Installing NJOY¶
Both NJOY21 and NJOY2016 use the same configuration and build process. Additionally, all of the supporting components use the same process. The steps on this page are for building NJOY21, but are equally applicable to NJOY2016.
For the impatient¶
# Download the latest version of the code
git clone --branch v1.2.1 https://github.com/njoy/NJOY21.git
cd NJOY21
# Configure the build process
mkdir bin
cd bin
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
# Build NJOY21
make
# Test NJOY21
make test
Prerequisites¶
Development for NJOY uses the latest published language standards that are widely supported by compiler vendors, at the start of development. Therefore, the minimum language standards are
- C++17 or higher
- Fortran 2003 or higher
- Python 3.4+
Additionally, we use CMake to configure the build system and git for version control.
Windows¶
When building on Windows, we only support using the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The build system is the same.
Build Process¶
To download NJOY21, simply git clone
the repository. First move into the directory where you want the source code, then execute:
git clone https://github.com/njoy/NJOY21.git
This will get the latest version of the code. If you are interested in a particular version, you need to specify the git branch corresponding to that version like this for version 1.2.1:
git clone --branch v1.2.1 https://github.com/njoy/NJOY21.git
Please note that getting versions of NJOY21 prior to version 1.2.1 was different—and more convoluted. For information on how to do that see this page.
The configuration and build is performed in a directory (bin
) inside
the source directory
cd NJOY21
mkdir bin
cd bin
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
Note this will require a connection to the internet as cmake
command will download the necessary dependencies.
make
You can provide the command-line option -j n
(where n
is the number of concurrent/parallel “jobs”) to speed up the compilation step.
make test
Like for the compiling step, you can pass the -j
command-line option here as well.
If all the tests pass, you should see something that looks like:
100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 90
For this configuration/build process, a connection to the internet is required as subprojects are downloaded from GitHub. There are many instances when one would need to build NJOY on a machine that is not connected to the internet. To do that, please use these steps:
# Download the source code
git clone https://github.com/njoy/NJOY21.git
# Configure the build process
cd NJOY21
#### Transfer the entire NJOY21 directory to machine
#### not connected to the internet
cd NJOY21
mkdir bin
cd bin
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
# Build NJOY21
make
# Test NJOY21
make test
Compliant Compilers¶
We have tested NJOY2016 and NJOY21 with the following compilers.
C++17 Compliant Compiler¶
We strongly suggest building with the LLVM C++ compiler. We have found this compiler to be much faster in compiling as well as being fast at runtime.
Mac:
- LLVM 9.0.1. The version that comes with XCode will be sufficient.
Linux:
Note that in Windows we currently support compiling and running under the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Fortran 2003 Compliant Compiler¶
- Linux:
- Mac:
Other compilers will most likely compile without any problems, but may give different answers. The differences are typically small and due to different ways of optimizing the code from each compiler. The differences are not likely to be significant.