NAG C Library, Mark 7

CLDLL074ZL - License Managed

Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP Dynamic Link Library (32-bit)

Installer's Note



Contents


1. Introduction

This Installer's Note is essential reading for whoever is responsible for the installation of this implementation of the NAG C Library. It is supplied in printed form to accompany the software, and is also available together with the Users' Note (un.html) in the doc directory on the distribution medium.

Your attention is drawn to the terms and conditions of the Software Licence regarding the use of NAG software. Any request to use this software other than on the licensed computer must be referred to NAG, as should requests for information about the availability of other implementations.

2. Implementation Provided

2.1. Applicability

This implementation is a compiled, tested, ready-to-use version of the NAG C Library that is considered suitable for operation on the computer systems detailed below:

hardware:         32 bit Intel systems and compatible
operating system: Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP

2.2. Derivation

This implementation was produced at NAG Ltd., Oxford on the computing system detailed below:

hardware:         Dell Pentium 2 workstation
operating system: Windows NT 4.0
C compiler:       Microsoft Visual C/C++ Version 6.0
compiler options: /MD /Gz /O2
The compiler option /Gz means "compile using __stdcall calling convention", /MD means "use the (multithreaded) DLL version of the C run-time library".

The NAG C Library, Mark 7, is provided in two versions.

nagc.lib and nagc.dll
This Library has been tested with the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) and linear algebra functions (LAPACK) provided by NAG (see the Chapter Introductions for f06, f07 and f08 in the NAG C Library Manual).
nagc-mkl.lib and nagc-mkl.dll
This Library has been tested with Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) and linear algebra functions (LAPACK) provided by the Intel® Math Kernel Library 5.2 for Windows (MKL) which is included in this product. Please see the Intel web site for further information about MKL (http://www.intel.com/software/products/mkl).

The LAPACK functions ZHPEVD and ZUNMBR in MKL are not used, instead the NAG versions of the same functions are called by nagc-mkl.dll.

The nagc-mkl.dll version of the library has been tested with the mkl_def.dll and mkl_p3.dll MKL kernels.

3. Distribution Medium

The software is ordinarily distributed on CD-ROM.

3.1. Contents

The following shows the directory/file organization of the library materials as they will be installed.
            |-- doc --|-- in.html
            |         |-- un.html
            |         |-- cldll07_use.html
            |         |-- manual07
            |
            |-- bin --|-- nagc.dll
            |         |-- nagc-mkl.dll
            |
            |-- lib --|-- nagc*.lib
            |
CLDLL074Z---|-- include --|-- *.h
            |
            |              |-- source ---|-- *e.c
            |-- examples --|-- data -----|-- *e.d
            |              |-- results --|-- *e.r
            |
            |-- batch -----|-- envvars.bat
            |              |-- nagex.bat
            |
            |-- mkl  ------|-- bin ------|-- *.dll
            |              |-- lib ------|-- *.lib
            |
            |-- projects

3.2. File Sizes

The files require approximately the following disk space:
compiled libraries:          16.5 Mb
include files:                1.2 Mb
example program material:     8.7 Mb
MKL                          37.5 Mb
PDF documentation files:     92.2 Mb

4. Installation

4.1. Library Installation

Normally the CD will autostart to begin installation; if it does not do so, perhaps because this option has been turned off on the user's system, then use Windows Explorer to locate and run the file setup.exe. InstallShield will lead you through the installation.

On some systems, e.g. Windows 2000 and XP, you may need to be Administrator to install this software.

On Windows 98 the environment space may need to be extended to allow environment variables to be set. Add the following line to the autoexec.bat file.

command.com /e:number
Suggested values for "number" are 1024 or 2048.

The installation procedure will try to set the environment for the installer. If this is not possible, it may be necessary to set the PATH, INCLUDE and LIB environment variables manually. If the installation is not put in the default place, NAGEX.BAT will need to be changed.

The NAGEX.BAT and ENVVARS.BAT command files will also need to be changed if a compiler other than Microsoft C/C++ is to be used.

