Revision as of 19:49, 20 November 2013

Prerequisite Software

Currently, GridPACK builds on Linux/UNIX sytems. Other operating systems are not supported at this time.

Building GridPACK is relatively complicated, primarily because it depends on several third-party software packages. These need to be built and installed prior to building GridPACK. Refer to the list of required software for what is needed.

Configuration

Configuration is the most complicated part of the process. CMake is used to configure GridPACK for building. The process insures that required software is available and usable. CMake expects to configure GridPACK in a directory other than the one containing the source code. Typically, one makes an empty directory, called build, say, and executes

 cmake [options] gridpack/source/directory

where options are used to locate required software and set compiler options. The shell script example_configuration.sh shows some examples of configuration options for a few systems.

Building

Once configured, GridPACK is built with

 make

which will take some time. If building on a multi-core system, building can go faster if multiple cores are use, e.g.,

 make -j 8

will use 8 simultaneous processes to build GridPACK.

Running Tests

After a successful build, GridPACK unit tests can be run with

 make test

which will produce a list of tests and whether they passed or failed.

Examples

If new to building GridPACK, it's usually best to start from a working example. Below, are detailed descriptions of building GridPACK on some specific machines:

• Mac OS X with MacPorts
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Ubuntu Linux
• PNNL Olympus cluster