Development Environment / gfortran

The gfortran compiler is a free and open source compiler that supports code written in Fortran 77 and newer versions. See the following resources:

• GCC Wiki - Binaries available for gfortran

This documentation contains the following sections:

• Prerequisites
• Install gfortran
  • Linux
  • Windows - Cygwin
  • Windows - MinGW

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Prerequisites

On Windows, either MinGW or Cygwin must have been installed. The initial focus of this documentation is the MinGW approach.

Install gfortran

The gfortran compiler is installed differently depending on the operating system, as described below.

Linux

TODO smalers 2016-12-31 fill this out when there is time - focus on Windows MinGW first.

Windows - Cygwin

TODO smalers 2016-12-31 fill this out when there is time - focus on Windows MinGW first.

Windows - MinGW

The gfortran compiler is installed as part of the MinGW installation.