ADMB Project

ADMB-11.2
Released December 23, 2014

Installing and using ADMB from binary zip distributions for Unix operating systems such as Linux, MacOS, Solaris and BSD.

Prerequisites

The following programs are required to be installed on the local computer.

C++ compiler

Supported C++ Compilers for Unix
- GNU C++
- Intel C++ Compiler
- Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3

GNU stream editor (sed)

Note — For MacOS, install XCode with command line tools includes all the prerequistes.

Quick Start

Open a Terminal window
Download ADMB

Download binary zip distribution
- For Ubuntu 14 (64Bit), download admb-11.2-fedora20-gcc4.8-64bit.
- For Fedora 20 (64Bit), download admb-11.2-fedora20-gcc4.8-64bit.
- For Fedora 20 (32Bit), download admb-11.2-fedora20-gcc4.8-64bit.
- For Centos 6 and Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3 (32Bit), download admb-11.2-centos6-solarisstudio12.3-32bit.
- For Centos 6 and Intel C++ Compiler (64Bit), download admb-11.2-centos6-intelicpc2013-64bit.
Use the command below to extract contents of zip file to ~/admb/.

For Ubuntu 14 (64Bit),
```
   [~]$ unzip admb-11.2-ubuntu14-64bit.zip
```
For Fedora 20 (64Bit),
```
   [~]$ unzip admb-11.2-fedora20-64bit.zip
```
For Fedora 20 (32Bit),
```
   [~]$ unzip admb-11.2-fedora20-32bit.zip
```
For Centos 6 and Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3 (32Bit),
```
   [~]$ unzip admb-11.2-centos6-solarisstudio12.3-32bit.zip
```
For Centos 6 and Intel C++ Compiler (64Bit),
```
   [~]$ unzip admb-11.2-centos6-intelicpc2013-64bit.zip
```
Use ADMB

In the Terminal window, use the steps below to build and run the simple example.

Change to simple example directory.
```
   [~]$ cd admb/examples/admb/simple
```
Build simple example.
```
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ ~/admb/admb simple.tpl
```
For building with MinGW or Cygwin shells, use the 'admb.sh' script.
```
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ ~/admb/admb.sh simple.tpl
```
Run simple example.
```
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ ./simple
```
Read manuals for more information.
Optional — Multi-User Installation

Installs binary distribution folder to /usr/local/ as super-user.
```
   [~/admb/]$ sudo make install
```
Build and run the simple example without the directory prefix.
```
   [~]$ cd admb/examples/admb/simple
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ admb simple.tpl
   [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ ./simple
```
If unable to build simple example, then use the Manual Installation below.

Alternative — Manual Installation

Copy binary distribution folder to /usr/local/ as super-user.
```
   [~]$ sudo cp -Rvf admb /usr/local/admb
```
Create symlink to main admb script. Directory /usr/local/bin/ should already exist.
```
   [~]$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/admb/admb /usr/local/bin/admb
```

For help and support, contact users@admb-project.org.

$Id: QuickStartUnix.txt 2877 2014-12-23 18:11:52Z johnoel $