Quick Start

Download the Code

You can download the latest distrubition package from the Athena++ website.

Testing that the code runs

A quick way of testing that the code works is to run the regression test suite. From within the athena/ directory, go to the regression directory and run the tests:

> cd tst/regression
> python run_tests.py

This may take several minutes, at the end of which a summary will be printed.

Configuring and compiling

Athena++ is compiled from an automatically generated Makefile. From the top-level directory, the code can be configured and compiled as follows:

> python configure.py <options>
> make clean
> make

This places the executable athena in the bin/ directory. Available configuration options are covered in Configuring.

Running

The code is easily run by specifying an input file:

> cd bin
> ./athena -i <path/filename>

Additional command line options are covered in Running the Code.