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Name:
PVM
Version:
3.4.4
Group:
Libraries/Programming Environment
License(s):
PVM version 3.4: Parallel Virtual Machine System
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN.
Emory University, Atlanta GA.
Authors: J. J. Dongarra, G. E. Fagg, G. A. Geist,
J. A. Kohl, R. J. Manchek, P. Mucci,
P. M. Papadopoulos, S. L. Scott, and V. S. Sunderam
(C) 1997 All Rights Reserved

NOTICE

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

Neither the Institutions (Emory University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and University of Tennessee) nor the Authors make any representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. This software is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.

PVM version 3 was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and the State of Tennessee.
Summary:
Software system that enables a collection of heterogeneous computers to be used as a coherent and flexible concurrent computational resource.
Web Site(s):
http://www.csm.ornl.gov/pvm/pvm_home.html
File(s):
pvm-3.4.4-3-rocketcalc.tar.bz2
pvm-3.4.4.tar.bz2
Last Modified:
May 4, 2004

PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software package that permits a heterogeneous a collection of Unix and/or Windows computers together by a network to be used as a single large parallel computer in order to solve large computational problems.

The notation denotes a variable (such as directory name, file name, user name, etc.) that user has to substitute.

If a backslash (\) appears in a shell command, then it should be treated as a line continuation, i.e., it could be ignored if the user types in the shell command.

ROCKETCALC provides a shell script (along with source code) that installs PVM. The following are the steps to install PVM using the shell script.

  • Download the file pvm-3.4.4-3-rocketcalc.tar.bz2.
  • Unpack the tarball file:
    tar jxf pvm-3.4.4-3-rocketcalc.tar.bz2
    This will create directory pvm-3.4.4-3-rocketcalc.
  • Change directory to pvm-3.4.4-3-rocketcalc:
    cd pvm-3.4.4-3-rocketcalc
  • Become root:
    su
    The user has to enter the root password. This step is not necessary. A regular user may install PVM.
  • The user should move (or delete) old PVM installation if he/she is planning to install it in the same location. The shell script will install PVM in
    /pvm/3.4.4
    The default value for is /usr/local.
  • Run the installation script:
    ./pvminstall
    This script will ask the user few questions and then will compile and install PVM.

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