Requirements

The following tools and libraries, including header files, are required to be able to compile and use ESPResSo 4.0.  Read the Installation instructions for the requirements.

• CMake
  The build system is based on CMake.
• C++ Compiler
  C++11 capable C++ compiler (e.g., Gcc 4.8.1 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. Both, Python 2 and 3 are supported.
• Cython
  Cython is used for connecting the C++ core to Python.
• We do not support Windows OSes.