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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 gcc), you will want to install from source.

Apple Mac OS X:

To maximize compatibility, the binary installers for OSX 10.4.x through 10.6.x build 32-bit applications, while starting with OSX 10.7.x (Lion) our installers generate 64-bit output. You should use the Build from source option, below, if these are not your desired targets.

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)
OSX 10.7.x (Lion)	llvm-gcc v4.2.1 (XCode v4.0+)	Intel x86-64 Download (46MB archive, 185MB installed)	N/A
OSX 10.6.x (Snow Leopard)	gcc v4.2.1 (XCode v3.2+)	Intel x86 Download (51MB archive, 179MB installed)	N/A
OSX 10.5.x (Leopard)	gcc v4.0.1 (XCode v3.0-3.1)	Intel x86 Download (48MB archive, 171MB installed)	PowerPC Download (55MB archive, 200MB installed)
OSX 10.4.x (Tiger)	gcc v4.0.1 (XCode v2.2-2.5)	Intel x86 Download (67MB archive, 285MB installed)	PowerPC Download (74MB archive, 314MB installed)
OSX 10.3.x (Panther)	gcc v3.3 (XCode v1.x)	N/A	PowerPC Download (75MB archive, 310MB installed)

Mac OS version gcc --version "Lite" installer (uses internet translator)

OSX 10.7.x
(Lion) llvm-gcc v4.2.1
(XCode v4.0+) Intel x86-64 Download
(39MB archive, 157MB installed) N/A

OSX 10.6.x
(Snow Leopard) gcc v4.2.1
(XCode v3.2+) Intel x86 Download
(45MB archive, 156MB installed) N/A

OSX 10.5.x
(Leopard) gcc v4.0.1
(XCode v3.0-3.1) Intel x86 Download
(42MB archive, 149MB installed) PowerPC Download
(49MB archive, 175MB installed)

OSX 10.4.x
(Tiger) gcc v4.0.1
(XCode v2.2-2.5) Intel x86 Download
(43MB archive, 150MB installed) PowerPC Download
(49MB archive, 175MB installed)

OSX 10.3.x
(Panther) gcc v3.3
(XCode v1.x) N/A PowerPC Download
(42MB archive, 146MB 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 pairs of OS and XCode versions, or if Option 1 doesn't work for you
Follow the UNIX instructions to build the Berkeley UPC Runtime from source.

Microsoft Windows systems without Cygwin (most systems):

Berkeley UPC v2.14.2 Binary Installer - Installs the Cygwin environment, and a prebuilt version of the Berkeley UPC runtime.
This installer is suitable for all recent Windows versions. Users of Windows 95/98/ME will need to install Cygwin 1.5.x and then build Berkeley UPC from source.

Cygwin version 1.7.9-1: Tar-gzipped installer (2.1GB) MD5 Hash = 673cecf9bf01c3ee2cccdd5b1b13e9dd
Download, unpack and open index.html in your web browser.

Microsoft Windows systems with Cygwin already installed:

A prebuilt binary of the Berkeley UPC compiler depends on the specific versions of GCC and other tools that were present at the time it was built. However, Cygwin lacks named/numbered distributions that would identify versions for an entire suite of tools. Therefore, we choose not to provide a stand-alone Berkeley UPC package for Cygwin. Instead, 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, gcc4, gcc4-core, grep, gzip, make, perl, tar
Note: this list may be incomplete and we'd appreciate hearing of anything else required.

Step 2: Download the Berkeley UPC Runtime source, and follow the instructions in the INSTALL.TXT file to build.
We recommend adding "CC=gcc-4 CXX=g++-4" (without the quotes) to the configure command line. This will ensure you are using complers from the gcc4 package, to get the latest gcc bug fixes (default gcc and g++ could be either version 3 or 4.)
Step 3: (Optional, but strongly recommended) perform a "rebaseall"
. The following assumes Cygwin is installed in the default location "\Cygwin", and that the Cygwin "rebase" package has been installed (look for "/bin/rebaseall").

Terminate all running Cygwin processes
Open a Windows "Command Prompt"
Run "cd \cywgin\bin"
Run "ash"
Run "PATH=. rebaseall -v" (expect LOTS of output)
"exit" the ash shell
"exit" the Command Prompt window