Install from Source

Fides uses CMake version 3.9 or above, for building, testing, and installing the library and utilities.

Dependencies

• ADIOS2: Commit bf3a13d9 from Jan 7, 2021.

• VTK-m: Commit d8dc8f98 from Feb 11, 2021.

Building, Testing, and Installing Fides

To build Fides, clone the repository and invoke the canonical CMake build sequence:

$ git clone https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/fides.git

If you want to run tests or use the test data, you’ll need to download the data using Git LFS.

$ cd fides
$ git lfs install
$ git lfs pull
$ cd ..

Now continue with the build process:

$ mkdir fides-build && cd fides-build
$ cmake ../fides
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0
...

Then compile using

$ make

If you downloaded the test data, you can now optionally run the tests:

$ ctest
Test project /Users/caitlinross/dev/fides-build
      Start  1: test-basic
 1/17 Test  #1: test-basic ........................   Passed    0.20 sec
      Start  2: test-explicit
 2/17 Test  #2: test-explicit .....................   Passed    0.18 sec

      ...

      Start 17: validate-inline
17/17 Test #17: validate-inline ...................   Passed    0.03 sec

And finally, use the standard invocation to install:

$ make install

CMake Options

The following options can be specified with CMake’s -DVAR=VALUE syntax. The default option is highlighted.

VAR	VALUE	Description
FIDES_ENABLE_EXAMPLES	ON/OFF	Build examples
FIDES_ENABLE_TESTING	ON/OFF	Build tests
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS	ON/OFF	Build shared libraries.
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX	/path/to/install (/usr/local)	Installation location.
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE	Debug/Release/RelWithDebInfo/MinSizeRel	Compiler optimization levels.