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docs/README.txt

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+README.txt           (docs directory)
+
+
+Contents of the Directory
+-------------------------------
+
+
+   1 install_examples directory
+     --------------------------------
+
+      The install_examples directory contains various successful compilation environments that 
+      Cantera has been tested out on. These files are "pre-preconfig files". In other words
+      these are shell scripts that are executed before Cantera's main preconfig script is run.
+      
+      In order to use these scripts, you should copy them to the top directory of the Cantera
+      distribution. Then, most of the scripts will still need some editing to specify path
+      information and locations of the installation directory.
+      Then, you can then execute the scripts to create the Makefiles in the distribution.
+      A typical successful session of making the distribution, testing it, and then running
+      the small test problem section would consist of the following commands:
+ 
+
+         - Install a python math package (either numeric, numarray, or numpy)
+         - Install sundials or choose vode within Cantera
+         autoconf
+         script_prepreconfig.sh
+         make
+         make install
+         cd test_problems
+         make 
+         make test
+       
+      
+      You can then go to the installation directories and test your Cantera installations
+      further.
+
+
+ 

docs/install_examples/cygwin_gcc344_f2c_numeric.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#     Example Cantera pre-preconfig configuration script
+#
+#  Platform:            cygwin
+#  Compiler:            gcc
+#  python:              v. 2.5.2 (full installation)
+#  matlab:              no
+#  f2c:                 yes
+#
+#
+# Specific places where the User must custimize the installation
+# is indiciated with the USER_INPUT_NEEDED lines.
+#
+#
+#  Specify the installation directory here:
+#  USER_INPUT_NEEDED
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+CANTERA_CONFIG_PREFIX=/cygdrive/c/cygwin_env/arch/cygwin/cantera-1.8_develop
+export CANTERA_CONFIG_PREFIX
+
+SET_PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_TOPDIR=y
+export SET_PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_TOPDIR
+
+PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_TOPDIR=$CANTERA_CONFIG_PREFIX
+export PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_TOPDIR
+
+PYTHON_CMD=/usr/bin/python
+export PYTHON_CMD
+
+#
+# The full python package works within cygwin. Minimal is needed at the least
+#
+PYTHON_PACKAGE='full'
+#PYTHON_PACKAGE='minimal'
+export PYTHON_PACKAGE
+
+WITH_IDEAL_SOLUTIONS="y"
+export WITH_IDEAL_SOLUTIONS
+
+WITH_ELECTROLYTES="y"
+export WITH_ELECTROLYTES
+
+WITH_VCSNONIDEAL="y"
+export WITH_VCSNONIDEAL
+
+#
+#  Matlab on the pc is supported through the windows vc++ 8.0 compilation
+#  environment
+#
+BUILD_MATLAB_TOOLBOX="n"
+export BUILD_MATLAB_TOOLBOX
+
+NUMARRAY_HOME=''
+export NUMARRAY_HOME
+#
+# Turns on extra debugging
+#
+DEBUG_MODE='y'
+export DEBUG_MODE
+#
+#  Numeric must have already been installed in the
+#              /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages
+#  directory before the Cantera installation. If not, you can always
+#  do a minimal python installation and forego forming Cantera's python interface.
+#
+USE_NUMERIC="y"
+export USE_NUMERIC
+#
+#  We use F2C with the cygwin installation. However, the g77 interface should 
+#  work too.
+#
+BUILD_WITH_F2C="y"
+export BUILD_WITH_F2C
+
+BITCOMPILE="32"
+export BITCOMPILE
+#
+#  We use the default gcc compilers that come with cygwin. Currently, this
+#  is gcc v. 3.4.4.
+#
+CXX='g++'
+export CXX
+#
+CC='gcc'
+export CC
+#
+F77='g77'
+export F77
+#
+# Debug options
+#
+# -DDEBUG_HKM
+# -DDEBUG_BASISOPTIMIZE
+# -DDEBUG_CHEMEQUIL
+#
+CXXFLAGS="-g -Wall "
+export CXXFLAGS
+
+CFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+export CFLAGS
+
+FFLAGS="-g "
+export FFLAGS
+
+LDFLAGS='-g'
+export LDFLAGS
+
+LCXX_END_LIBS="-lm -lstdc++"
+export LCXX_END_LIBS
+
+# The gcc compiler in cygwin will put a .exe extension on anyway. So,
+# we might as well define this field as .exe. cygwin will automagically
+# equate executable files with no extension as having an .exe extension.
+# This is very mysterious. However, the mystery goes away if you define
+# these files to have a .exe suffix from the getgo.
+EXE_EXT=".exe"
+export EXE_EXT
+
+EXTRA_LINK=""
+export EXTRA_LINK
+
+MAKE=make
+export MAKE
+#
+# Specify the SUNDIALS option
+#
+USE_SUNDIALS='n'
+export USE_SUNDIALS
+#
+# Specify where to find the sundials installation directories
+#
+SUNDIALS_HOME='/cygdrive/c/cygwin_env/libraries/sundials'
+export SUNDIALS_HOME
+#
+#  Ok, fire off the main preconfig script
+#
+./preconfig
+