PErK Version 0: Brief Installation notes

This preliminary version of the perk code is primarily a mixture of C
and FORTRAN.  The file that is called by the user, `perk,' is a Perl
script that calls system compilers to produce an executable module
specific for your jobfile and then runs the executable.

This version of PErK runs under Linux.  You can unbundle it with the command

linux-prompt> tar xvf perk-v0.tar

Many files and two subdirectories will be created.

There are two tiny things you must do to make the program run on your system.

1.  The path in the line

#! /usr/bin/perl -w

in the file   <perk>   should be changed to the path for Perl (NOT <perk>)
on your system.

2. The line

$rpath = "/home/comp_exp/PERK-LINUX/" ;

in the file   <perk>   should be changed to be the directory where you
will keep the program files.

To run the program type

linux-prompt> <path>/perk job_file

where job_file is your jobfile and <path> is the path of the directory containing the program
files.  <path> does not need to be specified if perk is in the user's path.

For example, the <branin> subdirectory contains a number of test examples. Any of the files that
start with the characters "branin.ex" are sample job files.  The auxillary files called by each
job file are also in the <branin> subdirectory.  The subdirectory <manual> describes the
functioning of this version of the program.

There are a couple of small command line differences between the Appendix of the book and this
manual.  These will be removed when the final version of this program is released.