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## Julia Compilation and Installation instructions | ||
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<a name="Required-Build-Tools-External-Libraries"/> | ||
## Required Build Tools & External Libraries | ||
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- **[GNU make][]** — building dependencies. | ||
- **[gcc, g++, gfortran][gcc]** — compiling and linking C, C++ and Fortran code. | ||
- **[curl][]** — to automatically download external libraries: | ||
- **[LLVM][]** — compiler infrastructure. | ||
- **[fdlibm][]** — a portable implementation of much of the system-dependent libm math library's functionality. | ||
- **[MT][]** — a fast Mersenne Twister pseudorandom number generator library. | ||
- **[OpenBLAS][]** — a fast, open, and maintained [basic linear algebra subprograms (BLAS)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprograms) library, based on [Kazushige Goto's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazushige_Goto) famous [GotoBLAS](http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-projects/gotoblas2/). | ||
- **[LAPACK][]** — a library of linear algebra routines for solving systems of simultaneous linear equations, least-squares solutions of linear systems of equations, eigenvalue problems, and singular value problems. | ||
- **[SuiteSparse][]** - a library of linear algebra routines for sparse matrices | ||
- **[ARPACK][]** — a collection of subroutines designed to solve large, sparse eigenvalue problems. | ||
- **[FFTW][]** — library for computing fast Fourier transforms very quickly and efficiently. | ||
- **[PCRE][]** — Perl-compatible regular expressions library. | ||
- **[GNU readline][]** — library allowing shell-like line editing in the terminal, with history and familiar key bindings. | ||
- **[D3][]** — javascript visualization library. | ||
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[GNU make]: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ | ||
[gcc]: http://gcc.gnu.org/ | ||
[curl]: http://curl.haxx.se/ | ||
[fdlibm]: http://www.netlib.org/fdlibm/readme | ||
[MT]: http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html | ||
[OpenBLAS]: https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS#readme | ||
[LAPACK]: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/ | ||
[SuiteSparse]: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse/ | ||
[ARPACK]: http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK/ | ||
[FFTW]: http://www.fftw.org/ | ||
[PCRE]: http://www.pcre.org/ | ||
[GNU readline]: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html | ||
[LLVM]: http://www.llvm.org/ | ||
[D3]: http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ | ||
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<a name="Supported-Platforms"/> | ||
## Supported Platforms | ||
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- **GNU/Linux:** x86/64 (64-bit); x86 (32-bit). | ||
- **Darwin/OS X:** x86/64 (64-bit); x86 (32-bit) is untested but should work. | ||
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<a name="Binary-Installation"/> | ||
## Binary Installation | ||
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Julia's binary installs ship as platform-specific tarballs: | ||
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- **GNU/Linux x86/64:** <https://github.com/downloads/JuliaLang/julia/julia-08b1e294ed-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz> | ||
- **Darwin/OS X x86/64:** <https://github.com/downloads/JuliaLang/julia/julia-08b1e294ed-Darwin-x86_64.tar.gz> | ||
- **GNU/Linux x86:** <https://github.com/downloads/JuliaLang/julia/julia-618b93c22c-Linux-i686.tar.gz> | ||
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Download the appropriate tarball and untar it somewhere; | ||
for example, if you are on an OS X (Darwin) x86/64 system, do the following: | ||
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curl -OLk https://github.com/downloads/JuliaLang/julia/julia-08b1e294ed-Darwin-x86_64.tar.gz | ||
tar zxvf julia-08b1e294ed-Darwin-x86_64.tar.gz | ||
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You can either run the `julia` executable using its full path in the directory created above, or add that directory to your executable path so that you can run the julia program from anywhere: | ||
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export PATH="$(pwd)/julia:$PATH" | ||
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Now you should be able to run julia like this: | ||
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julia | ||
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If everything works correctly, you will see a Julia banner and an interactive prompt into which you can enter expressions for evaluation. | ||
You can read about [getting started](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/wiki/Getting-Started) in the manual. | ||
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<a name="Source-Download-Compilation"/> | ||
## Source Download & Compilation | ||
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First, acquire the source code either by cloning the git repository (requires **[git](http://git-scm.com/)** to be installed): | ||
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git clone git://github.com/JuliaLang/julia.git | ||
