Required and Optional Dependencies

This page describes the libraries required to build FrontISTR and the optional libraries that extend its functionality. For instructions on installing each library, refer to the documentation provided by that library.

Required Dependencies

The following tools and libraries are required to build FrontISTR.

Library	Version requirement	Purpose
CMake	≥ 3.13.4	Build system
C/C++/Fortran compiler	—	Compiling the source code
MPI	—	Parallel communication library (OpenMPI, IntelMPI, etc.)

Optional Dependencies

The following libraries are optional and can be enabled at build time according to the functionality required. See Building with CMake for the corresponding CMake options.

Library	CMake option	Purpose	Source
METIS (v4/v5)	WITH_METIS	Domain decomposition by graph partitioning	Karypis Lab
MUMPS + ScaLAPACK	WITH_MUMPS	Parallel direct solver	MUMPS-Solver.org / Netlib
Intel oneAPI MKL	WITH_MKL	Direct solver (PARDISO), BLAS/LAPACK	Intel
OpenBLAS / LAPACK	WITH_LAPACK	Numerical linear algebra (condition number estimation)	OpenBLAS.net / Netlib
Trilinos ML	WITH_ML	AMG preconditioning	Trilinos Project
REVOCAP_Refiner	WITH_REFINER	Mesh refinement	FrontISTR download page
REVOCAP_Coupler	WITH_REVOCAP	Coupled analysis	FrontISTR download page
NetCDF	WITH_NETCDF	Output in Exodus II format	Unidata
Doxygen	WITH_DOC	API documentation generation	Doxygen.nl

Additional Tools Required for GPU Builds

FrontISTR GPU acceleration is implemented using OpenACC, and the configuration currently verified for operation uses the NVIDIA HPC SDK. In addition to the required libraries listed above, the following tools are required for GPU builds.

Tool	Purpose	Source
NVIDIA HPC SDK (nvc, nvc++, nvfortran)	Compiling OpenACC GPU offloading	NVIDIA

For details of the GPU build procedure, including the handling of unsupported libraries, see GPU Build.