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Berkeley UPC Binary distributions

Note: our binary distributions for Windows/Mac are primarily intended for workstation/laptop installations. They only include support for running on a single machine, and/or over the standard UDP network protocol. If you have a Mac/Windows cluster with a non-ethernet high-speed network (and/or a more optimizing compiler than Apple's gcc), you will want to install from source.

Apple Mac OS X:

Step 1: Berkeley UPC requires the free Apple XCode Tools software package, which includes the gcc compiler.
This is bundled with most versions of OSX, but you might need to install it. Which XCode version is right for me?
Step 2: Next, install the Berkeley UPC runtime using one of the following options:
- Option 1 - Binary Distribution: note the "Lite" version requires an internet connection when compiling UPC programs.

Unpack the appropriate distribution and run install.command to install with default options.
See the included README file for alternate installation options.

Mac OS version	gcc --version	Full, stand-alone installer (includes local translator)	"Lite" installer (uses internet translator)
OSX 10.5.x (Leopard)	gcc v4.0.1 Intel (i686) (XCode v3.0+)	Download (28MB archive, 95MB installed)	Download (22MB archive, 75MB installed)
OSX 10.5.x (Leopard)	gcc v4.0.1 PowerPC (XCode v3.0+)	Download (30MB archive, 108MB installed)	Download (24MB archive, 84MB installed)
OSX 10.4.x (Tiger)	gcc v4.0.1 Intel (i686) (XCode v2.2-2.5)	Download (38MB archive, 177MB installed)	Download (14MB archive, 43MB installed)
OSX 10.4.x (Tiger)	gcc v4.0.1 PowerPC (XCode v2.2-2.5)	Download (41MB archive, 187MB installed)	Download (16MB archive, 49MB installed)
OSX 10.3.x (Panther)	gcc v3.3 PowerPC (XCode v1.x)	Download (48MB archive, 206MB installed)	Download (14MB archive, 43MB installed)

Note: you can run /usr/bin/sw_vers to check your OSX version,
and /usr/bin/gcc --version to check your XCode Tools version

OS X Screenshot

Option 2 - Build from source: use this option for other OS versions or if Option 1 doesn't work for you
Follow the UNIX instructions to build the Berkeley UPC Runtime from source.
You should also use this option if you have a 64-bit capable Mac (G5 or Core 2 Duo on OSX 10.4+),
and want to build 64-bit UPC applications - the above installers are all 32-bit to maximize compatibility.

Microsoft Windows systems without Cygwin (most systems):

Berkeley UPC v2.8.0 Binary Installer - Installs the Cygwin environment, and a prebuilt version of the Berkeley UPC runtime

Tar-gzipped installer (1164MB) MD5 Hash = 144e657642ad6d3c423bd8744f2a7d45
Download, unpack and open index.html in your web browser.

Also available in DVD media form at the SuperComputing 08 PGAS Booth, and by request (while supplies last!)

Microsoft Windows systems with Cygwin already installed:

We recommend that you build from source if you already have Cygwin installed.

Step 1: Ensure you have the following required Cygwin packages installed:
ash, binutils, gawk, gcc, gcc-core, grep, gzip, make, perl, tar

Step 2: Download the Berkeley UPC Runtime source, and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file to build. We recommend configuring with CC=gcc-4 from the gcc4 package, to get the latest gcc bug fixes.