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Due to variety of Linux configurations, it is difficult to provide a single recipe that "just works". The better strategy might be to focus on several configurations based on most popular distributions. Here I will start from building working configuration on fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), however this also must work for other Ubuntu 16.04-based distros, for example, Linux Mint 18.3

Configuration

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x86-64 (64-bit)
  • Qt 5.10.1
  • ROOT 6.12.06
  • ANTS2 from the master or development branch
  • Optional: CUDA 9.1.85

Walkthrough

First update your system.

Install Qt

  • Download Qt 5.10.1 for Linux 64-bit offline installer from the Qt Offline Installers page or from this direct link
  • Give it executable permissions with chmod +x and run as root. It asks for login, but it is optional and can be bypassed with "Skip" button.
  • Accept default installation folder.
  • Select the components according to the figure below: Check
  • Accept licence agreement and proceed with installation

Install ROOT

  • Download ROOT 6.12.06 binary for Ubuntu 16 gcc5.4 from this page or from direct link
  • Unpack it to /opt/root
  • Add line . /opt/root/bin/thisroot.sh to ~/.profile
  • Restart desktop environment (log out and log back in)

Install CUDA (optional)

sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_9.1.85-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda

Troubleshooting tip: if the last command fails it's most probably because NVIDIA drivers are already installed on your system. Clean them up and try again:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install cuda
  • Add line PATH="/usr/local/cuda-9.1/bin:$PATH" to ~/.profile
  • Restart desktop environment (log out and log back in)

Install Eigen3 (recommended!)

sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev

Install ANTS2

  • Clone the development branch (more recent, potentially less stable):
git clone -b Dev https://github.com/andrmor/ANTS2.git

    or the master branch (older but more stable):

git clone -b master https://github.com/andrmor/ANTS2.git
  • Start Qt Creator, click "Open Project" button and navigate to ants2.pro file
  • At the top on ants2.pro, under #Optional libraries uncomment eigen3 and, optionally, CUDA
  • Run qmake and then build all

Recap

The following script contains all the commands necessary to prepare Ubuntu 16.04 for compiling ANTS2 from source. Logout/login is required in the end to update environment

#Qt 5.10.1
wget http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.10/5.10.1/qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.10.1.run
chmod +x qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.10.1.run
sudo ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.10.1.run
#ROOT 6.12.06
wget https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v6.12.06.Linux-ubuntu16-x86_64-gcc5.4.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzf root_v6.12.06.Linux-ubuntu16-x86_64-gcc5.4.tar.gz -C /opt
echo ". /opt/root/bin/thisroot.sh" >> ~/.profile
# CUDA 9.1.85 (optional)
wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_9.1.85-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_9.1.85-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda
echo "PATH=\"/usr/local/cuda-9.1/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.profile
# Libraries
sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev

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