Quantum Espresso is a software for electronic-structure calculations and materials modeling at the nanoscale. The installation of Quantum Espresso is quite easy because it includes external libraries which it needs. But we are encouraged to install Quantum Espresso using our own machine optimized external libraries such as Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS), Linear Algebra Package (LAPACK), Scalable LAPACK (SCALAPACK), and Fastest Fourier Transform in the West (FFTW). ###External Libraries There are several repositories or development teams which provide external libraries. For example is Netlib which provides BLAS, LAPACK, and SCALAPACK. But, for machines with Intel processor, maybe the best external libraries out there is Intel® Math Kernel Library which has a non-commercial version as standalone or included in Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2013 for Linux that can be downloaded in Intel Non-Commercial Software Development. Intel® Math Kernel Library provides BLAS, LAPACK, SCALAPACK, and even FFTW interfaces. ###Getting Started My test machine is Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F which has Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz with 8 cores and 16 threads and 64 GB RAM. For compilers I will be using Intel compilers which is included in Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2013 for Linux and OpenMPI for parallelization. ####Installing Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2013 for Linux

$ tar zxvf sources/parallel_studio_xe_2013_sp1_update1.tgz
$ ./parallel_studio_xe_2013_sp1_update1/install.sh

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Step 1 of 7 | Welcome
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Welcome to the Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE 2013 SP1 Update 1 for Linux*
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You will complete the steps below during this installation:
Step 1 : Welcome
Step 2 : License agreement
Step 3 : Activation
Step 4 : Intel(R) Software Improvement Program
Step 5 : Options
Step 6 : Installation
Step 7 : Complete

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-- Intel(R) Fortran Composer XE 2013 SP1 Update 1 for Linux*: Unsupported OS
-- Intel(R) C++ Composer XE 2013 SP1 Update 1 for Linux*: Unsupported OS
-- Power analysis is not enabled.
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Step 5 of 7 | Options > Pre-install Summary
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Install location:
    /home/pras/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2013

Component(s) selected:
    Intel(R) VTune(TM) Amplifier XE 2013 Update 13                         544MB
        Command line interface
        Sampling Driver kit
        Power Driver kit
        Graphical user interface

    Intel(R) Inspector XE 2013 Update 8                                    296MB
        Command line interface
        Graphical user interface

    Intel(R) Advisor XE 2013 Update 5                                      470MB
        Command line interface
        Graphical user interface

    Intel(R) Fortran Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1                             612MB
        Intel Fortran Compiler XE

    Intel(R) C++ Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1                                 580MB
        Intel C++ Compiler XE

    Intel(R) Debugger 13.0                                                 533MB
        Intel Debugger

    Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 1                             2.0GB
        Intel MKL core libraries
        Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessor support
        Fortran 95 interfaces for BLAS and LAPACK
        GNU* Compiler Collection support

    Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives 8.0 Update 1                2.8GB
        Intel IPP single-threaded libraries

    Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks 4.2 Update 1                        127MB
        Intel TBB

    GNU* GDB 7.5                                                           170MB
        GNU* GDB 7.5 on Intel(R) 64 (Provided under GNU General Public License
v3)
        GDB Eclipse* Integration on Intel(R) 64 (Provided under Eclipse Public
License v.1.0)

Install Space Required:     7.1GB

Driver parameters:
    Sampling driver install type: Driver kit files will be installed only
    Power driver install type: Driver kit files will be installed only
    Drivers will be accessible to everyone on this system. To restrict access, select Customize Installation > Change advanced options > Driver is accessible to and set group access.


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2. [x]    Intel(R) 64

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Note: This system is an Intel(R) 64 architecture system.
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Step 5 of 7 | Options
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2. Intel(R) VTune(TM) Amplifier XE 2013 Update 13 [All]
3. Intel(R) Inspector XE 2013 Update 8 [All]
4. Intel(R) Advisor XE 2013 Update 5 [All]
5. Intel(R) Fortran Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1 [All]
6. Intel(R) C++ Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1 [All]
7. Intel(R) Debugger 13.0 [All]
8. Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 1 [Custom]
9. Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives 8.0 Update 1 [Custom]
10. Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks 4.2 Update 1 [All]
11. GNU* GDB 7.5 [Custom]

Install Space Required:     7.1GB

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2. [x] Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 1
3.     [x] Intel MKL core libraries
4.     [x] Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessor support
5.     [x] Fortran 95 interfaces for BLAS and LAPACK
6.     [x] GNU* Compiler Collection support
7.     [ ] PGI* compiler support
8.     [ ] SP2DP interface for Intel(R) 64
9.     [ ] Cluster support

Install Space Required:     2.0GB

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2. [ ] Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 1
3.     [ ] Intel MKL core libraries
4.     [ ] Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessor support
5.     [ ] Fortran 95 interfaces for BLAS and LAPACK
6.     [ ] GNU* Compiler Collection support
7.     [ ] PGI* compiler support
8.     [ ] SP2DP interface for Intel(R) 64
9.     [ ] Cluster support

