ADMB Installation Mac XCode

Describes the installation procedure for the MacOS package installer.

Prerequistes

Apple Developer Tools (XCode) must be installed from http://developer.apple.com/xcode/.

Procedure

Download the 32 or 64 bit MacOS dmg file from the downloads tab of this website. Open ADMB dmg file. In the mounted disk image “ADMB 11”, copy “ADMB-11 Terminal” to the “Applications” folder.

Quick Start

Describes the procedure for building and running the ADMB simple example.

1. Open Terminal located in /Applications/Utilities, then type admb for Usage options.

2. Copy the “simple” model from the examples directory.

   $ cp -R /usr/local/admb/examples/admb/simple .
   

3. Must change to the copied simple directory.

   $ cd simple
   

4. Build the simple example.

   $ admb simple
   

5. Run the simple example.

   $ ./simple
   

6. If those commands give output like that shown in the screenshot below, your installation is a success. Consult the ADMB manual for description of the simple output files. screenshot of testing installation on a Mac