1. Get the library 

ftp://ftp.cs.utexas.edu/pub/plapack/R1.1/

The binaries each correspond to a given platform.  As an example,
we will assume you download plapackR11.sp2.tar.Z, the IBM SP2 version.

2. Get the solver release :

ftp://ftp.cs.utexas.edu/pub/plapack/SOLVERS/R1.1/solversR11.tar.Z

3. Prepare the library 

a.  cd to the directory in which you want the PLAPACK directory to
reside, and move the plapackR11.sp2.tar.Z file to the current
directory.  

b. execute the command
  % zcat plapackR11.sp2.tar.Z | tar xvf -

This create a PLAPACK directory and fills it up with some files.

c. edit the file PLAPACK/Make.include : you only need to 
set the variable PLAPACK_ROOT (at the top of Make.include.)
Set PLAPACK_ROOT to the full path name of your PLAPACK directory.

4. Prepare the solver package.

a.  Move the file solversR11.tar.Z to your PLAPACK directory.

b.  Untar it:
  % zcat solversR11.tar.Z | tar xvf -

This creates a SOLVERS directory inside your PLAPACK directory,
and fills it with files.

5.  Build the solver package and sample driver

  %  cd SOLVERS

  %  make

  %  cd EXAMPLES

  %  make

6.  Run the sample driver

  (IBM SP2)
  %  LU_driver.x -procs 4

  (Cray T3E)
  %  mpprun -n 4 LU_driver.x

  (Using MPI's mpirun)
  %  mpirun -np 4 LU_driver.x