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             Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
                International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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       WORKING MATERIALS TO FOLLOW THE IAEA EMPIRE WORKSHOP DECEMBER 2013
         https://www-nds.iaea.org/index-meeting-crp/EmpireWorkshop2013/
  
                       "EMPIRE-3.2.3 for MacOSX"
              Prepared by Viktor Zerkin, IAEA-NDS, 2013-2018
            Experimental version for Mac with portable Tcl/Tk
                 Last modified: 2018-05-15 by V.Zerkin
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CONTENT
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 The distribution includes source for Linux/MacOSX:
 1) Empire-3.2.3 package: http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/empire/main.html
    - Empire-3.2.3 (Malta), source code, Rev.5114 (2018-05-14)
    - XC4 data from EXFOR (as of 2018-05-14)
 2) Tcl/Tk 8.4.20
    - Binaries for Linux and MacOSX prepared by V.Zerkin, 2018-03-07
 3) Installation scripts
    - bash scripts to install and run Empire package (V.Zerkin, 2018-05-10)


LICENSES
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For third party software, please see the README, "license.terms" files that 
come in the associated directories.


SETUP SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
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 The package requires the following system components to be installed
 on MacOSX:
 1) XQuartz:  https://www.xquartz.org/, XQuartz-2.7.11.dmg
 2) gfortran: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries,
              macOS Sierra (10.12): download gfortran 6.3
              Tech. details: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinariesMacOS


EMPIRE INSTALLATION*
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 1) Download file "Empire323zv2mac.tar.gz" from Internet:
	https://www-nds.iaea.org/cdroms/#EMPIRE-3.2.3mac
 2) Uncompress "Empire323zv2mac.tar.gz" to HD disk, e.g.
	$ tar xvzf Empire323zv2mac.tar.gz
	(required free space on HD disk: ~2Gb)
 3) Goto package directory:
	$ cd ~/Empire323zv2mac
 4) Start Empire:
	$ ./run-empire.sh
	You should see popup-window with Empire-GUI.
 Recompile Empire package:
	$ ./make-lin.sh clean
	$ ./make-lin.sh
	or under Empire/GUI Tcl/Tk:
	[Source] -> [Make all]
 Important!
 You can install the package in any directory, but 
 please, do NOT use blank (space) symbol neither in your 
 directory names nor in your files and project names.
*Please, report difficulties with this installation to V.Zerkin@iaea.org


INITIAL SETUP
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 1) By default, working directory is defined as ~/wrk
    In order to change this edit "run-empire.sh" modifying "~/wrk"
 2) When running first time, script run-empire.sh will copy file 
    EMPIRE-3.2.3/test-cases/pd105.inp to working directory.
    This file can be used as input file for testing setup of Empire package.


WORK ON YOUR EMPIRE PROJECT
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 See short description of EMPIRE package in EMPIRE-3.2.3/README.TXT,
 documentation and manual in EMPIRE-3.2.3/doc/. 
 You can send your feedback, suggestions, wishes to EMPIRE
 to R.CapoteNoy@iaea.org, MWHerman@bnl.gov

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         ALL PRODUCTS ON THIS DVD-ROM ARE PROVIDED IN GOOD FAITH AND 
                    WITHOUT A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.