XFOIL_compilation

A repository for keeping track of compiling steps for XFOIL with gfortran on macOS and Ubuntu

Original file are downloaded from https://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/xfoil/.

Prerequisites

• Downloading XFOIL source files from here (because make files are modified compared to original version).
• Having X11 installed. For macOS, you may do it manually from https://www.xquartz.org or with one of the methods below.
• Having gfortran installed. For macOS, you may pick one of the methods below.

Getting X11 and gfortran with Homebrew

# Get X11
brew install xquartz

# Get gfortran
brew install gcc

Getting X11 and gfortran with MacPorts

# Get X11
sudo port install xorg

# Get gfortran
sudo port install gcc11
sudo port select --set gcc mp-gcc11

What to do

Just run

./compile.sh

Executables will be added in ./bin directory

GitHub workflow

The compilation process, with the installation of requirements, is done in a GitHub workflow, that delivers executables as artifacts.