How to download and install the library

How to get it

The distribution of the library is available by ftp, and rpm from the svn server http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/synaps/ at the url http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/?group_id=93.

How to configure it

Once you get the file synaps-xxx.tar.gz by ftp, type

tar zxvf synaps-xxx.tar.gz

Then move in the directory synaps-xxx and type

./configue; make && make install

To see the different options of the configuration, type {./configure -h}

./configure 
    --with-blas= [where is the libblas.a] 
    --with-lapack= [where is the liblapack.a] 
    --with-gmp= [where is the directory gmp] 
    --with-mpsolve= [where is the directory mpsolve] 
    --infodir= [where to install the documentation, with make install] 
    --bindir= [where to install s++, with make install] 
    --prefix= [where to install the rest of the library]

How to use it

Once the s++ script has been generated, it can be used as a compiler command, as follows:

s++ <file>.cc

Options of compilation

It will generate an executable file file.ex, that can be run by typing ./file.ex. The options of the command s++ are optained by typing

s++ -h 

Files can be compiled separately. Using the option -c as follows:

s++ -c file.cc 

which will produce a file.o, which you will be able to link to another application. The file that you compile can be executed by

s++ file.cc -run     # Compile and run the file.ex 
s++ file.cc -exe     # Execute the file.ex

If you use options which are not mentionned in the previous list, they are passed directly to the C++ compiler.

s++ file.cc -Wall -O6

This will pass the options -Wall and -O6 to the C++ compiler.

Check the installation

In order to check the parameters of the installation, you can type \ s++ -v, which produces:

VERSION = <time when you produce the s++ command>
SOURCES = <source dir>
INCDIR  = -I<includedir> ...
LIBDIR  = -L<libdir>
LIB     = -llib1
OPTION  = <options of the compilation>
OBJ     = <list of object files>
CXX     = <compiler used>