INSTALL_Linux.md

🐧 Building NEXT on Linux (Ubuntu)

Prerequisites

• Git
• CMake ≥ 3.10
• GCC or Clang
• OpenMP
• HDF5 development libraries
• Python 3 (for input generation)

Steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/TimGoTheCreator/NEXT.git
cd NEXT

2. Install dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libomp-dev libhdf5-dev python3

3. Build NEXT

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release
cd ..

4. Run a built-in example simulation

cd examples/TwoBodies
python two_body.py
../../next two_body.txt 8 0.01 0.1 vtu

5. View results

Open the .vtu output in ParaView.