Compiling Continuity 6.3

Contents

  1. Compiling Continuity 6.3
    1. On Windows
    2. On Linux
    3. On PowerPC Mac
    4. On Intel Mac (with OSX 10.4)
    5. On Intel Mac (with OSX 10.5)
  2. Compiling Continuity 6.3 FAQ
    1. cannot find -lg2c

On Windows

  1. Installing Required Software

  2. Checkout Continuity from svn

  3. Setting environment variables: You need to set a total of 8 paths in 4 environment variables. Use the following template to use as your .profile file in your home folder in MSYS. Note: If any of the paths contain spaces, you will need to use the short names instead. Otherwise, the make system will not work. To find the short name of any folder, open a cmd prompt in Windows and cd to the parent folder of the folder you need the short name for. Then type dir /x and hit Enter. In the list, the short names appear right before the full names - just find the one(s) you need. 

    #!sh (-)
#continuity location
alias godev="cd /c/DOCUME~1/[PATH TO CONTINUITY]/ContinuityDev/"
export LIB="$LIB:/c/DOCUME~1/[PATH TO CONTINUITY]/ContinuityDev/winlib/"

#Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 (linker.exe)
export PATH="/c/Progra~1/[Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 ]/bin:$PATH" #link.exe
export LIB="$LIB:/c/PROGRA~1/[Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 ]/lib"

#Microsoft SDK
export LIB="$LIB:/c/Progra~1/[MICROSOFT PLATFORM SDK]/Lib"

#python.exe
export PATH="/c/Python25/:$PATH" 

#intel fortran compiler
export PATH="$PATH:/c/Progra~1/Intel/Compiler/Fortran/10.1.025/IA32/Bin"
export IFC_LIB_PATH="/c/Progra~1/Intel/Compiler/Fortran/10.1.025/IA32/Lib"
export LIB="$LIB:$IFC_LIB_PATH"

#add LIB to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$LIB
    Notes:
    • The godev alias is just a quick way to cd into your continuity root when you start MSYS. You can call it whatever you want.
    • You need to fill in the [ ] parts: [your username], [visual studio], [microsoft sdks]
    • [microsoft sdks] is just a folder named Microsoft SDKs in the Program Files directory, but the short name might be different from system to system.
  4. Compiling
    • Run msys and enter the following commands. 
         godev
   autoconf
   ./configure
   make
  5. Running (first time only)
    • If you plan on running the client, server, or both, run setup from the Continuity root directory: 
      ./setup
cd pcty
python ContinuityClient.py

      Note: if for any reason setup fails, simply copy all four dll files from winlib/ContSystem32 to the pcty directory.

    • When running Continuity for the first time as above, a prompt will ask you to update MglTools. Click Yes. Wait for the MglTools to be extracted and copied, and Continuity will exit. You might want to create a shortcut to the file pcty/ContinuityClient.py. If you want to change the icon for the shortcut, the icon can be found in pcty\client\forms\splash\continuity.ico.

  6. Running (normally): To run the client, simply run ContinuityClient.py in the pcty directory, or use a shortcut.

On Linux

  1. Installing Required Software

  2. Checkout Continuity from svn

  3. Setting environment variables
    1. If you use bash (most likely), edit your .bash_profile file (in your home directory) so that it includes this: 
      export PATH=$PATH:/opt/intel_fc_80/bin
export IFC_LIB_PATH=/opt/intel_fc_80/lib
      Then type "source .bash_profile" to activate these changes. If you are using a different version of the IFC (i.e. version 10), make sure that you set the paths accordingly.
    2. If you use csh (less likely), edit your .cshrc file (in your home directory) so that it includes this: 
      setenv IFC_LIB_PATH /opt/intel_fc_80/lib
set path = ( $path /opt/intel_fc_80/bin .)
      Then type "source .cshrc" to activate these changes.
  4. Compiling:

