InstallWindows modified by Lam Son

Lam Son — Tue, 20 May 2014 05:33:20 -0000

How to install colloids under Windows

Tested only for 32bits systems

Prerequisite

MinGW

Download and run mingw-get

Install in c:\MinGW
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Add C:\MinGW\bin to the PATH environment variable. Environment variables can be modified in Control Pannel/System, then Advanced settings and Environment variables. You want to modify the “system” variables (bottom), not the “User” variables (top).

Boost

Download the last version of boost libraries at
Unzip in the directory you want (for example c:\Users\Dowloads\boost) that we will name $boost_src$ from now on.

Compile bjam by:

cd $boost_src$\tools\build\v2\engine\src
build.bat mingw
cd ..\..\..\..\..
copy .\tools\build\v2\engine\src\bin.ntx86\bjam.exe .

Configure and execute bjam to build boost by:

ECHO using gcc ; > project-config.jam
bjam install --prefix="c:\MinGW" --with-program_options --build-dir="$boost_src$\build"

build boost by:
```
make
make install
```

CImg

Download CImg
Extract CImg.h into c:\MinGW\include

FFTW

Downoload the precompiled fftw libraries
Extract fftw3.h to c:\MinGW\include
Extract the three dll files to c:\MinGW\bin
Copy c:\MinGW\bin\-3.dll to c:\MinGW\lib\.dll.a (fftw3f-3.dll => fftw3f.dll.a).

Extra: to be able to modify the configure script and makefiles

Download the autoconf macro archives and extract to c:\MinGW\share\alocal
After you modified configure.ac or makefile.ac, run autoreconf --install

Setup and install

Get the source from the svn server

Download and install TortoiseSVN
Create a directory that will contain the source (ex: C:\Users\me\Documents\colloids).
Right-click on the directory, and choose “SVN checkout”
- URL of repository is https://colloids.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/colloids/trunc
- Other options are as default
- Click ok: the source code gets downloaded

Configure

In the MinGW console (also called MSys) :

cd /c/Users/me/Documents/colloids
./configure –prefix=/c/MinGW -–with-boost -–with-boost_program_options=boost_program_options-mgw45-mt-d-1_46_1

Adapt the directory and the exact name of the boost library you have compiled. In c:\MinGW\lib you must have a file like libboost_program_options-mgw45-mt-d-1_46_1.a Keep only the underlined part.

Build and install

make
make install

Configure python

Prerequisites

Python (>2.5)
Numpy
Scypy
pygraph
Gnuplot and Gnuplot.py

PYTHONPATH

Add C:\Users\me\Documents\colloids\python to the environment variable PYTHONPATH. Create this variable if needed.

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