HOWTO download & compile third party modules

COOLFluiD offers the possibility of downloading and compiling plugins which are hosted in private subversion (svn) servers. This can be easily achieved by specifying comma-separated module names (e.g. Module1,Module2) and comma-separated corresponding URLs inside the coolfluid.conf file, as in the following example:

extra_mods_list = Module1,Module2

extra_mods_url = https://path_to_Module1, https://path_to_Module2

When running the configuration script, for example

./prepare.pl --build=optim

the above specified modules will be downloaded, copied into the plugins folder and compiled together with the rest of the code.

Mutation library

One example of such modules is represented by the Mutation library (of which several F77 versions are available). The latter computes thermodynamic, chemical, transport and energy transfer properties for arbitrary gas/plasma mixtures.

In order to access Mutation, you have first to register on https://minarossa.vki.ac.be and then request authorization to [email protected].

To download and compile Mutation 2.0.0 (the most stable and complete version to date) and link it to the rest of COOLFluiD), you must set:

extra_mods_list = Mutation2.0.0

extra_mods_url = https://minarossa.vki.ac.be/svn/coolfluid-plugins/Mutation2.0.0

(the URL must fit all in one line with no space in between) and follow the instructions above.

NOTE: watch out that the plugin library corresponding to the Mutation2.0.0 module is called Mutation2OLD, therefore, if allactive = 0, you must specify

lib_Mutation2OLD = on (F77 files)

lib_Mutation2OLDI = on (C++ interface)

explicitly in your coolfluid.conf in order to enable its compilation. Moreover, the following flag must also be set:

nofortran = 0 (this is the default).