High Performance Linpack

1. Install OpenMPI
   • Download and unzip

     wget https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v5.0/openmpi-5.0.6.tar.gz
     tar xzf openmpi-5.0.6.tar.gz
     cd openmpi-5.0.6/
     

   • Compile
     Preferably installed at "/usr/local/" but require sudo access

     ./configure --prefix=<OPENMPI_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>
     make
     make install
     

2. Install OpenBLAS
   • Download and unzip

     wget https://github.com/OpenMathLib/OpenBLAS/releases/download/v0.3.28/OpenBLAS-0.3.28.tar.gz
     tar xzf OpenBLAS-0.3.28.tar.gz
     cd OpenBLAS-0.3.28/
     

   • Compile
     Preferably installed at "/usr/local/" but require sudo access

     make
     make PREFIX=<OPEN_BLAS_INSTALL_DIRECTORY> install
     

3. Update Path
   • Update path to OpenMPI and OpenBLAS in .bashrc or .zshrc

     export PATH=<OPENMPI_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>/bin:$PATH
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<OPENMPI_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<OPEN_BLAS_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     

     source ~/.bashrc
     

     or

     source ~/.zshrc
     

4. Download HPL
   • Using wget or curl download from official website:

     wget http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/hpl-2.3.tar.gz
     

     or

     curl -O http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/hpl-2.3.tar.gz
     

   • Unzip

     tar -xf hpl-2.3.tar.gz
     

   1. Compile with CPU

   2. Compile with AMD GPU