Installing the latest revision of GenGeo on Ubuntu and variants

Created by Dion Weatherley
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gengeo install ubuntu 11 04
Last updated by:
SteffenAbe

1) Configure bazaar for use with launchpad and install all ESyS-Particle dependencies.
Follow steps 1-5 of the following FAQ:
https://answers.launchpad.net/esys-particle/+faq/1613

2) obtain the latest development version of GenGeo:
bzr branch lp:esys-particle/gengeo

3) compile and install GenGeo:
cd gengeo/build
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd

4) add the path to the GenGeo library to your PYTHONPATH (e.g. in the bash shell):
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/dist-packages/gengeo/:$PYTHONPATH

where X.Y is the python version used.

[append this line to the end of your ~/.bashrc file to make this change permanent]