Compilation

MOLGW needs the following compilers:

• Fortran 2008
• C++

To be fully operational, MOLGW needs the following libraries:

• LIBCINT or LIBINT for the Gaussian integrals \((\alpha\beta| \frac{1}{|\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|} | P )\) for instance
• LIBXC for the DFT approximate functionals: \(E_{xc}(\rho(\mathbf{r}))\)
• BLAS/LAPACK for the linear algebra (matrix multiplication/inversion/diagonalization)
• MPI and SCALAPACK for parallelism

Standard route

Get the compilers

A HPC machine already has the needed compilers.

On a Linux distrubtion, install them with the package manager.

For Ubuntu, issue

sudo apt-get install -y gcc gfortran g++

or for Fedora, CentOs, RedHat, issue

sudo dnf install gcc gcc-gfortran gcc-c++

Compiling LIBXC

Obtain the latest LIBXC version, compile and install

wget http://www.tddft.org/programs/libxc/down.php?file=6.1.0/libxc-6.1.0.tar.gz
tar xzf libxc-6.1.0.tar.gz
cd libxc-6.1.0
./configure --prefix=$(HOME)/opt/libxc-6.1.0/
make
make install

On up-to-date Linux distributions, you may obtain the package from the package manager.

For Ubuntu, issue

sudo apt-get install libxc-dev

or for Fedora, CentOs, RedHat, issue

sudo dnf install libxc-devel

Compiling LIBCINT

LIBCINT is now the primary library to get the integrals. LIBINT is an alternative to it. From our tests, LIBCINT is faster and easier to compile and slightly faster to run.

Here is a compilation example:

wget https://github.com/sunqm/libcint/archive/refs/tags/v6.1.2.tar.gz
tar xzf v6.1.2.tar.gz; cd libcint-6.1.2
mkdir build; cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${HOME}/opt/libcint-6.1.2/ -DWITH_RANGE_COULOMB=1 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=0 -DPYPZPX=1 ..
make; make install

We advise to compile your own version of LIBCINT, because the ones, we obtain from package managers (apt-get, dnf, spack, etc.) are unlikely to have the necessary options.

For instance, -DPYPZPX=1 enforces the MOLGW ordering of the p-orbitals. -DWITH_RANGE_COULOMB=1 is necessary for \(\mathrm{erf}(r)/r\) integrals in range-separated hybrids.

Compiling LIBINT

LIBINT is compilation tricky and lengthy. It relies on external libraries and very modern C++. Use LIBCINT instead, unless there is a very specific need.

The external libraries GMP and Boost can be obtained directly on modern linux distributions. Here is how to compile LIBINT on linux Fedora:

sudo dnf install automake autoconf gcc-c++ boost-devel gmp-devel # to obtain the required packages
#this is for Fedora but there are equivalent packages for Ubuntu to be obtained with apt-get
wget https://github.com/evaleev/libint/archive/v2.6.0.tar.gz
tar xzf v2.6.0.tar.gz
cd libint-2.6.0
./autogen.sh
mkdir build
cd build
../configure --prefix=$(HOME)/opt/libint-2.6.0/ --enable-1body=1 --enable-eri=0 --enable-eri3=0 --enable-eri2=0 --enable-contracted-ints --with-max-am=7 --with-opt-am=2 --with-cxxgen=g++ --with-cxxgen-optflags=-O1 --with-cxx=g++ --with-cxx-optflags=-O1
make -j 4
make install

If LIBINT compilation is really too long, one may reduce it by limiting the maximum angular momentum and removing optimizations:

../configure --prefix=$(HOME)/opt/libint-2.6.0/ --enable-1body=1 --enable-eri=0 --enable-eri3=0 --enable-eri2=0 --enable-contracted-ints --with-max-am=5 --with-opt-am=1 --with-cxxgen=g++ --with-cxxgen-optflags=-O0 --with-cxx=g++ --with-cxx-optflags=-O0

This fast compilation took about 25 minutes on a laptop...

Getting BLAS, LAPACK, and SCALAPACK

For a quick test, it is possible to obtain these libraries from the Linux package manager. For Ubuntu,

sudo apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev

But we strongly advise to use better libraries, such as Intel MKL, which provides BLAS, LAPACK, and SCALAPACK: For Ubuntu,

sudo apt-get install -y intel-mkl

Configuring and compiling MOLGW

Libraries and compilers are all set up in a file named my_machine.arch that should be created or copied in the ~molgw/src/ folder.

Examples of typical my_machine.arch are provided in the ~molgw/config/ folder.

cd /path/to/molgw/src
cp ../config/my_machine_gfortran_mpi_mkl.arch my_machine.arch
make -j

The executable will be created as ~molgw/molgw.

Most often, the my_machine.arch file needs editing. Here is an example for gfortran with MKL, MPI and OPENMP.

OPENMP= -fopenmp

CPPFLAGS=-DHAVE_MPI -DHAVE_SCALAPACK -DHAVE_MKL

FC=mpifort
FCFLAGS= -O2 -cpp

CXX=g++
CXXFLAGS= -O2

LAPACK= ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_scalapack_lp64.a -Wl,--start-group ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_gf_lp64.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_gnu_thread.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_core.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_blacs_openmpi_lp64.a -Wl,--end-group -lgomp -lpthread -lm -ldl

SCALAPACK=

LIBXC_ROOT=${HOME}/opt/libxc-6.1.0/

LIBINT_ROOT=

LIBCINT=-lcint

The most tricky line is the MKL linking. Another way to obtain this line:

${MKLROOT}/bin/intel64/mkl_link_tool -libs  --compiler=gnu_f --linking=static --openmp=gomp --cluster_library=scalapack --mpi=openmpi

Spack

Spack is a handy scientific package manager. It is an easy way to obtain all the libraries needed by MOLGW, and in particular LIBCINT.

Install spack

If you do not have Spack yet, then install it with

git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git spack
. spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh  # or better add this line in the ~/.bashrc
spack compilers
==> Available compilers
-- gcc fedora33-x86_64 ------------------------------------------
gcc@10.2.1

Install libraries

Then compiling the libraries should be a piece of cake:

spack install openmpi                  # MPI
spack install intel-oneapi-mkl         # BLAS/LAPACK/SCALAPACK
spack install libxc                    # LIBXC
spack install libint tune=molgw-lmax-7 # LIBINT compilation especially tuned for MOLGW

Then, load the libraries with the module tool:

module available
#find the unique names for your modules and load them
module load openmpi
module load intel-mkl
module load libxc
module load libint

At this stage, the environment should be ready. Test it for instance with

echo $MKLROOT

With this, edit the file molgw/src/my_machine.arch:

OPENMP= -fopenmp

CPPFLAGS=-DHAVE_MPI -DHAVE_SCALAPACK -DHAVE_MKL

FC=mpifort
FCFLAGS= -O2 -cpp

CXX=g++
CXXFLAGS= -O2

LAPACK= ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_scalapack_lp64.a -Wl,--start-group ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_gf_lp64.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_gnu_thread.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_core.a ${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64/libmkl_blacs_openmpi_lp64.a -Wl,--end-group -lgomp -lpthread -lm -ldl

This simple example creates a fully operational version of MOLGW with OPENMP and MPI/SCALAPACK enabled.

Again, the most difficult line is the linking to MKL.