.. _installation-instructions:

Installing the software
=======================

The IPbus software is packaged as RPMs, stored YUM repositories, for RedHat 7, 8 and 9 on both ARM64
and AMD64 machines, as well as for ARMv7 RedHat 7. The same repositories can also be used for the
RedHat-derivative operating systems, e.g. CentOS, Alma and Rocky. The uHAL libraries in these RPMs
use the following versions of BOOST and pugiXML (the default OS-provided versions):

.. table::
  :align: center

  +---------+-----------+-----------+----------+
  |         | RedHat 7  | RedHat 8  | RedHat 9 |
  +=========+===========+===========+==========+
  | BOOST   | 1.53.0    | 1.66.0    | 1.75.0   | 
  +---------+-----------+-----------+----------+
  | pugiXML | 1.8       | 1.9       | 1.13.    |
  +---------+-----------+-----------+----------+

If you are using RHEL/CentOS/Alma/Rocky 7, 8 or 9, and want to use these BOOST and pugiXML versions,
you should follow the "Installing via YUM" instructions.

If you need the uHAL libraries to use a different version of BOOST or pugiXML, and/or if you are using
any operating system except for those listed above, you should follow the "compiling and
installing from source" instructions.

.. rubric:: Contents

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   install/yum
   install/compile