Installation of the library requires a licence key, which will be provided by NAG. This will either be a 'Trial' key, which will allow you to try out the library for a limited period of time, or a 'Fully Paid' key which enables use of the library indefinitely on a specific workstation. If you do not have a key, InstallShield will generate a file (usually saved as C:\CL_Licence_Request.txt), which may be E-mailed or faxed to NAG. In return NAG will send you a valid licence key.

Once in possession of a valid licence key begin the installation process again. You will be prompted for the licence key. Once this has been entered the process will continue.

4.2. PDF Documentation

If you do not already have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader for your platform, a free copy can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/. Please check this site for availability of a reader for your platform.

Please note that if you are using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or earlier you might experience some problems when printing documents that contain non-standard characters, such as integral signs, square roots and large brackets. These characters will print correctly using Adobe Acrobat 5.0.

The HTML form of the Essential Introduction contains some mathematical characters that are displayed as question marks by releases of Netscape earlier than 6, but these are displayed correctly by Netscape 6 and Internet Explorer. If this proves to be a probem, view the PDF document.

If using Netscape, it might be necessary to re-install Acrobat to ensure that the Acrobat plug-in has been installed. If the plug-in has not been installed, Netscape may copy PDF files to a temporary directory, and then not be able to navigate from there.

4.3. Release to Users

The Users' Note (doc\un.html) should be checked and amended as necessary (particularly Sections 3.1 and 5). Advice on accessing the library in Section 3.1 can be checked by running a few example programs following that advice; a suitable sample would be a02bac, d01ajc, g05ffc and s17akc. The installation can also be tested using the script NAGEX.BAT. The Users' Note should then be made available to users directly, or be absorbed into local access information.

The following material should also be made accessible to users:

documentation files:

the doc\Manual07 directory contains the online documentation.

Compiled libraries:

lib\nagc-mkl.lib
bin\nagc-mkl.dll
and, as required,
lib\nagc.lib
bin\nagc.dll
lib\nagc_bc.lib
lib\nagc_bc-mkl.lib
lib\nagc_watcom.lib
lib\nagc_watcom-mkl.lib
mkl\lib\*.lib
mkl\bin\*.dll
Include files:
include\*.h
example program material:
examples\source\*e.c
examples\data\*e.d
examples\results\*e.r
batch\envvars.bat
batch\nagex.bat
projects\*

Note that the example material has been adapted, if necessary, from that published in the NAG C Library Manual, so that programs are suitable for execution with this implementation with no further changes (but see Section 4.4 for comments about possible differences in results obtained). Making the example material directly available to users provides them with easily adaptable templates for their own problems.

4.4. Example Programs

The example results distributed were generated at Mark 7, using the library nagc.dll and the Microsoft Visual C/C++ Version 6.0 compiler. These example results may not be exactly reproducible if the example programs are run in a slightly different environment (for example, a different C compiler, a different compiler library, different arithmetic hardware, or a different set of BLAS or LAPACK functions). The results which are most sensitive to such differences are: eigenvectors (which may differ by a scalar multiple, often -1, but sometimes complex); numbers of iterations and function evaluations; and residuals and other "small" quantities of the same order as the machine precision.

The "example programs" for the functions in the f06 chapter are not typical example programs and they are not in the Library Manual. They are test programs, which are supplied to sites for use in an installation test of the Library. Some of them take much longer to run than other example programs. Routines which are equivalent to BLAS are tested twice: once when called by their NAG f06 names, and once when called by their BLAS names.

4.5 Maintenance Level

The maintenance level of the library can be determined by writing a simple program to call a00aac, which prints out details of the implementation, including title and product code, compiler and precision used, mark and maintenance level.

5. Documentation

Each supported NAG C Library site is ordinarily provided with a printed copy of the NAG C Library Introductory Guide. Additional documentation is available for purchase; please refer to the NAG websites or contact your local NAG Response Centre for current prices (see Section 6).

Online documentation is bundled with this implementation. Please see Section 4.2.

6. Support from NAG

(a) Contact with NAG

Queries concerning this document or the implementation generally should be directed initially to your local Advisory Service. If you have difficulty in making contact locally, you can contact NAG directly at one of the addresses given in the Appendix. Users subscribing to the support service are encouraged to contact one of the NAG Response Centres (see below).

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