build/linux.md

+---
+title: Linux
+---
+# Linux
+Before installing BLASTER, users should take a look at the documentation of DART ([here](https://gitlab.uliege.be/am-dept/dartflo/-/wikis/build_linux)) as most required packages are required by BLASTER and DART. All necessary commands are repeated in this page.
+
+**Required packages**  
+```bash
+# 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**
+```bash
+# 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**
+```bash
+# 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]
+```
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