From: Uwe Köcher Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:01:59 +0000 (+0200) Subject: updates introduction of sec 2.7 X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ceee857fd2ceb8b1366a5a3c0cd72343e1899cf;p=release-papers.git updates introduction of sec 2.7 --- diff --git a/9.3/paper.tex b/9.3/paper.tex index 9e84b52..785dece 100644 --- a/9.3/paper.tex +++ b/9.3/paper.tex @@ -921,19 +921,31 @@ solution vector at arbitrary points (see also the \subsection{Source based toolchain installer} \label{subsec:candi} -The source based installation of \dealii{} or -complex toolchains of multiple libraries working together with \dealii{} -can be done with the \candi{} script tool. \candi is a bash-script based tool, -it is the abbreviation of ``compile and install'' and it is released under the -GNU LGPL v3.0. +The requirement to download, compile and install \dealii{} and its dependencies from +source is of mayor interest for many \dealii{}-users. +% +This can be of importance on arbitrary Linux-based operating systems for which +binary-install package aren't available or on compute clusters and other machines +without root privileges for the user to install system dependencies. + +The source based installation of \dealii{} or complex toolchains of multiple libraries +working together with \dealii{} can be done with the \candi{} script tool for various +Linux operating systems, within the Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) and on OSX (experimental). +% +The general assumption is that a C, C++ and Fortran compiler and suitable MPI-compilers +for the base compilers as well as the corresponding development system packages are +available. + +\candi is a bash-script based tool, it is the abbreviation of ``compile and install'' +and it is released under the GNU LGPL v3.0. % The origin of \candi{} is a fork made in 2013 from \texttt{dorsal}, a retired source based installer for the \texttt{FEniCS} library. % The \candi{} tool can be found via the download page of \dealii{} since version 8.5 -and is under continuous and active maintenance. To install older releases of -\dealii{} toolchains one can checkout the branch corresponding to the -\dealii{}-version with \texttt{git}. +and is under active maintenance. +To install older releases of \dealii{} toolchains one can checkout the branch +corresponding to the \dealii{}-version with \texttt{git}. The installer supports the user to download, unpack, compile and install a certain library, a list of libraries or a complete toolchain.