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diff --git a/academic/meep/README b/academic/meep/README index a0623df2cc..4bfc8b293b 100644 --- a/academic/meep/README +++ b/academic/meep/README @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ meep (electromagnetic FDTD solver) Meep is a free and open-source software package for electromagnetics -simulation via the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method spanning -a broad range of applications. It saves results in hdf5 format. +simulation via the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method +spanning a broad range of applications. It saves results in hdf5 +format. + +This package requires: hdf5, libctl, lapack, mpb You probably will also want to preinstall: harminv, openmpi @@ -17,26 +20,27 @@ interface will not build without it. Configuration: -If the build script can find the ATLAS libraries, it will adapt the -configure options to use them, rather than the the default choice of -lapack. +If the build script can find the ATLAS libraries, it will adapt the +configure options to use them, rather than the the default choice of +lapack. -You can add additional options to the command line using -the environment variable SBOPTIONS_MEEP; e.g. to enable MPI -(multi-processor calculation) using openmp, use: +You can add additional options to the command line using the +environment variable SBOPTIONS_MEEP; e.g. to enable MPI (multi- +processor calculation) using openmp, use: SBOPTIONS_MEEP="--with-openmp" ./meep.Slackbuild -Alternatively, if building non-interactively (e.g. if using slpkg), -use/create the file /etc/sbo_pkg_options.conf since this slackbuild -script will search it for options. Simply include a line starting +Alternatively, if building non-interactively (e.g. if using slpkg), +use/create the file /etc/sbo_pkg_options.conf since this slackbuild +script will search it for options. Simply include a line starting "meep:" followed by options, e.g.: meep: --with-openmp -Currently, building the python support for meep can be problematic -unless the mpb package is also installed; if you do so, and (e.g.) use -openmp, it is best to build mpb with the same option. You may also -need to install mpi4py using pip. If you do not want python support, -specify "--without-python", and in this case installing mpb is not -necessary. +Currently, building the python support for meep can be problematic +unless the mpb package is also installed; if you do so, and (e.g.) +use openmp, it is best to build mpb with the same option. You may +also need to install mpi4py using pip. If you do not want python +support, specify "--without-python", and in this case installing mpb +is not necessary. + |