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. Scilab OR Matlab OR (pgplot+pgperl+PDL)
4. Optional stuff: VRML viewer, MPI, octave+gnuplot

WARNING:

McStas 1.10 does NOT work with scilab 3.1 (All systems), and fails with perl 5.8 on Windows 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 1.10:

System	C compiler	perl, perl-Tk	PGPLOT, pgperl, PDL	Scilab	Matlab	Status
Debian Sarge	gcc	packages	packages	package	OK on i386
Ubuntu Breezy	gcc	packages	packages	package	OK
Fedora core 5	gcc	perl, compiled perl-Tk	compiled	compiled	(OK)
FreeBSD 6.0 (PC-BSD)	gcc	perl	compiled	untested	untested
Microsoft Windows	Dev-Cpp	ActiveState requires perl <= 5.6	unavailable will be OK for v1.11	exe from scilab.org (prefer v4.0)	OK	use exe installer
Mac OS X	gcc/icc	perl compiled perl-Tk	compiled	compiled	OK

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 07-Mar-2007 14:56:06 CET