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LibBi Installation

LibBi runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows under Cygwin. Installation of LibBi itself is straighforward, but LibBi works by generating, compiling and running C++ code; this code has a number of dependencies that will also need to be installed.

If you are planning to run LibBi on a Mac, the easiest way to install it via the Homebrew package manager. See INSTALL_MAC.md for details on this. On Linux, you can install LibBi using the linuxbrew package manager, but this can be more involved as the specific build environments are more heterogeneous. For details, refer to the instructions in INSTALL_LINUX.md.

This file contains the instructions for installing LibBi manually. This process is the same on all platforms. To install dependencies of the C++ code that LibBi generates, see the walkthroughs for each platform in INSTALL_LINUX.md, INSTALL_MAC.md and INSTALL_WIN.md for Linux (and possibly other Unix), Mac OS X and Windows, respectively. For other platforms, or for a custom install, see INSTALL_GENERIC.md.

You should install all dependencies before following the instructions below, as the last step performs some basic tests on them.

The Quick Way

LibBi itself is just a Perl module. The quickest way to install it is with the cpan utility. This will also install some extra Perl modules on which LibBi depends. From within the LibBi directory, run:

sudo cpan .

If this is the first time that you have run cpan, it will ask a few questions to configure itself.

If you do not have root privileges, you can instead run just cpan . to install LibBi in your home directory. If this is the first time you have run cpan in this way, it may ask you to restart your shell after it has configured itself---keep an eye out for this.

The More Involved Way

LibBi's dependencies can be installed by running sudo cpan and then entering:

install Template Graph Math::Symbolic Carp::Assert Parse::Yapp \
    Parse::Lex File::Slurp File::ShareDir Getopt::ArgvFile

Exit cpan by typing quit. LibBi can then be installed (or upgraded) by issuing the following sequence of commands from within the LibBi directory:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
sudo make install

The Development Way

If you are developing LibBi, or otherwise have a need to use the latest development version, the following set up is recommended so that you can pull down updates without having to reinstall.

Firstly, clone the GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/libbi/LibBi.git

You can use the full path to the LibBi/script/libbi program when running LibBi to ensure that this version is used, e.g.

~/LibBi/script/libbi sample @config.conf @posterior.conf

or, as this rapidly gets cumbersome, you can add the full path of the LibBi/script directory to your PATH environment variable. How to do this will depend on which shell you are using. For bash it usually means editing your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile file. On Mac OS X it will mean editing your ~/.profile file.

After changing your PATH environment variable, restart your shell and type which libbi to confirm that the correct version of LibBi is associated with the command libbi. Henceforth you can then just type libbi to run.

Updates to the development version can be pulled down from the GitHub repository at any time with:

git pull origin master

They will take effect the next time that you run libbi, with no installation required.