Laboratory of Life on a Virtual Environment

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LabLOVE is currently a source code distribution. That means that to use it, you will have to compile it yourself. It is written in portable C++ code, so it should be possible to compile it in many platforms, including UNIX/Linux/BSD, Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP/Vista. We have compiled it successfully in several Linux distributions and Mac OS X version 10.5.

We intend to provide binary distributions as soon as possible, but being able to compile LabLOVE is a good thing, since it is a tool meant to be extended. If you are experiencing problems compiling it or want to help with a binary distribution (or contribute in general), please do not hesitate to contact the author.

Compiling LabLOVE

To compile LabLOVE you will need the following things:

• The LabLOVE source code distribution
• A working C++ compilation environment (gcc/cygwin/mingw/etc..)
• CMake
• The Artist graphics library
• Lua and its libraries

After all the required software and libraries are installed, unzip the LabLOVE distribution file to a directory of your choice. Change to this directory and run the following commands:

cmake .
make

To launch LabLOVE, you now just have to run the command ./lablove.

To learn how to select and define new experiments, take a look at this page.

Have fun!