# Gromacs-2020.3 with OpenCL

**URL:** <https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/gromacs-2020-3-with-opencl/568>\
**Category:** User discussions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/gromacs-2020-3-with-opencl/568 "2020-07-25T03:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@moto](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/u/moto)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/gromacs-2020-3-with-opencl/568/1 "2020-07-25T03:22:57Z")

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Dear All,

Does anyone know how to install gromacs-2020.3 with OpenCL GPU? I tried to install it by cmake, but it did not work. My CPU is Intel Core i5-8265U 1.6 GHz. My GPU is Intel UHD Grapics 620. My operating system is Ubuntu 18.04. Without OpenCL GPU, installation had been done without any trouble.

Sincerely,

Moto

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**Author:** ![rschulz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/gromacs.bioexcel.eu/rschulz/32/30_2.png) [@rschulz](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/u/rschulz)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/gromacs-2020-3-with-opencl/568/2 "2020-07-25T15:00:32Z")

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Documented here [http://manual.gromacs.org/current/install-guide/index.html#opencl-gpu-acceleration](http://manual.gromacs.org/current/install-guide/index.html#opencl-gpu-acceleration). If you still have a problem, say exactly what the problem is with full error message and such.

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**Author:** ![moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@moto](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/u/moto)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/gromacs-2020-3-with-opencl/568/3 "2020-07-28T19:18:19Z")

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Dear Mr. Schulz,

I appreciate your quick response. I am not familiar with computer language. I downloaded header and library files ([https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-ICD-Loader](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-ICD-Loader)). Then I placed header files under /usr/local/CL, and a libray file as /home/moto/OpenCL-ICD-Loader/build/test/driver\_stub/libOpenCLDriverStub.so.

Then I executed cmake under /home/moto/gromacs-2020.3/build as follows:

cmake … -DOpenCL\_INCLUDE\_DIR=/usr/local -DOpenCL\_LIBRARY=/home/moto/OpenCL-ICD-Loader/build/test/driver\_stub/libOpenCLDriverStub.so -DGMX\_GPU=ON -DGMX\_USE\_OPENCL=ON -DGMX\_OPENCL\_NB\_CLUSTER\_SIZE=4 -DGMX\_BUILD\_OWN\_FFTW=ON -DREGRESSIONTEST\_DOWNLOAD=ON

It looked OK. But when I executed make, I got error messages as follows. Could you please let me know what went wrong?

Sincerely,

Moto

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clBuildProgram’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clEnqueueNDRangeKernel’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clSetKernelArg’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clReleaseMemObject’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clFinish’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetCommandQueueInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clReleaseContext’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clReleaseEvent’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clEnqueueWriteBuffer’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clEnqueueReadBuffer’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clEnqueueBarrierWithWaitList’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clEnqueueFillBuffer’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetProgramBuildInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateContext’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetDeviceIDs’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetContextInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetDeviceInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clReleaseCommandQueue’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetPlatformIDs’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clWaitForEvents’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetEventProfilingInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateProgramWithBinary’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateCommandQueue’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetKernelWorkGroupInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clRetainEvent’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clRetainContext’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clReleaseProgram’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clFlush’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetProgramInfo’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateKernel’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateBuffer’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateKernelsInProgram’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clCreateProgramWithSource’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clReleaseKernel’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList’

…/…/lib/libgromacs.so.5.0.0: undefined reference to `clGetKernelInfo’

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

share/template/CMakeFiles/template.dir/build.make:97: recipe for target ‘bin/template’ failed

make[2]: \*\*\* [bin/template] Error 1

CMakeFiles/Makefile2:2219: recipe for target ‘share/template/CMakeFiles/template.dir/all’ failed

make[1]: \*\*\* [share/template/CMakeFiles/template.dir/all] Error 2

Makefile:162: recipe for target ‘all’ failed

make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2

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**Author:** ![icaspell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@icaspell](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/u/icaspell)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/gromacs-2020-3-with-opencl/568/4 "2022-10-21T18:54:15Z")

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I also get similar error with opencl
