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Commit 732f87f7 authored by Christophe Geuzaine's avatar Christophe Geuzaine
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add ./configure --help and a pointer to the reference manual
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...@@ -8,25 +8,30 @@ To install Gmsh, type ...@@ -8,25 +8,30 @@ To install Gmsh, type
make make
make install make install
This requires the GSL (version 1.2 or higher; freely available from This requires GSL 1.2 or higher (freely available from
http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/) and FLTK (version 1.1.x, configured http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/) and FLTK version 1.1.x (configured
with OpenGL support; freely available from http://www.fltk.org) to be with OpenGL support; freely available from http://www.fltk.org). You
installed on your system. If not in default locations, you can either can use the --with-fltk-prefix and --with-gsl-prefix configure options
use the --with-fltk-prefix and --with-gsl-prefix configure options, or (or define the FLTK_DIR and GSL_DIR environment variables) if the
you can set the environment variables FLTK_DIR and GSL_DIR. Compiling libraries are not installed in their default locations. Please note
the Windows version requires the Cygwin tools (freely available from that compiling the Windows version requires the Cygwin tools (freely
http://www.cygwin.com). available from http://www.cygwin.com).
To install a non-graphical version of Gmsh (that does not require To install a non-graphical version of Gmsh (that does not require FLTK
FLTK nor OpenGL), type nor OpenGL), type
./configure --disable-gui ./configure --disable-gui
make make
make install make install
For a description of all other configuration options, type
./configure --help
Gmsh is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Gmsh is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. See doc/COPYING for more information. License. See doc/COPYING for more information.
See the doc/ and tutorial/ directories for documentation. See the doc/ and tutorial/ directories for documentation. The
reference manual is located in doc/texinfo/.
See the demos/ directory for additional examples. See the demos/ directory for additional examples.
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