Building XCFun¶

Dependencies¶

A C++ compiler compliant with the C++11 standard. See here for a list of compatible compilers.

The CMake build system generator. Version 3.11 or later is required. To install a recent version of CMake locally:

$ CMAKE_VERSION=3.14.7
$ target_path=$HOME/Deps/cmake/$CMAKE_VERSION
$ cmake_url="https://cmake.org/files/v${CMAKE_VERSION%.*}/cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
$ mkdir -p "$target_path"
$ curl -Ls "$cmake_url" | tar -xz -C "$target_path" --strip-components=1
$ export PATH=$HOME/Deps/cmake/$CMAKE_VERSION/bin${PATH:+:$PATH}

Optional dependencies¶

To compile the standalone examples:

A Fortran compiler with complete iso_c_binding support.
A C compiler compliant with the C99 standard.

To compile the Python bindings:

Python 3.6+ and its development libraries and headers.
pybind11. This will be automatically downloaded if not available.

To compile the documentation:

Doxygen
Sphinx
The Breathe Sphinx extension.
The recommonmark Sphinx extension.

Configuring, building, testing¶

Clone the repository from GitHub or download a tarball with the sources.
Configure:
```
$ cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install-prefix>
```
We also provide a Python script as front-end to CMake, see Compilation options.
Build:
```
$ cd build
$ make
```
Test:
```
$ ctest
```
Install:
```
$ make install
```

Congratulations, you are all set to use XCFun! Read on for details on Using XCFun.

Compilation options¶

A Python script called setup is made available as a front-end to CMake. The basic configuration command:

$ cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install-prefix>

translates to the following invocation of the setup script:

$ python setup --prefix=<install-prefix>

The script’s options mirror exactly the options you can set by directly using CMake.

--cxx / CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER. The C++ compiler to use to compile the library.
--type / CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE. Any of the build types recognized by CMake, i.e. debug, release, and so forth.
<build-dir> / -B<build-dir>. The location of the build folder.
--xcmaxorder / XCFUN_MAX_ORDER. Maximum derivative order, defaults to 6.
--pybindings / XCFUN_PYTHON_INTERFACE. Enable compilation of Python bindings, defaults to OFF.
--static / BUILD_SHARED_LIBS. Compile only the static library, defaults to OFF, building the shared library only.
ENABLE_TESTALL. Whether to compile unit tests. ON by default. To toggle it OFF when using the setup script use --cmake-options="-DENABLE_TESTALL=OFF".

Building the documentation¶

To build the documentation:

$ cd docs
$ make html

or:

$ sphinx-build docs _build -t html

Bumping versions¶

To bump a version you should edit the cmake/custom/xcfun.cmake, src/version_info.hpp, and docs/conf.py files.