Mosflm version 7.0.6 build-it-yourself directory

Our latest local builds run faster than those built from the files contained in this directory; the speedup is between three times as fast (for Power PC Mac) to ~10% faster (for 32-bit Linux), but in general is around 30%.

You have been warned!

• Unless you have a recent (post 5.0) version of CCP4 installed, don't even try to build Mosflm. It won't work. Download and install a pre-built copy instead. Nearly all the problems I deal with regarding the build-it-yourself version arise because the user hasn't installed the correct version of CCP4 properly, or doesn't have the appropriate compilers installed.
• Before you try to build Mosflm, please make sure you have working Fortran and C compilers on your system! For all platforms except Intel Macs, the Mosflm build expects to find g77/gcc for Linux and OS X, and f77/cc for Alphas and SGIs. Intel Macs expect gfortran by default.
• The pre-built copies of Mosflm have all been tested and you gain very little (apart from experience) from building your own. The only exceptions to this are executables built with the IBM commercial compilers, which are substantially faster. Since I do not have the IBM compilers, you may find it worthwhile to try building them. However, they are no longer available for purchase from IBM for Macintosh, so if you don't have them already you may have trouble finding them.

If you decide to ignore these warnings, all you need from this directory is the file mosflm706.tgz.

If you want to build a copy that doesn't have any of the old xdl_view GUI code, and will build without the X11 libraries, download the file mosflm706_noX11.tgz instead. Because of problems with the compiler for the Windows executable, the "in-program" help facility does not work in this build.

This build has not been tested with Tru64 on a DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha, or on an SGI, but as previous versions did build, and this is not substantially different, it should work.

Note that the Alpha Linux build has not been tested for many years, but as it worked okay for version 6.2.0, it may work for this version too.

I have included setup files for using the Intel Fortran/C compiler (ifort/icc) for both PCs and Mac Intel boxes, and IBM xlf/xlc compiler for Mac OSX. I have bought the Intel Fortran compiler, and the Intel Macintosh pre-built executable has been built with that. I haven't bought the IBM compilers, so I am not allowed to distribute the executables built with them, and since trial versions are no longer available, the Mosflm build with those compilers is purely of academic interest. The Intel compiler for Macs gives very stable executables that run faster than the executables built with gfortran, and I find that with the xlf compiler Mosflm runs roughly twice as fast on PPC Macs.

If you decide to build Mosflm with non-gnu compilers, you must also build the CCP4 libraries with those compilers. Instructions are available with the CCP4 distributions, but using non-standard compilers with the CCP4 build is fraught with difficulty; as noted above, if you don't have the experience and time to spare, you gain little by trying this.

If you log out after you have built and installed the CCP4 libraries, make sure that you "source" the correct ccp4.setup file before building Mosflm.

To use the PC Intel compiler flags:

source intel
make

To use the Mac Intel compiler flags:

source macintel
make

To use the IBM compiler flags:

source xlf
make

The REFIX indexing file (refix_all.for) used in versions before 6.2.6 may not work with this build (I have made some changes...); if you need it, please e-mail me for a copy.

If you have any problems, please get in touch!