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-This is a basic vagrant config which you can use to compile and run BOUT++ on your local machine. For more info on vagrant see https://www.vagrantup.com/.
-
-To use it, cd into this directory and run: 
-
-	vagrant up                    # this creates the VM, installs BOUT including dependencies and runs all the tests. 
-	vagrant ssh                   # logs in to the VM.
-
-At this point you should be able to run one of the examples: 
-
-	cd BOUT/examples/conduction   # find a simple example.
-	make                          # compile the example.
-	mpirun -np 2 ./conduction     # run the example.
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-# -*- mode: ruby -*-
-# vi: set ft=ruby :
-
-VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
-
-Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
-  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
-end
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# install dependencies
-apt-get update
-apt-get install -y mpich2 libmpich2-dev 
-apt-get install -y libfftw3-dev libnetcdf-dev
-apt-get install -y g++ make
-apt-get install -y python-scipy
-
-# get the bout++ code
-apt-get install -y git
-rm -rf BOUT
-git clone https://github.com/bendudson/BOUT.git
-
-# environment variables for both this session and the vagrant user
-echo "export IDL_PATH=$(pwd)/BOUT/tools/idllib" >> $(pwd)/.bashrc
-echo "export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/BOUT/tools/pylib/:$PYTHONPATH" >> $(pwd)/.bashrc
-source $(pwd)/.bashrc
-export IDL_PATH=$(pwd)/BOUT/tools/idllib
-export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/BOUT/tools/pylib/:$PYTHONPATH
-
-# configure bout++
-cd BOUT
-./configure
-make
-cd examples
-./test_suite
-
-# set owner to vagrant user so compilation works
-cd ../..
-chown -R vagrant:vagrant BOUT