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--- manual:required_libraries [2014/01/10 18:23] – created zenke
+++ manual:required_libraries [2016/08/11 19:20] – Adds links to howto compile boost from source zenke
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-To compile Auryn you need the [[http://www.boost.org|boost libraries]] installed (if you do not want to install the complete library you will at least need the following components boost_program_options, boost_mpi, boost_serialization, boost_filesystem, boost_system), a recent version of the GSL and an MPI2 compatible library such as MPICH2 or OpenMPI.
+To compile Auryn you need the [[http://www.boost.org|boost libraries]] installed (if you do not want to install the complete library you will at least need the following components boost_program_options, boost_mpi, boost_serialization, boost_filesystem, boost_system), a recent version of an MPI compatible library such as MPICH2 or OpenMPI.
-Under most debian deriviatives such as Ubuntu or MINT it should suffice to install
+Under most debian deriviatives such as Debian, Ubuntu or MINT it should suffice to install
 <code>
-sudo apt-get install build-essential libgsl0-dev libboost-all-dev
+sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost-all-dev mpi-default-bin mpi-default-dev
 </code>
-For some systems it can be beneficial to also install and compile the ATLAS libraries [[http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/]] and link Auryn against it.
+===== If your Boost version is too old =====
+To install Boost from scratch, first install any versions of the Boost libraries installed on your computer using your stock package manager.
+Then follow download and build boost from source (with MPI support). To that end, follow the instructions found on the boost website
+http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_61_0/doc/html/mpi/getting_started.html
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