From 9cde4ce12c10b6acacacbee310cd08f19623d955 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Romano Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 22:16:15 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify installation instructions for HDF5 pre-req and Ubuntu PPA --- docs/source/usersguide/install.rst | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst b/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst index dcf990bdad..e3f0df5e91 100644 --- a/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst +++ b/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Installation and Configuration Installing on Ubuntu with PPA ----------------------------- -For users with Ubuntu 11.10 or later, a binary package for OpenMC is available +For users with Ubuntu 15.04 or later, a binary package for OpenMC is available through a Personal Package Archive (PPA) and can be installed through the APT package manager. First, add the following PPA to the repository sources: @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Now OpenMC should be recognized within the repository and can be installed: sudo apt-get install openmc +Binary packages from this PPA may exist for earlier versions of Ubuntu, but they +are no longer supported. + -------------------- Building from Source -------------------- @@ -74,6 +77,12 @@ Prerequisites You may omit ``--enable-parallel`` if you want to compile HDF5_ in serial. + .. important:: + + OpenMC uses various parts of the HDF5 Fortran 2003 API; as such you + must include ``--enable-fortran2003`` or else OpenMC will not be able + to compile. + On Debian derivatives, HDF5 and/or parallel HDF5 can be installed through the APT package manager: