to run this example, one has first to untar the cpp_component archive, compile it, and install it in directory COMPONENTCPP_INSTALL tar xvfz cpp_component.tgz mkdir COMPONENTCPP_INSTALL COMPONENTCPP_BUILD cd COMPONENTCPP_SRC ./build_configure cd ../COMPONENTCPP_BUILD ../COMPONENTCPP_SRC/configure --prefix=... make make install Generate the components with : python component.py Test them with appli/runAppli -u test_compohxx.py