    1. First, cd into the directory where Continuity is checked out.

    2. Then, run ./updatemgl, and wait for MglToolsLib to be extracted

    3. Next, run some commands as shown below: 
      ./setup
source mglinit
autoconf
./configure
make

      If you don't have the intel fortran compiler version 8.0 or 10.0, you can use g95 instead, although this is not recommended. In this case you must configure like this: 

      ./configure --with-g95
  5. Running (first time only)
    • If you plan on running the client, server, or both, use the following command from the Continuity root directory: 
      ./setup
  6. Running (normally)
    • To run the client, type 
      ./continuity
    • To run the server, type: 
      ./continuityserver

On PowerPC Mac

  • Same as linux, except:
    • You MUST use g95 (not Intel Fortran Compiler)
    • at some point you have to run ranlib darwinlib/*.a

On Intel Mac (with OSX 10.4)

  1. Checkout Continuity from svn

  2. Install python 2.5 and libraries

    • python2.5. Install the "Universal Mac Installer"

    • Numpy

    • Install python packages like this:

      • tar -xzvf <package_you_downloaded.tar.gz>

      • cd <package_name>

      • python setup.py build
      • sudo python setup.py install
  3. Install X11 from your original MacOS X 10.4 CD.
    • Select "Optional Installs." When you get to the package selection screen, click "Applications" and select X11
  4. Install XCode Tools, also on the MacOS X 10.4 CD.

  5. Download and install g95 (http://ftp.g95.org/). Don't forget to add g95 to your path, or add a symbolic link in a bin directory. (see g95's readme)

  6. Install MglTools (http://mgltools.scripps.edu/downloads)

  7. Build superlu

    • cd <continuity>src/solverLibraries/superlu

    • make
    • if it gives you a copy error, ignore it

    • take ./superlu/src/libsuperlu.a and put it in <continuity>/darwinlib as libsuperlu_darwin.a

  8. Changed configure.in line 299 to point to the mgltools python2.4 

- am_ld_flags="-dynamic -bundle -bundle_loader ${CONT_ROOT}/pcty/MglToolsLib/ppcDarwin7/bin/python2.4"
+ am_ld_flags="-dynamic -bundle -bundle_loader /Library/MGLTools/1.4.6/i86Darwin8/bin/python2.4"
  1. autoconf ; ./configure --with-g95 ; make

On Intel Mac (with OSX 10.5)

  1. Install python libraries

    • Numpy

    • Install python packages like this:

      • tar -xzvf <package_you_downloaded.tar.gz>

      • cd <package_name>

      • python setup.py build
      • sudo python setup.py install
  2. Install XCode Tools, also on the MacOS X 10.4 CD.

  3. Download and install g95 (http://ftp.g95.org/). Don't forget to add g95 to your path, or add a symbolic link in a bin directory. (see g95's readme)

  4. Install MglTools (http://mgltools.scripps.edu/downloads)

  5. Build superlu

    • cd <continuity>src/solverLibraries/superlu

    • make
    • if it gives you a copy error, ignore it

    • take ./superlu/src/libsuperlu.a and put it in <continuity>/darwinlib as libsuperlu_darwin.a

  6. Changed configure.in line 299 to point to the mgltools python2.5 

- am_ld_flags="-dynamic -bundle -bundle_loader ${CONT_ROOT}/pcty/MglToolsLib/ppcDarwin7/bin/python2.4"
+ am_ld_flags="-dynamic -bundle -bundle_loader /Library/MGLTools/1.4.6/i86Darwin8/bin/python2.4"
  1. autoconf ; ./configure --with-g95 ; make

Compiling Continuity 6.3 FAQ

cannot find -lg2c

  • Do a "locate libg2c" to make sure its installed on your system. On my system I found this: /usr/lib/libg2c.so.0

    But no file named exactly libg2c.so. A quick soft link should fix this problem: 

     cd /usr/lib
 sudo ln -s libg2c.so.0 libg2c.so