Installation on ARM OSX

This guide gives detailed instructions on how to install ASPECT and dependencies on the new ARM M1 Mac devices from Apple.

1. Set up system and install deal.II

Follow the instructions at https://github.com/dealii/dealii/wiki/Apple-ARM-M1-OSX You only need the following dependencies from candi

./candi.sh -j 8 --packages="astyle hdf5 netcdf sundials p4est trilinos dealii"

so don't worry about other packages.

2. Install ASPECT

First load deal.II into the environment

. ~/dealii-candi/configuration/enable.sh

and then install ASPECT normally.