[FLASH-USERS] Flash Installation on Mountain Lion

[Hix, William Raphael]

Hi-

Brew is a fine choice in package manager.  Another choice, which you may already be using, is macports (http://www.macports.org/).

				Raph

			
On Oct 9, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Sean Couch <smc at flash.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> 
> I highly recommend installing homebrew:  http://brew.sh.  Then
> 
> brew install mpich2
> brew install hdf5
> 
> Then set your paths in your Makefile.h to point at /usr/local, where homebrew installs everything and you should be good to go.  Also, see http://flash.uchicago.edu/site/flashcode/user_support/flash4_ug_4p22/node43.html.
> 
> Best,
> Sean
> 
> On Oct 8, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Robert Terry <eliterry at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> What is the best path to use for getting a viable MPI library for Flash under Mac OS 10.8.x ?  When I just try to "setup" and "make" the contents of the "object" directory, the operation fails while seeking elements of "mpich2-1.4.1p1".
>> 
>> Is this the only MPI I can use with Flash?  How much variation in the choice of an MPI is allowed?  May one use OpenMPI as well, for example?  
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Terry 
>> 
>> 
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