Dear nmusers:
I have some problem to upgrade my Fortran compiler from df 6.6 to Intel 9.0 Fortran.
The tip #22 from Bill is quite helpful for the installation of Intel 9.0 Fortran. But, I run
into different problem when try to install nmv on a PC with Windows XP.
Afer installation of Intel 9 Fortran, I used setup to rebuild nmv. The complier failed
with error msg - not able to open *.obj. I found all nmv sub-folders (nm, pr or tr) are
read-only. This explained why the complier can not open *.obj. But, I have no problem to
use df 6.6 in the same folders. Any tips on Intel 9.0 Fortran would be really appreciated.
I was not able to reset the read/write permission in sub-folders even when I login as
Administrator. Any tip on solving this would be appreciated too.
Best regards,
Sam
> The most difficult part of upgrading your NONMEM and/or Pdx-Pop
> Installations to use Intel 9.0 Fortran for Windows is the installation of
> Intel's new compiler. For some reason, the instructions they provide are
> never quite clear (IMO) and the licensing issue compounds the problems.
> Once the new compiler is installed however, installation and running of
> NONMEM and PDx-Pop are trivial.
>
> The initial problem I encountered with the Intel installation was using the
> option to use a serial number. I kept getting "you have used an invalid
> serial number" no matter how many times I contacted Intel support and
> verified the number. Once I switched to the option to use a license file
> (supplied as an email attachment by Intel), installation proceeded without
> further issues.
>
> The other issue you may encounter is if you have previous versions of Intel
> Fortran installed on your system. The environmental variables may still
> have settings that point to previous versions of the compiler so that if you
> run the compiler command ("ifort") from a DOS window, it may tell you that
> you are running version 8.0 instead of 9.0. To circumvent this issue,
> manually edit your system environment variables. (Remove paths to version
> 8.0 from the PATH, LIB & INCLUDE variables and replace, as necessary, with
> the correct paths for version 9.0.) The ifortvars.bat (found in the
> "C:\Program Files\Intel\Compiler\Fortran\9.0\IA32\Bin" directory (for my
> installation) will provide the information you need for the variables for
> version 9.0.
>
> Once you have modified your environment, test that you are getting version
> 9.0 by running "ifort" from a DOS window. The response should look
> something like:
>
> C:\nmi9\run>ifort
> Intel(R) Fortran Compiler for 32-bit applications, Version 9.0 Build
> 20050430Z Package ID: W_FC_P_9.0.018
> Copyright (C) 1985-2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> ifort: Command line error: no files specified; for help type "ifort -help"
>
> I then ran the following tests:
> (1) setup.bat (version 4.0 )to test installing NONMEM using the new compiler
> (no problems were encountered with the installation of NONMEM):
>
> setup a c nmi9 ifort y link
>
> (Similarly, no problems were encountered with the CDsetup.bat found on the
> CD-ROM distribution of NONMEM. "D:> cdsetup d c nmi9cd ifort y link")
>
> (2) running the control5 test problem:
>
> C:\nmi9\run> nmfe5 control5 report5.txt
>
> or (3) running PDx-Pop with the new compiler (the nonmemdir entry was
> changed in the PDx-Pop.ini to reflect the new directory that I used).
>
> Tests were done on a system running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional. No
> compatibility problems with Windows XP are anticipated.
>
> William J. Bachman, Ph.D.
> Manager, Pharmacometrics Research and Development
> GloboMax
> The Strategic Pharmaceutical Development Division of ICON plc
> 7250 Parkway Drive, Suite 430
> Hanover, MD 21076 410-782-2212
> bachmanw@iconus.com
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