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2. [x] Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 1
3.     [x] Intel MKL core libraries
4.     [x] Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessor support
5.     [x] Fortran 95 interfaces for BLAS and LAPACK
6.     [x] GNU* Compiler Collection support
7.     [x] PGI* compiler support
8.     [x] SP2DP interface for Intel(R) 64
9.     [x] Cluster support

Install Space Required:     2.1GB

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2. Intel(R) VTune(TM) Amplifier XE 2013 Update 13 [All]
3. Intel(R) Inspector XE 2013 Update 8 [All]
4. Intel(R) Advisor XE 2013 Update 5 [All]
5. Intel(R) Fortran Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1 [All]
6. Intel(R) C++ Compiler XE 14.0 Update 1 [All]
7. Intel(R) Debugger 13.0 [All]
8. Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 11.1 Update 1 [All]
9. Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives 8.0 Update 1 [Custom]
10. Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks 4.2 Update 1 [All]
11. GNU* GDB 7.5 [Custom]

Install Space Required:     7.2GB

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You are now ready to begin installation. You can use all default installation
settings by simply choosing the "Start installation Now" option or you can
customize these settings by selecting any of the change options given below
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Step 7 of 7 | Complete
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$ vi ~/.bashrc

# .bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

# User specific aliases and functions
export PATH=/home/<user>/intel/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/<user>/intel/lib/intel64:/home/<user>/intel/mkl/lib/intel64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

$ export PATH=/home/<user>/intel/bin:$PATH
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/<user>/intel/lib/intel64:/home/<user>/intel/mkl/lib/intel64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

####Installing OpenMPI

$ tar zxvf sources/openmpi-1.6.5.tar.tar.gz
$ cd openmpi-1.6.5/
$ ./configure --prefix=/home/<user>/openmpi-install CC=icc FC=ifort F77=ifort CXX=icpc 2>&1 | tee c.txt
$ make all install 2>&1 | tee m.txt

$ vi ~/.bashrc

# .bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

# User specific aliases and functions
export PATH=/home/<user>/openmpi-install/bin:/home/<user>/intel/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/<user>/openmpi-install/lib:/home/<user>/intel/lib/intel64:/home/<user>/intel/mkl/lib/intel64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

$ export PATH=/home/<user>/openmpi-install/bin:$PATH
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/<user>/openmpi-install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

####Compiling Intel MKL FFTW Interface

$ cd ~/intel/mkl/interfaces/fftw3x_cdft/
$ make libintel64 compiler=intel mpi=openmpi INSTALL_DIR=/home/<user>/fftw3x_cdft-install 2>&1 | tee m.txt

####Installing Quantum Espresso 5.0.3

$ cd ~/sources/
$ tar zxvf espresso-5.0.2.tar.gz
$ mv -v espresso-5.0.2 ~/espresso-5.0.2-mkl
$ cd ~
$ cp -v ~/espresso-5.0.2/archive/* ~/espresso-5.0.2-mkl/archive/
$ cp -v ~/espresso-5.0.2/pseudo/* ~/espresso-5.0.2-mkl/pseudo/
$ cp -v ~/sources/espresso-5.0.2-5.0.3.diff ~/espresso-5.0.2-mkl/
$ cd ~/espresso-5.0.2-mkl/
$ tar zxvf ~/sources/PHonon-5.0.2.tar.gz
$ patch -p1 < espresso-5.0.2-5.0.3.diff
$ ./configure --enable-parallel --with-scalapack CXX=icpc SCALAPACK_LIBS="-lmkl_scalapack_lp64 -lmkl_blacs_openmpi_lp64" BLAS_LIBS="-L/home/<user>/intel/mkl/lib/intel64 -lmkl_intel_lp64 -lmkl_sequential -lmkl_core" LAPACK_LIBS="-L/home/<user>/intel/mkl/lib/intel64 -lmkl_lapack95_lp64" MPI_LIBS="-L/home/<user>/intel/mkl/lib/intel64 -lmkl_blacs_openmpi_lp64" FFT_LIBS="-L/home/<user>/fftw3x_cdft-install -lfftw3x_cdft_lp64" FCFLAGS="-O2 -xavx" CFLAGS="-O2 -xavx" FFLAGS="-O2 -xavx" 2>&1 | tee c.txt
$ make all 2>&1 | tee m.txt
$ cd PW/tests
$ ./check.pw.j

If you do not have previous Quantum Espresso installation, don’t worry, the installer and test program will automatically download required files for you. When you compare between Quantum Espresso installation with internal libraries and Quantum Espresso with Intel MKL libraries, you can expect 25% speed up. Good luck!