Compiling RAxML-NG

Author:Brant C. Faircloth Copyright:This documentation is available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license.

Steps

1. Download the source archive for RAxML-NG from github recursively so we get the correct dependencies. Checkout 0.8.1-beta tag, but check the tags for RAxML-NG first to ensure there is not a newer version:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/amkozlov/raxml-ng
   git tag
   git checkout 0.8.1
   

1. Ensure that the correct modules are loaded for compilation of the source:

   module load intel
   module load gcc/6.4.0
   module load impi/2018.0.128
   

2. Set the correct CC and CXX variables so that they catch the correct IMPI versions after loading the modules:

   export CC=`which mpicc`
   export CXX=`which mpicxx`
   

3. Make sure you have checked out the 0.8.1 tag, create and enter a build directory, and make sure to set cmake correctly so that it will build the MPI version. There is no INSTALL directory, so don’t sweat that:

   mkdir build && cd build
   cmake -DUSE_MPI=ON ..
   

4. Assuming that is successful (you may get a warning about GTEST missing - that’s fine - you just cannot run the tests):

   make
   

5. Copy that binary into /project/brant/bin/

6. Do the same thing for the non-MPI version:

   mkdir build2 && cd build2
   cmake ..
   

7. Copy that binary into /project/brant/bin/