Installing CAVERNsoft

Before installing please note that CAVERNsoft is currently for the SGI only. In particular it requires an SGI with a pthreads-patched IRIX 6.2 or any SGI running IRIX 6.3, 6.4.

 
After downloading the CAVERNsoft source distribution, edit the first  definition in CAVERN_MAKEFILE_INCLUDES to point to the directory where the distribution directory will reside.

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.

The distribution libraries are already pre-compiled. You will however need to compile the tools and the demos. To do this type:


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.