mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/install/dir ../deal.II
- make
make install
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These steps compile, link and install the deal.II library. The
<li> <code>/path/install/dir</code> is the directory which deal.II
should be installed into. This can be a directory in your home
directory (e.g., <code>~/bin/deal.II</code>) or a directory
- such as <code>/usr/local</code> if you have root privileges.
+ such as <code>/usr/local</code> if you have root privileges.
+ Another option is to use <code>`pwd`/../installed/</code> (note the
+ backticks).
<li> If your machine has multiple processors, use <code>make
- -jN</code> in the last two steps, where <code>N</code> is the
+ -jN</code> in the last step, where <code>N</code> is the
number of simultaneous build processes you want <code>make</code>
to use at any given time. Allowing <code>make</code> to use
more simultaneous build processes (assuming you have that many
paths.</b>
However, this behavior can be changed using command line switches to
the initial call to <code>cmake</code>. A detailed description
- can be found <a href="development/cmake.html">here</a>.
+ can be found here: <a href="development/cmake.html">Detailed build system description</a>.
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