# 4. Installing PRRTE

## 4.1. For More Information

This file is a very short overview of building and installing the PMIx Reference RunTime Environment (PRRTE). More information is available in the FAQ section on the PRRTE web site.

## 4.2. Minimum PMIx version

The `configure` script in PRRTE v3.0.6rc1 must be able to find an OpenPMIx installation that is 4.2.4 or higher. If `configure` cannot find a suitable OpenPMIx version, it will abort with an error.

If OpenPMIx cannot be found in default preprocessor and linker search paths, you can specify the `--with-pmix=DIR` CLI option to tell `configure` where to find it.

## 4.3. Developer Builds

If you have checked out a DEVELOPER’S COPY of PRRTE (i.e., you checked out from Git), you should read the Developer’s Guide section before attempting to build PRRTE. You must then run:

    shell$ ./autogen.pl

You will need very recent versions of GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool. If `autogen.pl` fails, read the Developer’s Guide. If anything else fails, read the Developer’s Guide. Finally, we suggest reading the Developer’s Guide.

Note

Developer’s copies of PRRTE typically include a large performance penalty at run-time because of extra debugging overhead.

## 4.4. User Builds

Building PRRTE is typically a combination of running `configure` and `make`. Execute the following commands to install the PRRTE system from within the directory at the top of the tree:

    shell$ ./configure --prefix=/where/to/install
    [...lots of output...]
    shell$ make all install

If you need special access to install, then you can execute `make all` as a user with write permissions in the build tree, and a separate `make install` as a user with write permissions to the install tree.

Compiling support for specific compilers and environments may require additional command line flags when running `configure`. Note that VPATH builds are fully supported. For example:

    shell$ tar xf prrte-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
    shell$ cd prrte-X.Y.Z
    shell$ mkdir build
    shell$ cd build
    shell$ ../configure ...your options...
    [...lots of output...]
    shell$ make all install

Parallel builds are also supported (although some versions of `make`, such as GNU make, will only use the first target listed on the command line when executable parallel builds). For example (assume GNU make):

    shell$ make -j 4 all
    [...lots of output...]
    shell$ make install

Parallel make is generally only helpful in the build phase; the installation process is mostly serial and does not benefit much from parallel make.