last update:$Date: 2004/09/06 14:06:14 $

How to create a MINUIT distribution tar ball

Here are provide instructions on how to create a tar.gz distribution file from the MINUIT source code taken from CVS.

  1. get the source code from the CVS repository for Minuit version Minuit_X_Y_Z and go to the Minuit directory. Instructions on how to access the Minuit CVS repository are avilable here.
    cvs co -r Minuit_X_Y_Z MathLibs/Minuit
    cd MathLibs/Minuit
  2. Edit the file ./configure.in and in one of the first lines change to the correct Minuit version number (X_Y_Z). The line in the file should be :
    AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(Minuit, X_Y_Z)
  3. run autogen
    ./autogen
  4. create a new directory
    cd .. 
    mkdir Minuit-BUILD 
    cd Minuit-BUILD/
  5. run configure:
    ../Minuit/configure
  6. create the tar.gz:
     make dist