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About SALOME ParaVis
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SALOME ParaVis wraps ParaView (http://www.paraview.org/) GUI and makes it available
in SALOME application.

For more information please visit the SALOME platform web site:

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/>

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License
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SALOME platform is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
See COPYING file for more details.

Also, additional information can be found at SALOME platform web site:

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/license/>

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Installation
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Pre-requisites
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SALOME platform relies on a set of third-party softwares; some of them are needed
at build time only, while other ones are needed in runtime also.

For more information about the pre-requisites please visit SALOME platform web
site:

* Check Release Notes and Software Requirements of the latest SALOME release at

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/current-version/>

* Pre-requisites page at SALOME web site:

  <http://www.salome-platform.org/downloads/license/>

Note: SALOME ParaVis module needs the following SALOME modules and tools:
- SALOME KERNEL
- SALOME GUI
- SALOME Med (optionally)
- SALOME Geometry (optionally)
- SALOME Mesh (optionally)
- MedCoupling (optionally)

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Basic Installation
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The build procedure of the SALOME platform is implemented with CMake.
In order to build the module you have to do the following actions: 

1. Set up environment for pre-requisites (see "Pre-requisites" section above).

2. Create a build directory:

   % mkdir PARAVIS_BUILD

3. Configure the build procedure:

   % cd PARAVIS_BUILD
   % cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<mode> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<installation_directory> <path_to_src_dir>

   where
   - <mode> is either Release or Debug (default: Release);
   - <installation_directory> is a destination folder to install SALOME ParaVis
      module (default: /usr); 
   - <path_to_src_dir> is a path to the SALOME ParaVis sources directory.

   Note: by default (if CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option is not given), SALOME ParaVis
   module will be configured for installation to the /usr directory that requires
   root permissions to complete the installation.

4. Build and install:

   % make
   % make install

   This will install SALOME ParaVis module to the <installation_directory>
   specified to cmake command on the previous step.

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Custom installation
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SALOME ParaVis module supports a set of advanced configuration options;
for more details learn CMakeLists.txt file in the root source directory.

You can also use other options of cmake command to customize your installation.
Learn more about available options by typing

   % cmake --help

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Documentation
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The directory doc contains additional documentation file of SALOME ParaVis module.

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Troubleshooting
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Please, send a mail to webmaster.salome@opencascade.com.