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- cmake ( install cmake (sudo apt-get install cmake)). Need at least cmake/3.13.4
- g++ ( install g++ (sudo apt-get install g++)) ecflow 5 series can only be built with C++14 or later compilers. i.e. at the minimum gcc 6.3 or clang 6.0.
- Python 3(optional)
If you intend to use ecFlow Python API, You will need to install Python. (install python-dev (sudo apt-get install python-dev))
Please ensure that python is accessible on $PATH otherwise, you may need to customise $BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/site-config.jam .
The python installation should include the development packages
If you do not need the python API, then you can build without it, see below. - Qt for ecFlowUI (Qt5 preferredmandatory).
For self-installed Qt libraries, consider setting CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH (see below). See also http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/cmake-manual.html for further details. - OpenSSL(optional)
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