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1/*
2 * Project: MoleCuilder
3 * Description: creates and alters molecular systems
4 * Copyright (C) 2010 University of Bonn. All rights reserved.
5 * Please see the LICENSE file or "Copyright notice" in builder.cpp for details.
6 */
7
8/**
9 * \file install.dox
10 *
11 * Created on: Oct 28, 2011
12 * Author: heber
13 */
14
15/**
16 * \page install Installation
17 *
18 * \section install-prerequisites Prerequisites
19 *
20 * Several packages are required or advised for compilation of the code.
21 * The code has been developed under ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04, so in the
22 * following we concentrate on these systems.
23 *
24 * A specific section will be added when (cross-)compilation for Windows
25 * has succeeded. Note that compiling without Qt under GNU/Cygwin is
26 * relatively straight-forward along the lines of the required packages
27 * for Ubuntu.
28 *
29 * \subsection install-prerequisites-ubuntu ... for Ubuntu
30 *
31 * Under Ubuntu 12.04 the following packages are required:
32 * -# C++ compiler: e.g. g++
33 * -# LAPACK: liblapack-dev
34 * -# GSL: libgsl0-dev
35 * -# BLAS: e.g. libopenblas-dev or libatlas-base-dev
36 * -# Many Boost Libraries: libboost1.48-all-dev
37 * -# gawk: gawk
38 * -# pkg-config: pkg-config
39 * -# CodePatterns: see below for instructions
40 *
41 * The following packages are optional. Note however that certain features
42 * are not available when these packages are missing:
43 * -# MoleCuilder scripting and start scripts
44 * -# Python: python, python-dev
45 * -# Documentation generated from source code:
46 * -# doxygen: doxygen
47 * -# GraphViz: dot
48 * -# Unit tests
49 * -# CppUnit: libcppunit-dev
50 * -# Graphical User Interface
51 * -# Qt: qt4-dev-tools libqt4-core qt4-qmake
52 * -# Qt3D: see below for instructions
53 * -# BOSSANOVA scheme
54 * -# JobMarket: see below for instructions
55 * -# MPQC: see below for instructions
56 * -# ScaFaCoS: see below for instructions
57 * -# VTK: see below for instructions
58 * -# levmar: see below for instructions
59 *
60 * If you are programming with or for MoleCuilder, the following packages are
61 * advised to use:
62 * -# ccache: ccache
63 * -# git: git
64 * -# autotools: autoconf automake autoheader autoconf libtool
65 *
66 * Under Ubuntu 14.04 the required packages remain the same but the following
67 * notes apply:
68 * -# boost must be at least 1.50 as there is some bug with recognizing
69 * pthreads with the new gcc version.
70 * -# no need to compile VTK on your own, just use the VTK-5.8 that comes with
71 * this Ubuntu version.
72 * -# note that prior to 1.4.7 Ubuntu 14.04 is not supported and requires some
73 * changes in the automake/autoconf parts.
74 *
75 * \subsection install-prerequisites-other Other packages
76 *
77 * Here, we want to give some advice on how we managed to compile packages that
78 * don't come as a Debian/Ubuntu package:
79 *
80 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-codepatterns CodePatterns
81 *
82 * CodePatterns are some general object oriented patterns implemented in C++
83 * which are a sort of novice attempt to what some of the boost libraries can
84 * do. E.g. a thread-safe singleton pattern.
85 *
86 * Refer to the project's webpage for further instructions.
87 *
88 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-qt3d Qt3D
89 *
90 * The graphical user interface heavily relies on Qt3D to display atoms and
91 * their bonds and to allow for selections. As the GUI has been developed with
92 * Qt4.8 where Qt3D is not yet implemented - this has been done with Qt5 --
93 * Qt3D has to be compiled and installed manually. Required for compilation
94 * are the complete dev-tools of Qt4. Then, obtain the code from the repository
95 * as described here: http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qt3d-1.0/qt3d-building.html
96 * Make sure that the branch \b qt4 is checked out.
97 * Afterwards, create the Makefiles (check that qt4's qmake is used!), compile, and
98 * install via
99 * \code
100 * qmake-qt4 quick3d.pro
101 * sudo make
102 * sudo make install
103 * \endcode
104 * Note that I had to manually create \b /usr/include/qt4/Qt3D to pass
105 * compilation and installation with error.
106 *
107 * Furthermore, we require a Qt3D pkg-config file, which is sadly not created.
108 * This can be easily created by copying e.g. QtOpenGl.pc and search&replacing
109 * OpenGl to Qt3D (check for double QtQt appearances).
110 *
111 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-jobmarket JobMarket
112 *
113 * JobMarket is a package for allowing a server to give wrapped-up jobs to
114 * clients which work on the given job and return some wrapped-up results.
115 * This has been implemented with boost::asio.
116 *
117 * The package is private property of Frederik Heber. Contact the author for
118 * further information on how to obtain the code and installation instructions.
