Generate a .tar.gz file to distribute SciCell++

The easiest way to distributed SciCell++ is by means of the official GitHub repository, however, if you need to move your current copy of SciCell++ to a computer with no Internet access (ex. an isolated cluster of computers or a SuperComputer) this is an easy way to do so. Follow the steps in this section to create a .tar.gz package file with your current version of SciCell++.

Workflow

1. Save all of your work, including source files, images and documentation.

2. Make sure that your current version has neither errors nor broken demos. Verify this by running the ./autogen.sh script at the main folder of SciCell++.

3. At the main folder of SciCell++ type the following:

   ./tools/user/make_clean_distro.sh
   

   This script will perform a set of instructions to generate a .tar.gz file package. You will be prompted to whether remove or not all files with extensions .dat, .png, .jpeg, .jpg, .tar.gz, .fig, .bin, .rar, .vtu, .ubx, .gp, .m (only those in the demos and private folders will be ignored for deletion). The process of creating a compressed file will start.

4. Once finished a file named SciCell++.tar.gz will be created at the main folder of SciCell++.