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CMake updates for easier installation and use

Original repo (version 2.1) at sourceforge: http://freesteam.sourceforge.net/

Credit goes to the original authors: John Pye, etc

Migration from sourceforge to github and use of CMake and SWIG, to make it compatible with modern Linux system (version 3.0).

Credit goes to Qingfeng Xia https://github.com/qingfengxia/freesteam

Upgraded to cmake 3.14.2, swig3 and python3, use of ctest for C and Pyton tests (version 3.1)

License: GPL as original release

• CMake, mandatory. Package 'cmake' on Fedora and Ubuntu
• LAPACK (Linear Algebra PACKage), mandatory. Package 'lapack-devel' or 'openblas-devel' on Fedora, 'liblapacke-dev' on Ubuntu
• GSL (gnu scientific library), (optional). Package 'gsl-devel' on Fedora, 'libgsl-dev' on Ubuntu
• python (optional), required if 'FREESTEAM_WITH_PYTHON=ON'. Package 'python-devel' on Fedora, 'python-dev' on Ubuntu
• SWIG (optional), required if 'FREESTEAM_WITH_PYTHON=ON'. Package 'swig' on Fedora and Ubuntu
• matplotlib (optional), for curves plotting. Package 'python-matplotlib' on Fedora and Ubuntu

On the latest github version 3.1 (released in Nov 2019)

• New directory gsl-light
• Removed dependence on gsl library

Readme of version 3.1

Readme of version 3.0

Readme of version 2.1

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../freesteam_src -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../freesteam_install -DFREESTEAM_WITH_PYTHON=ON
make
make test 
make install 

Version definition: version jumps from 3.1 to 3.2 to indicate updates