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\page cantera-build Building Cantera on a Unix, Linux, or Mac OS X Platform

\section ctbuild-sysreq System Requirements

Cantera can be built on most unix or unix-like platforms. Before you start, you'll need:

- \b Python. Most systems already have some version of Python
  installed. (Try typing "python" in a shell window.)  If you don't
  have it, or your version is older than Python 2.0, you can get the
  latest version at http://www.python.org. Python is used in the build
  process, and to process input files, so it is needed even if you
  plan to use Cantera only from C++, MATLAB, or Fortran.  
  - \b numarray. If you \e do want to use Cantera from Python, or if you
  want to run the graphical MixMaster application, you'll also need to
  install the numarray package, which may be obtained at
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy . In most cases, all that is
  required to build numarray is to type "python setup.py install" from
  within the directory where you have unpacked the numarray source
  code.



- <b>The GNU "make" program</b>. Most systems have this, but on some it might
  be called "gmake" instead of "make". 

- <b>A C/C++ compiler</b>. Virtually any reasonably recent compiler
should work.  The GNU gcc/g++ compiler, available free for many
platforms, works fine.

- Optional:
  - <b>MATLAB</b>. Only needed to if you plan to use Cantera from MATLAB. 
    To build the Cantera MATLAB Toolbox, your C/C++ compiler must be 
    compatible with the one used to compile MATLAB. In most cases this means
    you need to use gcc/g++ version 3.x if you have MATLAB 7 (R14) and gcc/g++ 2.95 if you have MATLAB 6 (R13). 
  - <b>a Fortran 90/95 compiler</b>. Only needed if you plan to use Cantera
    from Fortran 90/95. 

- Note: On a Mac, you'll need to download the "XCode Tools" from Apple,
which includes the gcc/g++ compiler and other GNU tools.


\section ctbuild-proc Build Procedure

To build Cantera, follow these steps:
 
- Get the source code. Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/cantera, 
  and download the latest source distribution, or check the source code out
  using anonymous CVS. Using CVS is recommended, since this makes it much 
easier to keep current. 

- Unpack it, and go into the top-level directory named "cantera". 

- Edit the file "configure" to set site-specific options. If you are
  installing on a linux or Mac OS X platform using the GNU compilers,
  you may not need to edit "configure" at all. Most of the options
  also may be set by defining a suitable environment variable. This is
  useful if you want to always use non-standard options, since you can
  define the appropriate environment variables in your login script. 
 
- Now run "configure" by typing:
  \verbatim
  ./configure
  \endverbatim
  or
  \verbatim
  ./configure --prefix=<installation_directory>
  \endverbatim  
  This will generate the Makefiles that will be used to build Cantera. 
  By default, Cantera will be installed in /usr/local/cantera. If you 
  want to install it somewhere else, run the configure script with the
  'prefix' option.
  For example, to install Cantera in a directory called "cantera" in your
  home directory, run the configure script like this:
  \verbatim
  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/cantera
  \endverbatim

- Type 'make' to compile Cantera. 

- Type 'make install' to install it. You will need write access to the install directory for this step, which may require you to preface the command with "sudo".

- To test the installation, type "make test". 

- At this point, you should have a functional Cantera installation. To
  try it out, go to the "demos" directory within the Cantera
  installation directory, and try out some of the Python or MATLAB
  demos.

\see \ref cxx-ctnew

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