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or, if you don't have git installed, by using curl and tar to fetch and unpack the source: | ||
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mkdir julia && curl -Lk https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/tarball/master | tar -zxf- -C julia --strip-components 1 | ||
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Next, enter the `julia/` directory and run `make` to build the `julia` executable. | ||
When compiled the first time, it will automatically download and build its [external dependencies](#Required-Build-Tools-External-Libraries). | ||
This takes a while, but only has to be done once. | ||
*Note:* the build process will not work if any of the build directory's parent directories have spaces in their names (this is due to a limitation in GNU make). | ||
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Once it is built, you can either run the `julia` executable using its full path in the directory created above, or add that directory to your executable path so that you can run the julia program from anywhere: | ||
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export PATH="$(pwd)/julia:$PATH" | ||
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Now you should be able to run julia like this: | ||
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julia | ||
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If everything works correctly, you will see a Julia banner and an interactive prompt into which you can enter expressions for evaluation. | ||
You can read about [getting started](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/wiki/Getting-Started) in the manual. | ||
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<a name="Platform-Specific-Notes"/> | ||
### Platform-Specific Notes | ||
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On some Linux distributions (for instance Ubuntu 11.10) you may need to change how the readline library is linked. If you get a build error involving readline, try changing the value of `USE_SYSTEM_READLINE` in `Make.inc` to `1`. | ||
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On Ubuntu, you may also need to install the package `libncurses5-dev`. | ||
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If OpenBLAS fails to build in `getarch_2nd.c`, you need to specify the architecture of your processor in Make.inc. | ||
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<a name="Directories"/> | ||
## Directories | ||
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attic/ old, now-unused code | ||
contrib/ emacs and textmate support for julia | ||
examples/ example julia programs | ||
external/ external dependencies | ||
install/ used for creating binary installs | ||
j/ source code for julia's standard library | ||
lib/ shared libraries loaded by julia's standard libraries | ||
src/ source for julia language core | ||
test/ unit and function tests for julia itself | ||
ui/ source for various front ends | ||
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<a name="Editor-Terminal-Setup"/> | ||
## Editor & Terminal Setup | ||
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Julia support is currently available for [Emacs](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/tree/master/contrib#Emacs), [Vim](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/tree/master/contrib#Vim), and [TextMate](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/tree/master/contrib#TextMate). | ||
Support files and instructions for configuring these editors can be found in [`contrib/`](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/tree/master/contrib). | ||
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Adjusting your terminal bindings is optional; everything will work fine without these key bindings. | ||
For the best interactive session experience, however, make sure that your terminal emulator (`Terminal`, `iTerm`, `xterm`, etc.) sends the `^H` sequence for `Backspace` (delete key) and that the `Shift-Enter` key combination sends a `\n` newline character to distinguish it from just pressing `Enter`, which sends a `\r` carriage return character. | ||
These bindings allow custom readline handlers to trap and correctly deal with these key sequences; other programs will continue behave normally with these bindings. | ||
The first binding makes backspacing through text in the interactive session behave more intuitively. | ||
The second binding allows `Shift-Enter` to insert a newline without evaluating the current expression, even when the current expression is complete. | ||
(Pressing an unmodified `Enter` inserts a newline if the current expression is incomplete, evaluates the expression if it is complete, or shows an error if the syntax is irrecoverably invalid.) | ||
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On Linux systems, the `Shift-Enter` binding can be set by placing the following line in the file `.xmodmaprc` in your home directory: | ||
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keysym Return = Return Linefeed |
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Maybe this should go into the manual instead?
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The disadvantage of that would be that it wouldn't be automatically included locally when you check out the project.
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