Getting the source code

If you have git installed, you can download a copy of the repository with:

$ git clone https://gitlab.com/MD-CWI-NL/afivo.git

To update the local copy, use the command

$ git pull

in the afivo directory. You can also download a zip file with the latest version, but then it harder to update.

Compiling

On an up-to-date system with gfortran, simply do:

$ cd afivo
$ make -j 4

With make -j 4 the build is done in parallel, using four processors. To build sequentially, remove the -j argument. If you want to compile with runtime checks (useful for debugging) and profiling options, then do:

$ make clean
$ make DEBUG=1

It is also possible to compile with the Intel Fortran compiler, using the command

$ make COMPILER=ifort

Requirements

Fortran 2008 compatible compiler (gfortran >= 4.8 has been tested)
C/C++ compiler for compiling Silo (see below).

Afivo has one dependency: Silo. The script external_libraries/build_silo.sh automatically downloads, configures and compiles Silo into your Afivo directory. If this fails, then you should probably download, configure and install Silo yourself. If you really do not want to use Silo (Afivo also supports .vtu output), you could remove the Silo routines.