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=  ALPS on Windows  =

The current ALPS CVS version (1.3b3) compiles now on Windows under the
most recent Cygwin environment in the serial version. I didn't yet try to build 
a MPI version of the library.

==  How to compile and install the ALPS libraries  ==
*  Download the latest Setup.exe from www.cygwin.com
*  Launch Setup.exe 
*  In the package selection choose the following packages in addition to the ones already selected:
*  Develop: bison (only needed for the applications later on)
*  Develop: boost
*  Develop: boost-devel
*  Develop: flex (only needed for the applications later on)
*  Develop: gcc-g++
*  Develop: expat
*  Develop: make
*  Libs: libxslt
*  Math: lapack
*  Do *not* install the sunrpc package, the ALPS CVS version now comes with its own XDR code. 

*  Finish the Cygwin install
*  open the cygwin shell; you are then in your cygwin home directory
*  untar the alps library tarball you have downloaded at a location of your choice
*  change into the alps source directory
*  Launch configure with the following command typed on a single line. You might need to change the path to boost in case cygwin includes a more recent version. (Warning, due to some Windows/Cygwin limitations the following configure scripts might perform somewhat slowly) 

  configure 
  --with-boost-incdir=/usr/include/boost-1_33_1
  --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib  
  --with-boost-toolset=gcc-mt-s-1_33_1

*  start compiling and installing:

  make &amp;&amp; make install

That's it!

==  How to compile and install the ALPS Applications  ==
*  Download a  [[Download | lp_solve]] tarball.
*  Check that you have installed the "bison" and "flex" cygwin packages listed above
*  change into the lp_solve source directory
*  compile the lp_solve library:

  make -f Makefile.linux

*  download and untar the alps application tarball at a location of your choice.
*  change into the alps application source tree.
*  launch the configure script indicating the location of your lp_solve directory, where you compiled the lp_solve library:

 configure --with-lp_solve=$HOME/libraries/lp_solve

*  configure should find all prerequisites in order to compile all applications
*  start compiling

 make &amp;&amp; make install

* you should then add the alps applications and tools to your path. you can do this by creating or editing the file .bashrc in your home directory (as on a unix machine) and adding the following line

  export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/ALPS/bin

* if you close the shell and open it again, the alps applications will be at your disposal. 

That's it!

Please report any positive or constructive feedback to me ([[User:Aml |AML]]) or to the developer mailing list.

&copy; 2006 by Andreas L&auml;uchli