Installing CAVERNsoft

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Here is some information on system requirements for working with this version of CAVERNsoft.

First install Nexus.

Get the latest Beta Version 4.1b5 of Nexus or its precompiled includes and libraries for SGI OS6.3 (and pthreads patched OS6.2).

If you downloaded the full Nexus distribution you need to compile it first with the following commands:

Install CAVERNsoft

After downloading the CAVERNsoft source distribution, edit the first five definitions in CAVERN_MAKEFILE_INCLUDES to point to the directory where the nexus lib, include directories, and where the CAVERNsoft src, and include directories are located.

Compile CAVERNsoft from the CAVERNsoft distribution directory with the following command:

The demos directory contains examples of CAVERN programs to get you started. The Makefiles in these directories rely on CAVERN_MAKEFILE_INCLUDES for the correct location of Nexus and CAVERN libraries.


Compiling a CAVERNsoft-based Application

The best way to begin is to use one of the demo program's Makefiles as an example- like:

Make sure to include the:

file in your Makefile.