Obtaining ASPECT and initial configuration

The development version of ASPECT can be downloaded by executing the command

 git clone https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect.git

If $DEAL_II_DIR points to your deal.II installation, you can configure ASPECT by running

 mkdir build; cd build; cmake ..

in the ASPECT directory created by the git clone command above. If you did not set $DEAL_II_DIR you have to supply cmake with the location:

 cmake -DDEAL_II_DIR=/home/username/deal-installed/ ..

This will create an “out-of-source” build, where the build directory is different from the source directory, which is the only supported option. (We do not support in-source builds where the source and build directory are identical).

Initial configuration with FastScape-fortran

If you have downloaded and installed FastScape-fortran, to use the coupling you must link the ASPECT to the FastScape install. This is done by typing:

cmake -DASPECT_WITH_FASTSCAPE=ON \
             -DFASTSCAPE_DIR=/path/to/fastscape/build ..

During cmake, a few outputs may be seen that notify if the link with FastScape is successful. First, if the library is found the following will be seen:

 FastScape library found at /path/to/fastscape/build

If the FastScape version that allows visualizations with ASPECT is used, the following will be output:

 Found fastscape_named_vtk -- enabling its use