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Installing COSTA from the Repository

In order to run COSTA, you will need to install PPL first.

PPL Configuration

Manual option

Step 1. Starting in your home directory, download a source distribution of ppl, either ppl-1.1 (recommended) or ppl-1.0, i.e., execute:
wget http://bugseng.com/products/ppl/download/ftp/releases/LATEST/ppl-1.1.tar.gz or
wget http://bugseng.com/products/ppl/download/ftp/releases/1.0/ppl-1.0.tar.gz
Step 2: execute cd /usr/local/src
Step 3: Become root by executing sudo -s
Step 4: execute umask 2
Step 5: move dowloaded file to current dir mv ~/ppl-VERSION.tar.gz/ .
Step 6: uncompress and untar tarball tar xvfpz ppl-VERSION.tar.gz
Step 7: cd ppl-VERSION
Step 8: If you are using only SWI Prolog, go to 8a and if you plan to use both Ciao and SWI Prolog goto 8b
Step 8a: execute ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-interfaces="cxx swi_prolog"
Step 8b: execute ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-interfaces="cxx ciao_prolog swi_prolog"
Step 9: Build and install: execute the following (will take time)

make
make install

Step 10: Leave root mode in shell exit

Compiling PPL on MAC

This information was provided by Remy for compiling PPL on MAC, we should test it, and add more details, rephrase, etc. First you have to be sure that gmp and ppl are compiled in 32 bits (By default snow leopard compile everything to 64bits). To compile gmp in 32 bits, you have to set the environment variable ABI to 32. To compile ppl in 32 bits, you have to set the environment variable CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to -m32. After trick in the same way as linux. I give you the command lines I used to make it work. Here I use gmp-4.3.2 ppl-0.10 and last ciao (It contains code to "easy" interface with ppl-0.10) I install gmp and ppl in ~/usr

for gmp-4.3.2 (ppl 0.10 do not work with gmp-5.x.x)

$ ABI=32 ./configure --prefix=/Users/remy/usr/ --enable-cxx $ make $ make install

for ppl-0.10

$ CFLAGS=-m32 CXXFLAGS=-m32 ./configure --prefix=/Users/remy/usr/
$ make
$ make install

for ciao

$ PATH=/Users/remy/usr/bin/:$PATH ./ciaosetup configure --sysavail=user --instype=src --with_ppl=yes
$ PATH=/Users/remy/usr/bin/:$PATH ./ciaosetup build
$ ./build/bin/ciaosh
Ciao 1.13.1-13306: Tue May 24 15:20:38 CEST 2011
Tue May 24 15:20:38 CEST 2011
?- use_module(library(ppl)).
[...]
yes
?- ppl_version(X).
X = '0.10' ?

It shoud work with other version of gmp and ppl, if your ensure that they are compile in 32 bits.

Automatic repository-through option

This possibility is not uptodate now, so it is not recommended. Visit the site for installing PPL from an special repository.

COSTA Configuration

Step 1: svn co https://costa.ls.fi.upm.es/svn/Systems/costa/trunk ~/Systems/costa
Step 2: cd ~/Systems/costa
Step 3: make

COSTA-EXTRA Configuration

svn co https://costa.ls.fi.upm.es/svn/Systems/costa-extra ~/Systems/costa-extra