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============================= The KIM API package =============================

This file contains instructions for installing the KIM API package.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. System requirements

B. Quick start

C. Package concepts and operation overview
   C.1 KIM API library
   C.2 Model and Model Driver collections
       C.2.1 The system-collection
       C.2.2 The user-collection
       C.2.3 The environment-variable-collection
       C.2.4 The CWD-collection
   C.3 Helper utilities

D. KIM API Installation
   D.1 Typical build scenario
   D.2 CMake build options
       D.2.1 Compiler selection
       D.2.2 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
       D.2.3 Installation prefix
       D.2.4 KIM API specific build options
   D.3 Uninstall the KIM API

E. Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the collections
   E.1 Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the system-collection
   E.2 Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the user-collection
   E.3 Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the environment-variable-collection
   E.4 Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the CWD-collection
   E.5 Manually adding Models and/or Model Drivers


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A. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS


To install and run the KIM API package you need the following:

1. A Unix/Linux/macOS system.

2. CMake (3.4 or later).  (CMake 3.8 or later is required for building the
   Doxygen documentation.)

3. GNU compilers (gcc, g++, gfortran) version 4.8.x or higher or the
   corresponding Intel compilers, version 11.1 or higher.  Other compilers may
   also work.

4. The 'xxd' utility (distributed as part of the vim package).

5. wget and tar (used by the kim-api-vX-collections-management utility).

6. Doxygen and Graphviz (for generating the documentation).

7. The bash-completion package (for facilitating command-line usage of the
   helper utilities).

8. pkg-config can be used by code needing to link against the kim-api library.


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B. QUICK START: For those who don't like to read and are a bit audacious.

Try the following:

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo ldconfig

For more information, see section D.

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C. PACKAGE LAYOUT AND OPERATION OVERVIEW


The KIM API package is a system-level library that aims to give computer
programmers the ability to write atomistic or molecular simulation programs
(Simulators) that can seamlessly interface with implementations of interatomic
potential (Models), regardless of the programming language in which the codes
are written.  Models can be "stand-alone", corresponding to code and parameters
all in one.  Or, Models can be "parameterized", corresponding to just a set of
parameters that must be connected to a Model Driver which contains the code
that can be used with any set of parameters.  In addition to the main KIM API
library, a small number of associated helper utilities are provided.

C.1. KIM API Library

The KIM API library provides the necessary routines for a Model and a Simulator
to interact.  Models are built and linked against the KIM API library, then
installed in one of the model collections (see below) so that they are
available for use with a Simulator.  Simulators are built and linked against
the KIM API library so that they can access and use any of the available Models
in the various collections.

C.2 MODEL AND MODEL DRIVER COLLECTIONS

The KIM API supports four "collections" of Models and Model Drivers.  These are
the "system-collection", the "user-collection", the
"environment-variable-collection", and the "CWD-collection" as described below.

When the KIM API needs to use a particular Model or Model Driver, it looks for
the item by name, first in the CWD-collection, then in the
environment-variable-collection, then in the user-collection, and finally in
the system-collection.  It uses the first match that it finds.  Note, it is
possible for a (parameterized) Model and its Driver to be located in different
collections.  The search for each is a separate and independent procedure.

C.2.1 THE SYSTEM-COLLECTION

The system-collection is a collection of Models and Model Drivers that are
available to all Simulators that use the KIM API library.  This collection is
located in the same subdirectory as the KIM API library.

Models and Model Drivers may be built and installed to the system-collection at
anytime after the KIM API has been built and installed.

C.2.2 THE USER-COLLECTION

The user-collection is a collection of Models and Model Drivers that are
available only to the user who owns the process for the Simulator that uses the
KIM API library.  This collection is located in subdirectories that are
specified by a configuration file.  The user-collection may be populated with
Models and Model Drivers after the KIM API has been built and installed.

The configuration file is named "${HOME}/.kim-api-vX/config" by default.  Here
"${HOME}" is the user's home directory and "X" is the major version of the KIM
API library.  (See item D below for build-time settings controlling this
default file name.)  If this file does not exist, the KIM API library will
create it with a default configuration specifying that the user-collection
files are stored in "${HOME}/.kim-api-vX/model-drivers/" and
"${HOME}/.kim-api-vX/models/".  If the "KIM_API_VX_CONFIGURATION_FILE"
environment variable is set, its value (interpreted as an absolute file name)
will supersede the default location and name of the configuration file.

