README

# @author Marc A. Suchard
# @author Andrew Rambaut

This is a stem README file.   This file will contain:

1. General overview of BEAGLE

2. Compilation instructions

Quick and dirty instructions on how to compile and install the BEAGLE library from the SVN repository 'trunk':

      $ svn checkout http://beagle-lib.googlecode.com/svn/trunk BEAGLE
      $ cd BEAGLE
      $ ./autogen.sh
      $ ./configure
      $ make
      $ sudo make install

Remarks:

When compiling in the MacOS Unix environment ("Terminal"), you need to install the autotools first. They are no
longer shipped with Xcode. For instance, you can install them using MacPorts (http://www.macports.org). First
install MacPorts, then do:

      $ sudo port install autoconf
      $ sudo port install automake
      $ sudo port install libtool
      $ sudo port install pkgconfig

The last tool is not needed by BEAGLE but by many other software packages. Other options to install autotools
include Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/) and directly from GNU source (http://www.gnu.org).

3. Contact information