MBDyn^©

MBDyn^© is a multibody analysis code.
http://www.mbdyn.org

Copyright^© 1996-2019

Pierangelo Masarati
Paolo Mantegazza

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale - Politecnico di Milano
via La Masa, 34 - 20156 Milano, Italy
http://www.aero.polimi.it

developers:

• see CONTRIBUTING.md in the root directory of the source tree

distribution:

• set build/version to the right number
• # set MBDYN_DEVEL=no in configure.ac
• follow the above instructions
• run "./configure" with the desired options
• add version and release date to NEWS
• add version and release notes to CHANGES
• check BUGS
• advance MBDYN_REL_ENG tag after running ./check_cvs.sh
• set MBDYN_REL_ENG_ tag
• run "make dist" && "make distcheck"
• update https://www.mbdyn.org/ web page
• announce on mailing lists

installation:

• clone the source tree from this repo or download a release from the website (https://www.mbdyn.org/?Software_Download)
• (if needed) run "sh bootstrap.sh" to generate configure scripts
• configure the package; "./configure" will suffice in most cases, unless you need some of the supported packages and they are not in the standard place
• "make" the package
• run "make install"; the command "mbdyn" and some utilities will be installed in "$PREFIX/bin", while some libraries will be put in "$PREFIX/lib" (PREFIX defaults to /usr/local/mbdyn). Those libraries are neither required to run mbdyn nor the utilities (unless you force the shared build). A bare-bone man page will be installed in "$PREFIX/share/man/man1".