Platform list

System requirements for McStas

McStas has been tested on various systems (see extensive tests further). All of them were found to run McStas, eventhough some of the tools (GUI) could fail.

The complete installation for McStas requires:

1. a C compiler
2. perl and perl-Tk
3. Matlab OR (pgplot+pgperl+PDL) OR Gnuplot (Scilab 4.0 is also supported but not recommended)
4. Optional stuff: VRML viewer, MPI, octave+gnuplot

WARNING:

McStas 1.12a ONLY works with scilab 4.0 (All systems).

We recommend Ubuntu and Debian systems, easy to install and provide all the necessary software. Matlab runs on these system as well. Microsoft Windows installer is now available for a very easy installation from a complete package (C compiler, Scilab, VRML viewer, McStas, perl)

The color codes indicate:

- McStas builds + works fully (including gui + at least one plotting backend)
- McStas builds + works (no gui and/or no plotting backend)
- McStas does not build (no mcstas)

Tests performed with McStas 1.12/1.12a:

System	C compiler	perl, perl-Tk	PGPLOT, pgperl, PDL	Scilab	Matlab	Status
Debian Lenny	gcc	packages	packages (included in .deb)	package	OK on i386
Ubuntu Hardy/Intrepid	gcc/icc	packages	packages (included in .deb)	package	OK
CentOS 5	gcc/icc	perl, compiled perl-Tk	compiled	compiled	OK
FreeBSD 7.1	gcc	perl	compiled	untested	untested
Solaris 10 Intel	gcc	perl, compiled perl-Tk	compiled	untested	untested
Microsoft Windows XP / Vista	Dev-Cpp (included in .exe)	ActiveState (included in .exe)	OK (included in .exe)	exe from scilab.org (v4.0 - included in .exe)	OK
Mac OS X Panther/Tiger/Leopard - both Intel and PPC	gcc/icc	perl compiled perl-Tk (included in .dmg)	compiled (included in .dmg)	compiled (included in .dmg)	OK

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 15-Apr-2009 22:19:24 CEST