diff --git a/conf-scripts/bc2-conf b/conf-scripts/bc2-conf
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# This script is aware of out-of-source builds. Just call it from within the
-# build directory. Does not work from top-level dir.
-# Meant to work on bc2 cluster (and probably nowhere else)!
-
-function usage_centos6
-{
- echo 'usage:'
- echo ' bc2-conf [OPTIONS]'
- echo ' If no OPTIONS given, a default OST module is loaded.'
- echo ' If any OPTIONS given, they must contain one special option:'
- echo ' -DOST_ROOT=<PATH TO OST/stage>, which points to a specific OST path.'
- echo ' In that case, you must have all dependencies of OST loaded as modules'
- echo ' before calling this function!'
- echo ' Other valid options are anything that CMake accepts.'
- exit 1
-}
-
-NUM_PARAMS=$#
-CENTOS_RELEASE=$(lsb_release -r |awk {'print $2'})
-CENTOS_MAJOR=(${CENTOS_RELEASE//./ })
-PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
-# Going up one level is intentionally, please go out of source. Just create
-# a directory at your repository root, prefixed 'build'. Change into it and
-# call script from there.
-PROMOD3_SRC=${PROMOD3_SRC}/..
-
-if test "$CENTOS_MAJOR" == "6"; then
- # configuration for the new environment
-
- # checking to switch OST_ROOT
- cmd_params=
- if test "$NUM_PARAMS" -gt "0"; then
- IFS=" "
- for opt in $@; do
- if test ${opt:0:11} == "-DOST_ROOT="; then
- EBROOTOPENSTRUCTURE=$(cd ${opt:11}; pwd)
- else
- cmd_params="${cmd_params} ${opt}"
- fi
- done
- else
- module load OpenStructure/.1.7.0-RC-goolf-1.4.10_20170822
- fi
-
- # load required modules
- module load git/1.8.5.6-goolf-1.4.10 \
- CMake/2.8.12-goolf-1.4.10 \
- Python/2.7.5-goolf-1.4.10 \
- Eigen/3.3.1 \
- Boost/1.53.0-goolf-1.4.10-Python-2.7.5
- # run cmake
- cmake $PROMOD3_SRC \
- -DOST_ROOT=$EBROOTOPENSTRUCTURE \
- -DPYTHON_ROOT=$EBROOTPYTHON \
- -DEIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR="${EBROOTEIGEN}/include" \
- -DBOOST_ROOT=$EBROOTBOOST \
- -DDISABLE_DOCUMENTATION=ON \
- -DOPTIMIZE=1 -DENABLE_SSE=1 \
- $cmd_params
-else
- echo 'Only the CentOS 6 version of bc2 is supported'
- # TODO: update for CentOS 7
-fi
-
-
-## Emacs magic
-# Local Variables:
-# mode: shell-script
-# End:
-
-# LocalWords: SRC OST promod CMake NUM PARAMS lt fi cd dir centos bc EIGEN
-# LocalWords: pwd dirname cmake DPYTHON DBOOST conf Eigen DEIGEN
diff --git a/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf b/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf
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--- a/conf-scripts/fedora-19-conf
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@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# To find out your version of Fedora, run 'cat /etc/issue'.
-# This script is aware of out-of-source builds. Just call it from within the
-# build directory. Does not work from top-level dir.
-
-function usage
-{
- echo 'usage:'
- echo ' fedora-19-conf <OST_ROOT> [OPTIONS]'
- echo ' OST_ROOT is the staging directory of OST.'
- echo ' Valid options are anything that CMake accepts.'
- exit
-}
-
-NUM_PARAMS=$#
-if [[ "$NUM_PARAMS" -lt "1" ]] ; then
- echo 'You must specify the locations of OST.';
- usage
-fi
-
-OST_ROOT=$(cd $1; pwd)
-shift
-PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
-# Going up one level is intentionally, please go out of source. Just create a
-# directory at your repository root, prefixed 'build'. Change into it and call
-# script from there.
-PROMOD3_SRC=${PROMOD3_SRC}/..
-
-cmake $PROMOD3_SRC -DOST_ROOT=$OST_ROOT \
- -DPYTHON_ROOT=/usr \
- $@
-
-## Emacs magic
-# Local Variables:
-# mode: shell-script
-# End:
-
-# LocalWords: OSX MacPorts uname SRC OST promod CMake NUM PARAMS lt fi cd
-# LocalWords: pwd dirname cmake DPYTHON DBOOST conf
diff --git a/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf b/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf
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--- a/conf-scripts/osx-11.4.2-conf
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# For OSX we assume that all missing dependencies are built with MacPorts
-# and are located in '/opt/local'.
-# To find out your version of OSX, run 'uname -r'.
-# This script is aware of out-of-source builds. Just call it from within the
-# build directory. Does not work from top-level dir.
-
-function usage
-{
- echo 'usage:'
- echo ' osx-11.4.2-conf <OST_ROOT> [OPTIONS]'
- echo ' OST_ROOT is the staging directory of OST.'
- echo ' Valid options are anything that CMake accepts.'
- exit
-}
-
-NUM_PARAMS=$#
-if [[ "$NUM_PARAMS" -lt "1" ]] ; then
- echo 'You must specify the locations of OST.';
- usage
-fi
-
-OST_ROOT=$(cd $1; pwd)
-shift
-PROMOD3_SRC=$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)
-# Going up one level is intentionally, please go out of source. Just create a
-# directory at your repository root, prefixed 'build'. Change into it and call
-# script from there.
-PROMOD3_SRC=${PROMOD3_SRC}/..
-
-cmake $PROMOD3_SRC -DOST_ROOT=$OST_ROOT \
- -DPYTHON_ROOT=/opt/local \
- -DBOOST_ROOT=/opt/local \
- -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/ \
- -DPYTHON_LIBRARIES=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/libpython2.7.dylib \
- $@
-
-## Emacs magic
-# Local Variables:
-# mode: shell-script
-# End:
-
-# LocalWords: OSX MacPorts uname SRC OST promod CMake NUM PARAMS lt fi cd
-# LocalWords: pwd dirname cmake DPYTHON DBOOST