****************************** Compiling Cantera C++ Programs ****************************** In general, it should be possible to use Cantera with any build system by specifying the appropriate header and library paths, and specifying the required libraries when linking. It is also necessary to specify the paths for libraries used by Cantera, e.g. Sundials, BLAS, and LAPACK. pkg-config ========== On systems where the ``pkg-config`` program is installed, it can be used to determine the correct compiler and linker flags for use with Cantera. For example: .. code-block:: bash g++ myProgram.cpp -o myProgram $(pkg-config --cflags --libs cantera) It can also be used to populate variables in a Makefile: .. code-block:: make CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags cantera) LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs cantera) Or in an SConstruct file:: env.ParseConfig("pkg-config --cflags --libs cantera") Note that ``pkg-config`` will work only if it can find the ``cantera.pc`` file. If Cantera's libraries are not installed in a standard location such as ``/usr/lib`` or ``/usr/local/lib``, you may need to set the ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH`` environment variable appropriately before using ``pkg-config``. SCons ===== SCons is a multi-platform, Python-based build system. It is the build system used to compile Cantera. The description of how to build a project is contained in a file named ``SConstruct``. The ``SConstruct`` file is actually a Python script, which makes it very straightforward to add functionality to a SCons-based build system. A typical ``SConstruct`` file for compiling a program that uses Cantera might look like this:: env = Environment() env.Append(CCFLAGS='-g', CPPPATH=['/usr/local/cantera/include', '/usr/local/sundials/include'], LIBS=['cantera', 'sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_ida', 'sundials_nvecserial', 'lapack', 'blas'], LIBPATH=['/usr/local/cantera/lib', '/usr/local/sundials/lib'], LINKFLAGS=['-g', '-pthread']) sample = env.Program('sample', 'sample.cpp') Default(sample) This script establishes what SCons refers to as a "construction environment" named ``env``, and sets the header (``CPPPATH``) and library (``LIBPATH``) paths to include the directories containing the Cantera headers and libraries, as well as libraries that Cantera depends on, such as Sundials, BLAS, and LAPACK. Then, a program named ``sample`` is compiled using the single source file ``sample.cpp``. Several other example ``SConstruct`` files are included with the C++ examples contained in the ``samples`` subdirectory of the Cantera installation directory. For more information on SCons, see the `SCons Wiki `_ and the `SCons homepage `_. Make ==== Cantera is distributed with an "include Makefile" that can be used with Make-based build systems. This file ``Cantera.mak`` is located in the ``samples`` subdirectory of the Cantera installation directory. To use it, add a line referincing this file to the top of your Makefile:: include path/to/Cantera.mak The path specified should be the relative path from the ``Makefile`` to ``Cantera.mak``. This file defines several variables which can be used in your Makefile. The following is an example ``Makefile`` that uses the definitions contained in ``Cantera.mak``: .. code-block:: makefile include ../../Cantera.mak CC=gcc CXX=g++ RM=rm -f CCFLAGS=-g CPPFLAGS=$(CANTERA_INCLUDES) LDFLAGS= LDLIBS=$(CANTERA_LIBS) SRCS=sample.cpp OBJS=$(subst .cpp,.o,$(SRCS)) all: sample kinetics1: $(OBJS) $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o sample $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS) clean: $(RM) $(OBJS) dist-clean: clean $(RM) *~