Installation Instructions

This page holds instructions for obtaining and installing all of AstroBEAR's required packages.

Installing the Intel Compiler Suite

1. Go to ​Intel's compiler site for instructions on downloading Intel's Fortran and C/C++ compilers. Depending on the nature of your institution, you may be required to purchase a license.

2. Follow Intel's installation instructions to install the Fortran and C/C++ compilers in the /usr/local/intel/fce/compiler_version and /usr/local/intel/cce/compiler_version directories, respectively.

Installing the HDF4 Libraries

The following script can be used to download and install the HDF4 libraries. Note that make install must be run with root privileges.

wget ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF/HDF_Current/src/HDF4.2r1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf HDF4.2r1.tar.gz
cd HDF4.2r1
export LDFLAGS=-lm # The HDF4 package needs help finding math library
./configure -enable-fortran -prefix=/usr/local/hdf
make
make install

Installing the HDF5 Libraries

The following script can be used to download and install the HDF5 libraries. Note that make install must be run with root privileges.

export FC=ifort;export F77=ifort;export F9X=ifort
export CXX=icpc;export CXXCPP="icpc -E"
export CC=icc;export CPP="icc -E"
wget ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz
tar -xzvf hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz
cd hdf5-1.6.5
CFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure -prefix=/usr/local/hdf5_intel_9.0 -enable-fortran
make
make install

Downloading and installing LAM-MPI

This script should download and install version 7.1.4 of LAM-MPI.

export FC=ifort;export F77=ifort;export F9X=ifort
export CXX=icpc;export CXXCPP="icpc -E"
export CC=icc;export CPP="icc -E"
wget http://www.lam-mpi.org/download/files/lam-7.1.4.tar.gz
tar -xzvf lam-7.1.4.tar.gz
cd lam-7.1.4
./configure -prefix=/usr/local/lam-intel_9.0 -with-rsh="ssh -x" -with-fc=ifort
make
# As root:
make install
# Make a sim limk for "mpif90"
cd /usr/local/lam-intel_9.0/bin
ln -s mpif77 mpif90

Downloading and Installing PGPlot

wget ftp://ftp.astro.caltech.edu/pub/pgplot/pgplot5.2.tar.gz
tar -xzvf pgplot5.2.tar.gz
chmod -R a+rX pgplot
# As root:
mkdir /usr/lo cal/pgplot
cd /usr/local/pgplot
cp $ \sim$ /pgplot/drivers.list .
# EDIT drivers.list to include the drivers: PS, VPS, CPS, & VCPS
$ \sim$ /pgplot/makemake $ \sim$ /pgplot linux g77_gcc

          #Sidenote: If your system uses the newer gfortran instead of g77, edit the Makefile to reflect this. 
          #Also: if necessary, the location of 64-bit X11 libraries on x64 systems can be set via

          LIBS=-L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11
          MOTIF_LIBS=-lXm -lXt -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11
          ATHENA_LIBS=-lXaw -lXt -lXmu -lXext -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11
          TK_LIBS=-L/usr/lib -ltk -ltcl -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11 -ldl 

# Now you can proceed to make the library
make
make clean

Downloading and Installing OpenDX

wget http://opendx.npaci.edu/source/dx-4.4.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf dx-4.4.0.tar.gz
export CPPFLAGS=-Ihomedir /hdf/include/
export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/hdf/lib/
cd dx-4.4.0
./configure -prefix=/usr/local -with-hdf \
-x-includes=/usr/local/hdf/include/:/usr/X11R6/include \
-x-libraries=/usr/local/hdf/lib/:/usr/X11R6/lib64 -libdir=/usr/lib64
make
# As root:
make install