C.2.3 THE ENVIRONMENT-VARIABLE-COLLECTION

The environment-variable-collection is a collection of Models and Model Drivers
that are specified by the run-time environment of the process for the Simulator
that uses the KIM API library.  The locations of this collection are specified
by the environment variables "KIM_API_VX_MODELS" and
"KIM_API_VX_MODEL_DRIVERS".  These variables should contain colon ':' separated
lists of absolute directory names where the collection Models and Model
Drivers, respectively, are located.  (For example, in bash you could execute
the command

$ export KIM_API_VX_MODELS=/my-kim-stuff/models-i-am-developing:/my-kim-stuff/misc-models

to have the KIM API look for Models in /my-kim-stuff/models-i-am-developing
first and then look in /my-kim-stuff/misc-models.  Similarly for Model
Drivers.)  The environment-variable-collection may be populated with Models and
Model Drivers after the KIM API has been built and installed.

C.2.4 THE CWD-COLLECTION

The CWD-collection is a collection of Models and Model Drivers that are
available to a Simulator at run-time.  The collection is located in the
Simulator process's current working directory (CWD).  The CWD-collection may be
populated with Models and Model Drivers after the KIM API has been built and
installed.

C.3 HELPER UTILITIES

The KIM API package also includes a utility for managing the models and drivers
contained in the various collections and for managing the configuration file.
This utility is called "kim-api-vX-collections-management".  The KIM API
package installs bash completion scripts that are designed to work with the
"bash-completion" package (https://github.com/scop/bash-completion).  When
"bash-completion" is installed and activated on the system, tab-completions for
the collections management utility should be automatically loaded and available
for use.

In addition, when the KIM API package is installed to a "Local (non-global)"
(see D below) directory, the package also installs the "kim-api-vX-activate"
and "kim-api-vX-deactivate" scripts.  The activate script adds the utilities to
the executable PATH, adds the KIM API library to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH so that
the pkg-config utility can find it, and loads bash tab-completion support for
the collections management utility.  The deactivate script removes what the
activate script added.


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D. KIM API INSTALLATION

D.1 Typical Build Scenario

Here, the typical KIM API build and install process is detailed and the
system-collection is populated with the example models and drivers as well as a
single Model and its associated Model Driver, both from openkim.org.
Additionally, one of the example Simulators is copied to the user's home
directory and used to test the KIM API.  The KIM API package uses the CMake
build system.  See the CMake documentation (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/)
for help with CMake settings.  For some common CMake settings and KIM API
specific settings, see D.2 below.

The commands given below are for the bash shell.

By default packages are installed to the Global prefix directory "/usr/local".
Here we assume that "/usr/local/bin" is included as part of the system's
standard PATH setting.

$ cd "${HOME}"
$ wget https://s3.openkim.org/kim-api/kim-api-vX.Y.Z.txz  # replace X.Y.Z with the current version number
$ tar Jxvf kim-api-vX.Y.Z.txz
$ cd kim-api-vX.Y.Z
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
$ make

If you want, build the documentation.

$ make docs

If you want, before installing the package, you can run the tests.

$ make test

Now, install the package (and docs, if built).

$ sudo make install
$ sudo ldconfig  # All linux systems should do this; on Redhat-like systems you may need to first add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf
$ cp -r ../examples/simulators/utility_forces_numer_deriv "${HOME}/"
$ cd "${HOME}"

If you want, you can now delete the source and build tree.  However, you may
also want to preserve the "install_manifest.txt" file which would be needed for
uninstalling the KIM API package (see D.3 below).

$ rm -r kim-api-vX.Y.Z kim-api-vX.Y.Z.txz # replace X.Y.Z with the current version number

Now, we can build the simulator using the KIM API library that we have just
installed.

$ cd utility_forces_numer_deriv
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

Try it with one of the example models:
$ printf "ex_model_Ar_P_LJ" | ./utility_forces_numer_deriv

Next, we can try it with a model installed from https://openkim.org:
** NOTE: until openkim.org switches over to kim-api-v2, the next lines will fail.
$ kim-api-vX-collections-management install system --sudo EDIP_BOP_Bazant_Kaxiras_Si__MO_958932894036_001
$ printf "EDIP_BOP_Bazant_Kaxiras_Si__MO_958932894036_001" | ./utility_forces_numer_deriv

Congratulations, you have now successfully installed the KIM API.  If you would
like to learn more about the KIM API, read the documentation in the docs
directory (/usr/local/share/doc/kim-api-vX).

