# Installation - Linux and OS X Sire can be compiled and installed on most Unix platforms. We have tested it extensively on different flavours of Linux and Mac OS X. Sire is entirely self-contained, depending only on a working (modern) C and C++ compiler, and the build system cmake. You will need to use at least version 2.8.12.1 or above. Once you have a working C and C++ compiler, and a new enough version of cmake, unpack the downloaded source file using tar -jxvf Sire_2016.3.1.tar.gz Change into the resulting directory. Inside, you should find a file called compile_sire.sh. Run this file using; ./compile_sire.sh This will prompt you to enter the directory in which you want to install Sire. By default, this will be $HOME/sire.app. Once you have entered the directory, the script will then automatically download any dependencies and will compile and install Sire. If you have any problems, or the script fails, then please get in touch via the Sire users mailing list. # Installation - Windows Compilation and installation on Windows is still experimental. Follow the instructions in the file WINDOWS_INSTALL.rst inside the source package.