MESA_Install.txt

Step-By-Step Instructions to Install MESA:

0) Pre-requisite Libraries:
    a) For Fedora: binutils, make, perl, libX11, libX11-devel, zlib, zlib-devel, tcsh, crlibm, crlibm-devel, makedepf90
    b) For Ubuntu: binutils, make, perl, libx11-6, libx11-dev, zlibg, zlibg-dev, tcsh

1) Create a MESA_DIR. (say MESA_DIR = /home/user/softwares/mesa)
    a) mkdir MESA_DIR
       cd MESA_DIR

    b) Download latest MESA-SDK.
       https://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/resource/download/mesasdk/mesasdk-x86_64-linux-20171120.tar.gz

    c) Download latest MESA release.
       https://sourceforge.net/projects/mesa/files/releases/mesa-r10108.zip/download

2) tar -xf mesasdk-x86_64-linux-20171120.tar.gz

3) unzip -K mesa-r10108.zip

4) Set the Environment variables in .bashrc/.zshrc:-
    export MESASDK_ROOT=/home/user/softwares/mesasdk
    export MESA_DIR=/home/user/softwares/mesa/mesa-r10108
    export OMP_NUM_THREADS=4

5) Install MESASDK and Refresh Bash Shell:-
    a) source $MESASDK_ROOT/bin/mesasdk_init.sh
    b) source .bashrc

6) chmod u+x -R mesa-r10108

7) Install MESA:
    a) cd MESA_DIR
    b) ./install