This is currently the default branch, and should only be updated with 
known working improvements. Any tinkering should be done in new branches
from it. It is based upon PLUTO 4.3, and the aim is to reproduce the
Blondin runs of HP15 and HK16. 

To run the code, one should clone the repo with

git clone https://github.com/Higginbottom/pluto.git and set up the system
as described below in the PLUTO readme file.


The example files to run a blondin style run are in

Test_Problems/PY_PLUTO. Read the readme files in the top level directory
and subdirectories to understand what each of the runs is trying to represent.



                        PLUTO version 4.3
                     ------------------------
                 Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Andrea Mignone 

PLUTO is Godunov-type code for astrophysical fluid dynamics supporting several
modules and algorithms. This is the v 4.3 (June 2018) version of the code
(http://plutocode.ph.unito.it).

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.


Main Developer
==============
     
  Andrea Mignone ([email protected]), 
   (Dipartimento di fisica generale, Turin University)
   (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino)


Contributors
============
    
  B. Vaidya 
  C. Zanni
  P. Tzeferacos 
  G. Muscianisi
  G. Bodo, T. Matsakos, O. Tesileanu,  

System requirements
=================== 

 - C compiler (gcc works fine),
 - Python (v. 2.0 or higher)

 Optionals

 - MPI (for parallel runs)
 - Chombo lib (for AMR)
 - libpng to produce on-the-fly graphics.
 

Basic Installation and Usage
============================

There's no configure.sh; once you've unpacked the distribution,  

1) define the shell variable PLUTO_DIR as the 
   main PLUTO directory, e.g., 
   if you are using tcsh:

   > setenv PLUTO_DIR "/home/user/PLUTO"

   if you're using bash:

   > export PLUTO_DIR="/Users/ovidiu/PLUTO"


2) select a working dir anywhere on your hard disk;
   at the command prompt, just type 

   > python $PLUTO_DIR/setup.py 

   configure your problem and select makefile;

3) edit your init.c and pluto.ini to assign 
   initial conditions and problem specific information;

4) compile with

   > make 

   or (gmake);

4) run with 

   > ./pluto

See the documentation in Doc/ for more information.
Have fun!
  
If you encounter problems during the previous steps, or have any other 
question regarding the code, please send an e-mail to [email protected]