INSTALLING FROM GIT/BASEFILES

#. Use git to grab the files from github, using one of the workflow ideas
outlined by
gitwash <http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/devel/githtml/index.html>__.

#. Extract Makefile that will build the ATLAS source tree:
Decide where you wish to create the ATLAS source tree. This directory should
not presently exist, since the Makefile is going to create it for you.
Create the source tree with the command::

make srcdir=

if srcdir is not given the Makefile creates a directory TEST in the
math-atlas directory (i.e. srcdir defaults to ./TEST).

#. Create ATLAS source tree:
cd to your srcdir and issue make to build the ATLAS tree.
After the tree is built, ./atltar.sh will build the standard
tarfile from the ATLAS source tree generated by make.

Extract: Read all about

extract <http://www.csc.lsu.edu/~whaley/extract/Extract.html>__
in order to understand why I use basefiles, and what extract
is doing when creating your source tree.