D.2 CMAKE BUILD OPTIONS

The KIM API defines a number of specific build options which are detailed in
this section.  But first, some notes about a few important standard CMake
options.

D.2.1 COMPILER SELECTION

By default CMake will search for appropriate compilers available on your
system.  Generally, it selects reasonable choices.  However, if you wish to
force CMake to use specific compilers, you can do so with environment variables
set on the command line.  For example, suppose you have the latest GNU Compiler
Collection (GCC) version X installed with the compilers named 'gcc-X', 'g++-X',
and 'gfortran-X', for the C, C++, and Fortran compilers, respectively.  Then,
to force CMake to use these compilers, replace the command (from above)

$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

with

$ CC=gcc-X CXX=g++-X FC=gfortran-X cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

D.2.2 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE

CMake defines the option CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE which can be set to "Debug",
"Release", "RelWithDebInfo", and "MinSizeRel".  (See the CMake documentation
for more details.)  By default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is empty.  In short, while
developing code or debugging, the value of "Debug" should be used.  When
building for production runs one of the other values should be used.

D.2.3 INSTALLATION PREFIX

By default CMake installs the KIM API package under the Global prefix
"/usr/local".  This is referred to as a "Global" (or system-wide) installation.
It is available to all users of the system.  (Other "Global" prefix values are
"/" and "/usr".)  However, such installations require root user permissions (as
implied by the use of the "sudo" command above).  If you do not have root user
permission and/or do not want to install the KIM API to the global location,
you can change where CMake installs the KIM API by replacing the command (from
above)

$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

with

$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/install/prefix/path" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

where "/install/prefix/path" should be replaced with your desired prefix.  For
example, to install the KIM API in the "local" subdirectory of your home
directory, use "${HOME}/local".  When installed in such a directory, the user
may employ the "kim-api-vX-activate" utility to setup the PATH and bash
completions.  For example:

$ source ${HOME}/local/bin/kim-api-vX-activate

D.2.4 KIM API SPECIFIC BUILD OPTIONS

The KIM API defines two additional regular build options and four advanced
options.

* KIM_API_LOG_MAXIMUM_LEVEL (="DEBUG" if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is "Debug", otherwise
  ="INFORMATION") This option takes one of the following six values "SILENT",
  "FATAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFORMATION", "DEBUG".  This value controls, at
  compile-time, which type of log messages can be printed to the "kim.log"
  file.

* KIM_API_BUILD_EXAMPLES (=ON) When ON CMake will build the example models and
  simulators.  NOTE: this option may be removed/changed in future releases when
  the examples are incorporated into the documentation.

Additionally, the KIM API defines the following four advanced options.

* KIM_API_ENABLE_SANITIZE (=OFF) When ON this enables the AddressSanitizer
  library for detecting memory corruption bugs.

* KIM_API_ENABLE_COVERAGE (=OFF) When ON this enables gcov code coverage.

* KIM_API_USER_CONFIGURATION_FILE (=".kim-api-vX/config") This determines the
  default name of the KIM API user configuration file.  If the value
  corresponds to a relative path (does not start with "/"), then it is
  interpreted as relative to the user's home directory "${HOME}".

* PROJECT_PREFIX (="kim-api") This value controls the naming of many aspects of
  the package build.  Generally this should not be changed.  It can be used to
  build and install, on the same machine, two different copies of the same
  major version of the package.  This could be desirable for debugging.

D.3 Uninstall the KIM API

When the KIM API package is installed, CMake creates a file in the build tree
named "install_manifest.txt".  For the above commands this file would be
located at "${HOME}/kim-api-vX.Y.Z/build/install_manifest.txt".  The manifest
file contains the absolute file name of every file installed as part of the KIM
API package.  The contents of the install_manifest.txt file can be used to
remove these files and, thus, uninstall the KIM API package.  Thus, the
install_manifest.txt file should be saved for later use, if necessary.