119 *
120 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-scafacos ScaFaCoS
121 *
122 * ScaFaCoS (http://www.scafacos.org/) is a library of fast Coulomb solvers,
123 * created by the same-named BMBF funded project. The library contains Versatile
124 * MultiGrid (vmg) as one of its solvers which is used in the BOSSANOVA scheme
125 * for the calculation of long-range forces.
126 *
127 * ScaFaCoS requires the following packages to compile:
128 * -# MPI: mpi-default-dev libopenmpi-dev
129 * -# F2C: libf2c2-dev
130 * -# Fortran compiler: gfortan
131 * -# VTK >=5.10
132 *
133 * Firstly, you should obtain a recent copy of the visualization tool kit (VTK)
134 * (http://www.vtk.org/) and compile as
135 * \code
136 * export MPI_HOME=$( which mpirun | sed 's#/bin/mpirun##g')
137 * export CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC
138 * cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<install-path> \
139 * -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE \
140 * -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH:BOOL=OFF \
141 * -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH:PATH=<install-path>/lib/vtk-<install-version> \
142 * -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH:BOOL=ON \
143 * -DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH:BOOL=OFF \
144 * -DVTK_USE_PARALLEL:BOOL=ON \
145 * -DVTK_USE_MPI:BOOL=ON \
146 * -DMPI_LIBRARY:PATH=${MPI_HOME}/lib/libmpi.so \
147 * -DMPI_EXTRA_LIBRARY:PATH=${MPI_HOME}/lib/libmpi_cxx.so \
148 * -DMPI_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=${MPI_HOME}/include/mpi \
149 * ..
150 * make -j4
151 * make install
152 * \endcode
153 * where we force rpath-linking and shared libraries (MPI is actually not
154 * required here).
155 *
156 * Compilation additionally required use of
157 * \code CPPFLAGS="-fPIC" \endcode
158 * to generate position-independent code. This is because ScaFaCoS so far does
159 * not use libtool which would otherwise take care of this and created shared
160 * libraries. Note that VMG is the only required solver, others are not used, e.g.
161 * for a debug compile you might want to use:
162 * \code
163 * ../configure \
164 * -C \
165 * --prefix=<path> \
166 * --enable-shared \
167 * BSPLINE_DEG=3 \
168 * MPICC=mpicc.openmpi \
169 * MPICXX=mpicxx.openmpi \
170 * MPIEXEC=mpirun.openmpi \
171 * CPPFLAGS="-Wall -g3 -O0 -ggdb -fPIC" \
172 * --enable-mpi \
173 * --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib --with-boost=/usr \
174 * --with-vtk=<path-to-vtk> --with-vtk-version=<vtk-version path string, i.e. -5.10> \
175 * --enable-fcs-solvers=vmg
176 * \endcode
177 * where we specify a recent boost and the installed VTK version from above.
178 *
179 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-levmar LevMar
180 *
181 * We also require the levmar (http://www.ics.forth.gr/~lourakis/levmar/) which
182 * implements a Levenberg-Marquardt for non-linear regression which is employed
183 * for fitting empirical potentials to energies obtained from calculated
184 * fragment energies.
185 *
186 * Compile and install as follows
187 * \code
188 * cmake \
189 * -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<install-path> \
190 * -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fPIC" \
191 * ..
192 * make
193 * cp -f liblevmar.a <install-path>/lib
194 * cp -f levmar.h <install-path>/include
195 * \endcode
196 * where we have to copy the stuff by hand as no \a install target exists.
197 *
198 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-mpqc MPQC
199 *
200 * Massively Parallel Quantum Chemistry (http://www.mpqc.org/) is a Hartree-Fock
201 * solver with emphasis on concurrency. We, however, require only the solver part.
202 * The code base has been adapted a bit to allow use as a JobMarket-compatible
203 * client. Also, it uses the ScaFaCoS package to calculate long-range forces.
204 *
205 * \subsubsection install-prerequisites-other-python Python
206 *
207 * All required Python package are available under Ubuntu 12.04. However, you
208 * may encounter the compilation error in connection with \b pyconfig.h.
209 *
210 * In this case, execute
211 * \code
212 * sudo updatedb
213 * \endcode
214 * in order to update the locate database which is used to find the file.
215 *
216 * \section install-compiling Compiling the Code
217 *
218 * After you obtained the code, you do the following:
219 *
220 * \code
221 * ./bootstrap
222 * \endcode
223 *
224 * This creates the necessary autoconf and automake files.
225 *
226 * After this,
227 *
228 * \code
229 * mkdir build
230 * cd build
231 * ../configure --prefix=`pwd`
232 * \endcode
233 *
234 * which will run the configure script that checks whether you meet all the
235 * requirements. Note that you may supply system-specific paths as follows:
236 * -# GNU Scientific Library (specify via LDFLAGS, ...)
