type:
configure make make install #if you want to install the software on a site
The binary freefem will be in the directory src.
We use autoconf and automake in conjunction in order to be as general as possible. These tools are not required to use or compile freeFEM but if you want to change the code you will need these.
These tools are available on the GNU ftp site: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu. You can get them in France at ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/gnu.
If you want to compile the mesh adaptation library type:
configure --with-adapt make make install #if you want to install the software on a siteIt will enable the mesh adaptation features in freeFEM. Note that you have to recompile almost everything.
XGfem is a commercial product. You can use FreeFEM and XGfem together. If you want to do it (i.e. so you have purchased XGfem, congratulations) do the following thing:
configure --with-gfem make make install #if you want to install the software on a site
Note that it will enable the mesh adaptation library also.
There is an optional flag for configure which enables optimization flags for the compiler:
configure --with-optimizationIt can be used with the others flags without problems. It guesses the optimization flags according to the compiler.