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macOS Macports, Fink, and others

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switham

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Jun 21, 2008
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Hey everyone,

I recently installed both macports and fink. i understand that they both offer basically the same thing, and they both have their differences, but I am wondering that since they are both on my comp, will there be any compatibility issues. I program in fortran (currently use gfortran) and noticed that fink offers g77: which one is better? I compiled some programs in both and g77 does not give the accuracy that gfortran offers. Just looking for some thoughts. Thanks



Before anyone says anything, I use fortran because I do some heavy computations (theoretical high energy particle physics) and fortran was the best option for my situation. So lay off!! haha just kiddin
 
yeroen

yeroen

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Mar 8, 2007
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Don't worry, Fortran needs no apologies. It's still easier to do matrix calculations and other numerics in Fortran than in C.

gfortran is the fortran 95/2003 compiler which supersedes g77 (fortran 77).

So forget about g77. You should be using gfortran for all new projects (or ideally, the Intel Fortran compiler, but it isn't free).
 
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alexmm

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May 5, 2008
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gfortran

Hello, i was wondering have you found gfortran through fink because i don't manage to find it with fink (using fink list after a fink selfupdate) ??
thanks a lot.
 
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switham

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Jun 21, 2008
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No, gfortran isn't offered through fink. Here is the link though that offers a nice download for it. Very easy to install. It set up the environment and everything for you, so no need to change/add paths for this install. It even places a fortran syntax editor in your xcode app. go to the bottom after you open xcode and there is a fortran template editor there.

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBin...text=180&value=linkto:"GFortranBinariesMacOS"

Hope this helps.
 
Am3822

Am3822

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Aug 16, 2006
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switham said:
No, gfortran isn't offered through fink. Here is the link though that offers a nice download for it. Very easy to install. It set up the environment and everything for you, so no need to change/add paths for this install. It even places a fortran syntax editor in your xcode app. go to the bottom after you open xcode and there is a fortran template editor there.

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBin...text=180&value=linkto:"GFortranBinariesMacOS"

Hope this helps.
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Does this plugin work with Xcode 3.0? What build of the compiler is it?
 
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