237 * -# Qt4 framework (--with-Qt=<dir> or --with-Qt-include-dir, --with-Qt-bin-dir,
238 * --with-Qt-lib-dir and --with-Qt-lib)
239 * -# Boost library 1.40 or newer with program_options and threads (--with-boost=<dir>,
240 * --with-boost-lib=<path>)
241 * -# CPPUnit framework (--with-cppunit-prefix=<dir>)
242 * -# CodePatterns (--with-codepatterns=<dir>)
243 *
244 * The following packages are optional (code parts/features are disabled if not
245 * found):
246 * -# JobMarket (--enable-jobmarket --with-jobmarket=<dir>
247 * -# VMG library of ScaFaCoS (--enable-vmg --with-vmg-mpi MPICXX=mpicxx PKGCONFIG=<path to ScaFaCoS pkdir>)
248 * -# levmar (--with-levmar=<dir>)
249 *
250 * \a --prefix is the argument to tell configure where all program code should go
251 * to (pwd is the unix command for the current working directory). There are
252 * others, see
253 *
254 * \code
255 * ../configure --help
256 * \endcode
257 *
258 * and some enable/disable switches you should check out:
259 *
260 * - \a --enable-ecut - says that the TestRunner, comprising all unit tests in one
261 * exectuable, shall make use of the Eclipse CppUnitTest (ECUT). If this is
262 * started within eclipse with this plugin installed, a shiny interface will tell
263 * you what failed and what not.
264 * - \a --enable-debug - activates many internal asserts, memory debugger and more
265 * (makes code a lot slower but gives information in case something fails)
266 * - \a --enable-python - activates python scripting. For one you can control
267 * molecuilder within your python code by simply calling its actions. For another
268 * it automatically executes a script \b molecuilder.py in the current folder
269 * prior to launching the respective UI.
270 * - \a --disable-cache - disables caching of certain variables (see CodePatterns).
271 * - \a --enable-valgrind - each test of the testsuite is launched by wrapping
272 * the call through valgrind checking on correct handling of memory.
273 *
274 *
275 * \note A note about configure: If one library is found only under some specific path, you
276 * can add CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, ... to the configure call, like this
277 * \code
278 * ../configure --prefix=`pwd` --enable-hydrogen CFLAGS="-Wall -g3" CXXFLAGS="-Wall -g3"
279 * \endcode
280 * which enables all compiler warnings and full debugging of the code without any
281 * optimization. configure saves these variables, too, such that when it is called
282 * to re-configure it will still make use of them from its cache file.
283 *
284 * There are several flags that change the way molecuilder is compiled and probably
285 * make it run faster, more unsafe, ...
286 * -# \a -DLOG_OBSERVER, What the Observers do is logged, the log is printed on exit
287 * -# \a -DNO_MEMDEBUG, MemDebug (memory debugger) is disabled
288 * -# \a -DNO_CACHING, Cachable are short-wired, i.e. always recalculate, this slows
289 * down the code a lot
290 * -# \a -DNDEBUG, include NO_MEMDEBUG, also ASSERTs are not checked, this speeds up
291 * the code by a factor of 5
292 *
293 * \subsection install-difficulties Difficulties
294 *
295 * You might encounter some problems along the way, which we list up here:
296 * -# Switching from Lucid Lynx to Precise Pangolin, libtool has been patched to
297 * \b link_all_deplibs=no which causes linking to fail. A temporary way around it
298 * is to seek&replace all instances in your build directory (replace no with
299 * unknown). The more general way is to replace packaged and patched libtool
300 * with an unpatched version you have to compile yourself.
301 *
302 * \section install-install Installing
303 *
304 * Now, we are ready to compile and install.
305 *
306 * \code
307 * make
308 * make install
309 * \endcode
310 *
311 * \attention If you have a multi-core system, it is highly recommended to use the
312 * \a -j option of make to allow for multiple threads to work on compiling or
313 * checking the codfe simultaneously.
314 *
315 * And if everything went well, you should launch the unit tests and the testsuite
316 * by (see section \ref tests on how to launch the tests individually)
317 *
318 * \code
319 * make check
320 * \endcode
321 *
322 * If everything is OK, you have a working version of MoleCuilder in form of the
323 * executables \b bin/molecuilder and \b bin/molecuildergui.
324 *
325 * If you have to delete all compiled stuff, enter
326 *
327 * \code
328 * make clean
329 * \endcode
330 *
331 * or
332 *
333 * \code
334 * make distclean
335 * \endcode
336 *
337 * which will also delete all autoconf stuff for configure.
338 *
339 * distclean is at times necessary when stuff does not compile and there's
340 * seemingly no logic behind it, i.e. especially when paths of modules have
341 * changed. To recover your configure options, either look at \b config.log in
342 * the build directory or enter
343 *
344 * \code
345 * ./config.status --version
346 * \endcode
347 *
348 * Further useful commands are
349 * -# make clean uninstall: deletes .o-files and removes executable from the given
350 * binary directory
351 * -# make doc: Creates these html pages out of the documented source
352 * -# make distcheck: Checks whether the code compiles and all tests runs without
353 * from a distributed archive. This is checked for each release version.
354 *
355 * \date 2014-08-21
356 */
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