Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP) is a computer program for atomic scale materials modelling, e.g. electronic structure calculations and quantum-mechanical molecular dynamics, from first principles.

To compile VASP, I will be using the following

1. Intel Compiler XE 12.1.5
2. OpenMPI 1.6.5
3. Maths Kernel Library (MKL)
4. CentOS 6.3 / RH 6.3

A. Prerequisites

Step 1: Install and Compile Intel XE Compilers 12.1.5 and OpenMPI 1.6.5

1. Compiling OpenMPI 1.6.5 with Intel 12.1.5 on CentO 6

Step 2: Intel MKL FFTW wrappers

1. Compile and Build FFTW3 wrapper routines on MKL implementation of FFT

B. Compiling VASP Libraries

Assuming you have unpacked the VASP files. Here is may make file

.SUFFIXES: .inc .f .F
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Makefile for LINUX NAG f90
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# fortran compiler
FC=ifort

# C-preprocessor
#CPP     = /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/cpp -P -C $*.F >$*.f
CPP      = gcc -E -P -C -DLONGCHAR $*.F >$*.f

CFLAGS = -O
FFLAGS = -Os -FI
FREE   = -FR

DOBJ =  preclib.o timing_.o derrf_.o dclock_.o  diolib.o dlexlib.o drdatab.o

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# general rules
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

libdmy.a: $(DOBJ) linpack_double.o
-rm libdmy.a
ar vq libdmy.a $(DOBJ)

linpack_double.o: linpack_double.f
$(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(NOFREE) -c linpack_double.f

# files which do not require autodouble
lapack_double.o: lapack_double.f
$(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(NOFREE) -c lapack_double.f
lapack_single.o: lapack_single.f
$(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(NOFREE) -c lapack_single.f
#lapack_cray.o: lapack_cray.f
#       $(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(NOFREE) -c lapack_cray.f

.c.o:
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c
.F.o:
$(CPP)
$(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(FREE) $(INCS) -c $*.f
.F.f:
$(CPP)
.f.o:
$(FC) $(FFLAGS) $(FREE) $(INCS) -c $*.f

C. Compiling VASP

1. Copy the Makefile from makefile.linux_ifc_P4 in the vasp software.

# cp makefile.linux_ifc_P4 Makefile

2. Edit the Makefile

FC (~ line 62)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# fortran compiler and linker
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FC=mpif90
# fortran linker
FCL=$(FC) -mkl

FFLAGS (~line 108)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# general fortran flags  (there must a trailing blank on this line)
# byterecl is strictly required for ifc, since otherwise
# the WAVECAR file becomes huge
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FFLAGS =  -FR -names lowercase -assume byterecl

BLAS (~ line 149)

# BLAS
# setting -DRPROMU_DGEMV  -DRACCMU_DGEMV in the CPP lines usually speeds up program execution
# BLAS= -Wl,--start-group $(MKL_PATH)/libmkl_intel_lp64.a $(MKL_PATH)/libmkl_intel_thread.a $(MKL_PATH)/libmkl_core.a -Wl,--end-group -lguide
# faster linking and available from at least version 11
BLAS= -mkl=sequential

LAPACK (~ line 158)

# LAPACK from mkl, usually faster and contains scaLAPACK as well
#LAPACK= $(MKL_PATH)/libmkl_intel_lp64.a
LAPACK =

CPP ( ~ line 223)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CPP = $(CPP_) -DMPI -DHOST=\"LinuxIFC\" -DIFC \
-DCACHE_SIZE=4000 -DPGF90 -Davoidalloc -DNGZhalf \
-DMPI_BLOCK=8000 -Duse_collective -DscaLAPACK \
-DRPROMU_DGEMV -DRACCMU_DGEMV

SCALAPACK (~ line 233)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# location of SCALAPACK
# if you do not use SCALAPACK simply leave this section commented out
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

# usually simplest link in mkl scaLAPACK
BLACS= -lmkl_blacs_openmpi_lp64
SCA= $(MKL_PATH)/libmkl_scalapack_lp64.a $(BLACS)

LIBRARIES (~line 238)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# libraries
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

LIB = -L../vasp.5.lib -ldmy \
../vasp.5.lib/linpack_double.o \
$(SCA) $(LAPACK) $(BLAS)

Parallel FFT (~ line 246)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# parallel FFT
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

# FFT: fftmpi.o with fft3dlib of Juergen Furthmueller
FFT3D = fftmpi.o fftmpi_map.o fft3dfurth.o fft3dlib.o

References:

1. Building VASP* with Intel® MKL and Intel® Compilers

(Intel Developer Zone)

2. How to Compile VASP on NSC’s Triolith
3. Installing VASP
4. How to build VASP-4.6.36 and VASP-5.2.8 on Intel Westmere with Infiniband network