How do I build CGM from scratch?
1. Grab the code straight from the repository using Subversion, from the repository at
2. Follow the directions in the README.CONFIGURE file in the top-level source directory to build the configure script you'll need. NOTE: CGM relies on the autotools (autoconf, libtool, automake) that come with most LINUX/UNIX distributions. If they're not part of your OS, or you're getting mysterious autotools errors, you might want to try downloading/building more recent versions of those packages then trying again.
OR:
1. Grab one of the distribution files I will put eventually on the CGM web site at Argonne.
2. Unpack the tarball.
THEN
3. In the top-level source directory (the one below which are geom/ and util/), run the configure script, with the various options you want. To get a list of options, run ./configure --help.
4. Run make, then make install. This will install the CGM include files and libraries in include/ and lib/ subdirectories below the prefix directory input to the configure script (which is /usr/local by default).
That's it!
