ADMB Building Source for Unix

ADMB-13.1
Released December 23, 2022

Describe building ADMB from source for Unix.

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Prerequisites

The following tools should be installed on the local computer.

• C++ compiler

  Supported C++ Compilers for Unix

  • GNU C++
  • Apple Clang
• GNU make
• GNU stream editor (sed)
• GNU flex
• Optional — Git client to download from version control.

Note — For MacOS, install XCode with command line tools that includes all the prerequisites.

Building Source

1. Download

   Download ADMB source distribution admb-13.1-src.zip

   Open a Terminal window

   Use the command below to extract contents of zip file to ~/admb/.

   [~]$ unzip admb-13.1-src.zip
   

   Alternative — Use Git client (see command below) to get source from version control repository.

   [~]$ git clone https://github.com/admb-project/admb.git
   

   This will download latest source repository to ~/admb/.

2. Build

   Change to admb directory.

   [~]$ cd admb
   

   To build ADMB, use the commands below.

   [~/admb/]$ make
   

   Note — When the build is completed, ~/admb/build/admb/ is the binary distribution directory.

3. Test

   In the Terminal window, use the command below to build and run the simple example.

   Build examples

   [~/admb/]$ make --directory=examples all
   

4. Optional — Multi-User Installation

   Installs binary distribution folder to /usr/local/ as super-user.

   [~/admb/]$ sudo make install
   

   Build and run the simple example without the directory prefix.

   [~/admb/]$ cd examples/admb/simple
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ admb simple.tpl
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ ./simple
   

   If unable to build simple example, then use the Manual Installation below.

   Alternative — Manual Installation

   Copy binary distribution folder to /usr/local/ as super-user.

   [~/admb/]$ sudo cp -Rvf build/dist /usr/local/admb
   

   Note — The dist folder can be copied to other computers with similar configurations.

   Create symlink to main admb script. Directory /usr/local/bin/ should already exist.

   [~/admb/]$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/admb/admb /usr/local/bin/admb
   

   Read manuals for more information.

Help

For help and support, please post on the ADMB Discussions.