Installation Guide

Requirements

Operating Systems

Psyllid can be installed on Linux and macOS systems. Some functionality (e.g. the Fast Packet Acquisition) is only available on Linux.

Dependencies

  • CMake 3.1 or higher
  • C++11 (gcc 4.9 or higher; or clang 3 or higher)
  • Boost 1.48 or higher
  • HDF5
  • rabbitmqc

These can all be installed from package managers (recommended) or by source.

Submodules

  • midge
  • dripline-cpp
  • monarch

Basic Installation

  1. Ensure the dependencies are installed.

  2. Clone:

    > git clone https://github.com/project8/psyllid.git

or:

> git clone git@github.com:project8/psyllid.git

  1. Updated submodules:

    > git submodule update --init --recursive

  2. Create a build directory and run CMake:

    > cd psyllid
> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake ..

  3. Build and install (will install within the build directory):

    > make install

  4. Test the installation

    > bin/psyllid

With the dependencies installed clone into https://github.com/project8/psyllid.git. Make sure to also pull the submodules by navigating to the cloned directory and running:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Commonly Used Build Options

  • CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: the default is the build directory; change to wherever you want your libraries and binaries installed
  • CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: the default is DEBUG; set to RELEASE for the fastest performance and less verbosity
  • Psyllid_ENABLE_ITERATOR_TIMING: the default is OFF; set to ON to get some diagnostics on how fast the nodes are processing data
  • Psyllid_ENABLE_TESTING: the default is OFF; set to ON to build the test programs