Linux

Before installing BLASTER, users should take a look at the documentation of DART (here) as most required packages are required by BLASTER and DART. All necessary commands are repeated in this page.

Required packages

# Common
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git git-lfs
sudo apt install build-essential cmake
sudo apt install swig
sudo apt install libtbb-dev
sudo apt install libeigen3-dev
sudo apt install gmsh
# Python 3
sudo apt install python3-dev
sudo apt install python3-mpi4py python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-matplotlib

Optional packages

# MKL
sudo apt install libmkl-dev
echo "export INCLUDE=${INCLUDE}:/usr/include/mkl" >> ~/.bashrc
# MUMPS
sudo apt install libmumps-seq-dev
# VTK
sudo apt install libvtk9-dev libvtk9-qt-dev python3-vtk9
# Documentation
sudo apt install doxygen
sudo apt install graphviz

Build

# Get the code
git lfs install # enable large file support
git clone git@gitlab.uliege.be:am-dept/blaster.git # ssh only
cd blaster
git checkout dev
git pull
git submodule init # Enable DART
git submodule update
cd modules/dartflo
git submodule init # Enable amfe
git submodule update
cd ../../
# Build
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make [-j4]
[make install] # to install
[make dox] # to build the documentation
# Test
ctest [-E exclude_pattern] [-R include_pattern] [-j4]