Chapter 2. Installation

Table of Contents

Requirements
Graphical Interface: Tcl/Tk
Unpacking and compiling
Unix
Mac OSX
VMS
Windows/Cygwin
32 bit versus 64 bit versions
Environment
Unix
Mac OSX
VMS
Windows/Cygwin
Associated packages
PFT2/EM3DR2
Radon

Requirements

Bsoft has been compiled and tested on the platforms and with the compilers listed in Table 1. In principle the package could be compiled on any Unix-based operating system.

Table 2.1. Platforms on which Bsoft has been compiled and tested

MachineOperating systemCompilersBit depth
Apple Macintosh (G3, G4, G5, Intel)Mac OS X (10.0 - 10.4) (Darwin)gcc (cc, c++)32, 64 (G5, Intel)
Apple Macintosh PowerPC (G3)Linux (Redhat 5)gcc (gcc, c++)32
Intel/AMD x86 PCLinux (Redhat), FreeBSDgcc (gcc, c++)32
Intel/AMD x86_64Linux (Redhat & Suse)gcc (gcc, c++)32, 64
Intel Itanium2Linux (Redhat)icc64
SGI Octane, Fuel, Origin (MipsPro)IRIX (IRIX64)cc, CC (Native)32, 64
SunSolaris (SunOS)gcc (gcc, c++)32
IBMAIXcc (Native)32, 64
IBM PowerPCLinux (Suse)gcc (Native gcc)32, 64
Digital AlphaTru64 (OSF1)cc, cxx (Native)64
Digital AlphaLinux (Redhat 7)ccc, cxx (Native)64
Digital AlphaVMSCC, CXX (Native)32
Intel/AMDWindows XP/Cygwingcc32