Windows installer & bugfixes
🌁 🐧 This release introduces support for building OpenCoarrays in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Ubuntu bash shell via the new windows-install.sh
installation script with the following limitations:
Windows Installation requirements
- WSL release 14936 or later, which provides Ubuntu 16.04.
- Ubuntu 16.04 requirements:
- Windows Insider Preview,
- "Fast" updates option, and
- Run
do-release-upgrade
to update from the default Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04.
The installation script uses apt-get
to install GCC 5.4.0, CMake, and MPICH. Windows users who desire a newer version of GCC are welcome to submit a request via our Issues page and suggest a method for updating. Previously attempted upgrade methods are described here.
Installation
Please see the installation instructions for more details on how to build and install this version of OpenCoarrays