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FreeFEM++ Manual

This document provides instructions for installing FreeFem++, an open source finite element method solver, on Windows. It describes downloading and installing MINGW32, wget, freeglut, OpenBLAS, MPI, inno setup, GSL, and mercurial. It then explains how to obtain the FreeFem++ source code, configure it with the appropriate flags, and compile the program. The instructions aim to guide a user through setting up all of the necessary dependencies and building FreeFem++ to run on Windows.

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FreeFEM++ Manual

This document provides instructions for installing FreeFem++, an open source finite element method solver, on Windows. It describes downloading and installing MINGW32, wget, freeglut, OpenBLAS, MPI, inno setup, GSL, and mercurial. It then explains how to obtain the FreeFem++ source code, configure it with the appropriate flags, and compile the program. The instructions aim to guide a user through setting up all of the necessary dependencies and building FreeFem++ to run on Windows.

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To install the precompile windows package just
download the last version from
Take the file form and download

Windows: FreeFem++-3.32.exe ( 52.9 Mb, Oct 17, 2014 11:55:07.)

And execute and follow the instruction.

-- How to compile FreeFem++ on Microsoft Windows (win32)


F. Hecht (Paris, Sept. the 4th, 2013)

--------------------------------------------WARNING NOW the window version is compiled under MINGW for version before version 3.20 , oct 7h 2012 , see the end of the file (obsolete
now)
typo remark: all line in green are shell command under mingw32 shell
1. Download and install MINGW32
form http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-setup.exe/download
Answer question in following windows :
7) select components
all basic setup
all package : in mingw32 mingw-devlopper-tool, autoconf , automake, compiler, wget , ...
8) Installation -> Apply changes

2. Under mingw32 shell install wget and unzip


mingw-get install msys-wget
mingw-get.exe install msys-unzip
3. To install freeglut of win32 for the graphics part
wget http://files.transmissionzero.co.uk/software/development/GLUT/freeglut-MinGW.zip
unzip freeglut-MinGW-2.8.0-1.mp.zip
cp freeglut/include/GL/* /c/MinGW/include/GL/.
cp freeglut/lib/lib*.a /c/MinGW/lib/.
cp freeglut/bin/freeglut.dll /c/MinGW/bin
4. install a good blas (OpenBlas) http://xianyi.github.com/OpenBLAS/
get from http://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/tarball/v0.2.3
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wget http://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/tarball/v0.2.3 -O OpenBlas.tgz


tar zxvf OpenBlas.tgz
cd xianyi-OpenBLAS-*/.
make
make install PREFIX=$HOME/soft
mkdir $HOME/soft/bin
cp *.dll $HOME/soft/bin
5. install MPI for // HPC Pack 2008 R2 Client Pack 4
and install MPI for // HPC Pack 2008 R2 Pack 4
6. install inno setup to build installer :
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mlaan2/ispack/isetup-5.4.0.exe
7. GSL for gsl interface is take form
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-cross/files/%5BLIB%5D%20GSL/mingw32-gsl-1.14-1/
9) To download the latest freefem++ tar.gz file contening source form

Source code: freefem++-3.31-3.tar.gz ( 11.2 Mb, Aug 26, 2014 15:22:51.)


or you can get the latest source from an anonymous Mercurial SCM copy with the following unix shell commands :
hg clone http://www.freefem.org/ff++/ff++
to update do to the last version:
hg pull
hg up
To restore, all files build by autoreconf -i command (automake):
tar zxvf AutoGeneratedFile.tar.gz
Finaly, the configure argument are:
10) Finaly, the configure argument are :
./configure --enable-download FC=mingw32-gfortran F77=mingw32-gfortran CC=mingw32-gcc CXX=mingw32g++ -with-blas=$HOME/soft/bin/libopenblas.dll CXXFLAGS=-I$HOME/soft/include --enable-generic -with-wget=wget MPIRUN=/c/Program Files/Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2/Bin/mpiexec.exe
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ok until version 3.19-1 (but now this soft is to old to get form the web).
FIle version 30/11/2011 F. Hecht.
WARNING NOW the window version is compiled under MINGW (from version 3.11 14/01/2011 FH)
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So the old dll are incompatible with the new version.


It is the fortran compiler under cygwin which is too old (not f90 under cygwin).
---------------------------------------------------------The tools to be installed are:
1) Download and install MINGW32
http://sunet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mingw/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/mingw-get-inst/mingw-get-inst-20101030/mingw-get-inst20101030.exe
launch:
mingw-get-inst-20101030.exe
Answer question in following windows :
1) do next
2) do next
3) use preload case
4) accept
5 ) select location of mingw on disk.
6) mingw menu name
7) select components
all except ada
8) do install

2) Download and install wget for --enable-download in configure


http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mingw/mingwPORT/Current%20Releases/wget-1.9.1-mingwPORT.tar.bz2
under mingw32 shell
do:
cd /c/users/loginname/download/
tar jxvf wget-1.9.1-mingwPORT.tar.bz2
cp
extract and move wget.exe in /usr/bin
3) The glut of win32 from
wget http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~gogo/courses/mingw/winglut.zip
or
wget http://files.transmissionzero.co.uk/software/development/GLUT/freeglut-MinGW.zip
The location of include file must be
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c:\mingw\include\GL\glut.h
c:\mingw\include\GL\gl.h
c:\mingw\include|GL/glu.h
add the glut32.dll or freeglut.dll in you directory in the 2 directories:
$ find /c/MinGW -name glut
/c/MinGW/bin/glut32.dll
/c/MinGW/lib/glut32.dll
4) the good blas now is:
http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-projects/gotoblas2/downloads/
Try to compile
5) install MPI for // version
HPC Pack 2008 SDK
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=10505
HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26646
6) install inno setup to build installer:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mlaan2/ispack/isetup-5.4.0.exe
7) GSL for gsl interface from
Download Now! mingw32-gsl-1.14-1.zip (3.5 MB)
8) download mercurail for windows from:
http://mercurial.selenic.com
9) To download the latest freefem++ tar.gz file contening source form

Source code: freefem++-3.31-3.tar.gz ( 11.2 Mb, Aug 26, 2014 15:22:51.)


or you can get the latest source from an anonymous Mercurial SCM copy with the following unix shell commands :
hg clone http://www.freefem.org/ff++/ff++
to update do to the last version:
http://www.freefem.org/ff++/windows.php

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hg pull
hg up
To restore, all file build by autoreconf -i command (automake c):
tar zxvf AutoGeneratedFile.tar.gz
Finaly, the configure argument are:
cd ff++
./configure '--enable-download' 'FC=mingw32-gfortran' 'F77=mingw32-gfortran' 'CC=mingw32-gcc' 'CXX=mingw32g++' '-with-blas=/home/hecht/blas-x86/libgoto2.dll' 'CXXFLAGS=-I/home/hecht/blas-x86' '--enable-generic' '-with-wget=wget' 'MPIRUN=/c/Program Files/Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2/Bin/mpiexec.exe'
if erreor where building DOC do:
touch DOC/freefem++doc.pdf
Good Luck

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