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GiDPost can be build as library to be linked into the calculation program or as python module (look into As python module ).
This page explains how to build gidpost as library to be linked to you program.
Third part libraries:
- zlib: it is necessary previously obtain or compile the zlib compression library (www.zlib.net)
- hdf5: this library is optional www.hdfgroup.org. Required only to write postprocess files with this format (files opened with GiD_PostHDF5=3 flag)
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apt-get install zlib1g-dev libhdf5-serial-dev-dev libhdf5-hl-100 ;# version number depends on linux distribution and version apt-get install hdf5-tools hdf5view ;# recommended tools to manage and look into hdf5 files |
Scientific Linux (Redhat and the like):
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libhdf5-mpi-dev libhdf5-mpich-dev libhdf5-openmpi-dev libhdf5-serial-dev ;# by default the package 'libhdf5-dev' installs the -serial version |
And in Scientific Linux the HDF5 development packages available:
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Precompiled version:
The 'binaries' folder stores precompiled release versions of the library for Windows and Linux (x32 and x64 platforms), to avoid the requirement of compile them.
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Compiling gidpost:
to compile the gidpost library using the command line:
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