The following tools and libraries, including header files, are required to be able to compile and use ESPResSo 4.1. Read the Installation instructions for the requirements.
- CMake
The build system is based on CMake. - C++ Compiler
C++14 capable C++ compiler (e.g., GCC 5 or later). - Boost
A number of advanced C++ features used by ESPResSo is provided by Boost. - FFTW
For some algorithms, ESPResSo needs the FFTW library for Fourier transforms version 3 or later for Fourier transforms, including header files. - MPI
Because ESPResSo is parallelized with MPI, you need a working MPI environment that implements the MPI standard version 1.2. - Python
ESPResSo uses a Python scripting interface. Only Python 3 is supported. - Cython
Cython is used for connecting the C++ core to Python. - We do not support Windows OSes.