For example, the following commands could be used to uninstall the KIM API
package (assuming the "install_manifest.txt" file is located in your home
directory).

$ cd "${HOME}"
$ while read line || test -n "${line}"; do sudo rm -f "${line}"; done < install_manifest.txt

A more sophisticated set of commands could also remove any empty subdirectories
left behind by this process.

It may also be desirable to remove the user configuration file and user
collection directories.

$ rm -rf "${HOME}/.kim-api-vX"


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E. ADDING MODELS AND/OR MODEL DRIVERS TO THE COLLECTIONS


Here we describe how to add Models and/or Model Drivers to the
system-collection, user-collection, environment-variable-collection, and the
CWD-collection.

** NOTE: until openkim.org switches over to kim-api-v2, the below lines
   installing models will fail.

E.1 ADDING MODELS AND/OR MODEL DRIVERS TO THE SYSTEM-COLLECTION

Once you have the KIM API installed, it is easy to add additional Models and/or
Model Drivers to the system-collection.

$ cd "${HOME}

$ kim-api-vX-collections-management install system --sudo Pair_Morse_Shifted_Jelinek_Ar__MO_831902330215_001

The kim-api-vX-collections-management utility automatically installs the
necessary Model Driver.  You can see the items in the various collections by
executing the following command.

$ kim-api-vX-collections-management list

Now we can test the newly installed Model.

$ cd "${HOME}/utility_forces_numer_deriv/build"  # we'll assume this is already built
$ printf "Pair_Morse_Shifted_Jelinek_Ar__MO_831902330215_001" | ./utility_forces_numer_deriv

E.2 ADDING MODELS AND/OR MODEL DRIVERS TO THE USER-COLLECTION

Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the user-collection is similar.

$ cd "${HOME}"

$ kim-api-vX-collections-management install user Pair_Lennard_Jones_Shifted_Bernardes_HighCutoff_Ar__MO_242741380554_001
$ kim-api-vX-collections-management list
$ cd "${HOME}/utility_forces_numer_deriv/build"  # we'll assume this is already built
$ printf "Pair_Lennard_Jones_Shifted_Bernardes_HighCutoff_Ar__MO_242741380554_001" | ./utility_forces_numer_deriv

E.3 ADDING MODELS AND/OR MODEL DRIVERS TO THE ENVIRONMENT-VARIABLE-COLLECTION

Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the environment-variable-collection is
similar.

$ cd "${HOME}"

$ mkdir -p "${HOME}/my-env-collection/model-drivers"
$ export KIM_API_VX_MODEL_DRIVERS="${HOME}/my-env-collection/model-drivers"
$ mkdir -p "${HOME}/my-env-collection/models"
$ export KIM_API_VX_MODELS="${HOME}/my-env-collection/models"
$ kim-api-vX-collections-management install environment Pair_Morse_Shifted_GirifalcoWeizer_HighCutoff_Cu__MO_151002396060_001
$ kim-api-vX-collections-management list
$ cd "${HOME}/utility_forces_numer_deriv/build"  # we'll assume this is already built
$ printf "Pair_Morse_Shifted_GirifalcoWeizer_HighCutoff_Cu__MO_151002396060_001" | ./utility_forces_numer_deriv

E.4 ADDING MODELS AND/OR MODEL DRIVERS TO THE CWD-COLLECTION

Adding Models and/or Model Drivers to the CWD-collection is, again, similar.

$ cd "${HOME}"

$ kim-api-vX-collections-management install CWD Pair_Exp6_Hogervorst_Mixing_Kong_Chakrabarty_ArNe__MO_946046425752_001
$ kim-api-vX-collections-management list
$ cd "${HOME}/utility_forces_numer_deriv/build"  # we'll assume this is already built
$ printf "Pair_Exp6_Hogervorst_Mixing_Kong_Chakrabarty_ArNe__MO_946046425752_001" | ./utility_forces_numer_deriv

E.5 Manually adding Models and/or Model Drivers

If necessary a model and/or model driver may be manually built and installed.
We'll assume the item's source code is in the current directory

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake .. -DKIM_API_INSTALL_COLLECTION=SYSTEM
$ make
$ sudo make install

The KIM_API_INSTALL_COLLECTION variable can also take values USER and
ENVIRONMENT.

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