Building DFSIM

The process to build DFSIM is easy. On *nix platforms, it only requires a git client to checkout the source code, CMake to create the build files, and GNU make to compile and link the source code into an application.

First, check out the source code from github,

$ git clone git://github.com/hamannj/DFSIM.git dfsim

Then, change your working directory in the dfsim project using the cd command,

$ cd dfsim

Next, use CMake to create the build files (e.g. Makefile on Unix),

$ cmake .

Finally, use the GNU Make command to build the executable,

$ make

You should then be able to run the simulator using the existing TAPE3 input file.

To run the verification test,

$ make test

To install dfsim on your system,

$ make install

You may have to have permissions to install software on your system. If so, ask you system administrator, or if you have root access,

$ sudo make install

And the dfsim and simin2 executables will be installed in your system's bin directory.