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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 (22MB archive, 75MB installed)	Download (16MB archive, 54MB installed)
OSX 10.5.x (Leopard)	gcc v4.0.1 PowerPC (XCode v3.0)	Download (23MB archive, 85MB installed)	Download (17MB archive, 60MB installed)
OSX 10.4.x (Tiger)	gcc v4.0.1 Intel (i686) (XCode v2.2-2.5)	Download (37MB archive, 176MB installed)	Download (13MB archive, 43MB installed)
OSX 10.4.x (Tiger)	gcc v4.0.1 PowerPC (XCode v2.2-2.5)	Download (40MB archive, 186MB installed)	Download (15MB archive, 49MB installed)
OSX 10.3.x (Panther)	gcc v3.3 PowerPC (XCode v1.x)	Download (47MB archive, 205MB installed)	Download (13MB 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 v2.6.0 Binary Installer - Installs the Cygwin environment, and a prebuilt version of the Berkeley UPC runtime

ISO CD image ( 690MB) - excludes X-Windows support      MD5 Hash = 40d7e59e64a533df2ca912180eab19ae
Right-click and do "save as..", then burn to a CD using your favorite CD burning software

Tar-gzipped installer ( 822MB) - includes X-Windows support      MD5 Hash = 8335923b3aa08b78e4e4673755dec035
Download, unpack and open index.html in your web browser.

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.