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--- asc:promc:installation [2015/01/15 21:27] – asc
+++ asc:promc:installation [2015/03/20 01:08] (current) – asc
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 Then get the current ProMC release from [[https://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/promc/download/|Download page]].
-Below we show how to download and compile the most recent ProMC package (i.e. ProMC-1.3.tgz):
+You can also use [[https://github.com/Argonne-National-Laboratory/ProMC| ProMC github]].
+Below we show how to download and compile the most recent ProMC package (i.e. ProMC-1.5.tgz):
 <code bash>
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 <code bash>
 ./install.sh  /usr/local  /user/local/HEPMC
-source [promc_dir]/setup.sh  # make it available
+source [promc_dir]/setup.sh  # set PROMC env variable
 </code>
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 echo $PROMC
 </code>
-returns the installation ProMC  directory. Now you can remove the original build directory "ProMC". Test the instillation by writing and reading random numbers :
+returns the installation ProMC  directory. Now you can remove the original build directory "ProMC". To test the installation, go to the example directory and run the example that write and reads random numbers in a file:
 <code bash>
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 ====== Installation from the source (Mac OS) ======
-For MacOS (Darwin), first install these libraries:
+For MacOS (Darwin), first install these libraries: pkgconfig, wget, gcc. You can can use Xcode and Fink and to install such dev libraries.
+If you do not use "Fink", you should use XCode and MacPort:
   * Xcode and the Xcode Command Line Tools. Then agree to Xcode license in Terminal: "**sudo xcodebuild -license**"
   * MacPorts for your version of OS X: 10.10 and then "**sudo port install pkgconfig wget**"
-You can use also other methods to install the development libraries (like gcc, pkgconfig)
-Next we  assume that you are using the  "bash" terminal. Then do this (as before):
+The current installation was tested with Xcode/Fink  or using  Xcode/MacPorts.
+Next we  assume that you are using the "bash" terminal. Then repeat the same steps as for Linux:
 <code bash>
+bash
 wget http://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/promc/download/current.php -O ProMC.tgz
 tar -zvxf ProMC.tgz
 cd ProMC
 ./build.sh                   # build all source files
-./install.sh [promc_dir]     # install into some directory
+./install.sh [promc_dir]     # install into [promc_dir] directory
-source [promc_dir]/setup.sh  # make it available
+source [promc_dir]/setup.sh  # set PROMC env variable.
 </code>
-Test  the instillation by writing and reading random numbers :
+To test the installation, go to the example directory and run the example that writes and reads random numbers in/from a file:
 <code bash>
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 </code>
-You can download compiled ProMC library (MacOS 10.10.1) from [[http://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/promc/download/promc1.5_macOS_10.10.1.tgz]].
+You can download a compiled ProMC library (MacOS 10.10.1) from [[http://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/promc/download/promc1.5_macOS_10.10.1.tgz]].
+Thanks to Larry Nodulman for verifying this installation.
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-===== Installation for IBM BlueGene/Q =====
+===== Installation on IBM BlueGene/Q =====
 //(contributed by Ed May and William Scullin)//