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+# Makefile for general rules
+
+# To Change the compile environment to your current system you should set:
+#   -1- ROOT variable to the directory where you found this file
+#   -2- if needed use a different compiler (CC) if gcc is not available
+#   -3- on Solaris system use RANLIB=ranlib which is defined below
+
+# the current directory (in vi ":r!pwd")
+ROOT=/Users/jan/src/OpenSource
+
+########################################################################
+# C compiler; change this only if you are using a different C-compiler
+
+#GNU 
+#CC = gcc-mp-5 
+CC = gcc
+FC = gfortran
+# Linux gcc version 4.x
+OPTC = -O3 -ffast-math
+#to include parallelisation with OpenMP
+OPTC += -fopenmp
+
+# for better performing code you can try:
+#OPTC = -O3 -fno-trapping-math -ffast-math -funroll-all-loops -mavx -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=1
+# Linux gcc version 3.x
+#OPTC = -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-all-loops -mfpmath=sse
+
+#for double precision use FFTlib and emmod
+#OPTC += -DDOUBLE
+#OPTF += -fdefault-double-8 -fdefault-real-8
+
+#Cray
+#CC=cc
+#FC=ftn
+#OPTC = -O2
+#OPTF = -O2
+
+#Intel 
+#CC = icc
+#FC = ifort
+### Linux
+##OPTC = -O3 -no-prec-div -qopt-report-phase=vec,openmp
+##OPTF = -O3 -no-prec-div -qopt-report-phase=vec,openmp
+#OPTC = -O3 -no-prec-div -xCORE-AVX2
+#OPTF = -O3 -no-prec-div -xCORE-AVX2
+##to include parallelisation with OpenMP
+#OPTC += -qopenmp
+
+# Apple OSX intel 11.1.076 snow leopard 10.6.2
+#OPTC = -O3 -msse3 -no-prec-div -vec-report2 -fno-builtin-__sprintf_chk 
+
+#PGI 
+#CC = pgcc
+#FC = pgf90
+#OPTC = -fast  -Minfo=vect -Mvect=simd:256 -Msafeptr
+#OPTC = -fast  -Minfo=vect -Mvect=simd:256 -Msafeptr -Mprof=lines
+#OPTF = -fast
+#LDFLAGS = -fast -Minfo=vect -Mvect=simd:256 -Msafeptr 
+
+#Pathscale 
+#CC = cc
+#FC = ftn
+#OPTC = -Ofast -OPT:Ofast -fno-math-errno
+#OPTF = -Ofast -OPT:Ofast -fno-math-errno
+
+#Apple OSX clang/gcc (10.9) llvm
+#CC = clang
+#OPTC = -Ofast
+#LDFLAGS = -Ofast
+
+#AMD Open64
+#CC = opencc
+#FC = openf95
+#OPTC = -Ofast
+#OPTF = -Ofast
+#LDFLAGS = -static -Ofast
+
+#############################################################################
+# FOR FFT LIBRARIES
+#AMD ACML 4.4.0
+#AMDROOT = /home/thorbcke/amdsdk/v1.0/acml/open64_64
+#OPTC += -DACML440 -I$(AMDROOT)/include
+#LIBSM = -L$(AMDROOT)/lib -lacml -lfortran -lffio -lrt -lm
+
+#############################################################################
+# Some convenient abbreviations
+
+B = $(ROOT)/bin
+I = $(ROOT)/include
+L = $(ROOT)/lib
+
+########################################################################
+# standard CFLAGS
+CFLAGS = -I$I -I.
+
+#############################################################################
+# the archiver
+AR = ar
+
+#############################################################################
+# ar FLAGS
+ARFLAGS = rv
+
+#############################################################################
+# ranlib definition
+RANLIB = ar -s
+# on Sun SOLARIS use:
+#RANLIB = ranlib
+
+
+.SUFFIXES : .o .c .cc .f .a .F90
+.c.o	:
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(OPTC) $<
+.c.a	:
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(OPTC) $<
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $*.o
+	rm -f $*.o
+.o.a	:
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $*.o
+	rm -f $*.o
+.f.o	:
+	$(FC) -c $(FFLAGS) $(OPTF) $<
+.F90.o	:
+	$(FC) -c $(FFLAGS) $(OPTF) $<
+.f.a	:
+	$(FC) -c $(FFLAGS) -I$I $<
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $*.o
+	rm -f $*.o
+.cc.a	:
+	$(C++) -c $(C++FLAGS) -I$I $<
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $*.o
+	rm -f $*.o
+.cc.o	:
+	$(C++) -c $(C++FLAGS) $<
+
diff --git a/README b/README
index 651de032e8a80103e27d6330e74f7bb236a83680..904c6d46f10d84d4fe01c9d25d264dccd2f21075 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ INSTALLATION
 -------------
 
 1) To compile and link the code you first have to set the ROOT variable in the Make_include file which can be found in the directory where you have found this README.
+ You can use Make_include_template as a first start: cp Make_include_template Make_include
 
 2) Check the compiler and CFLAGS options in the file Make_include and adapt to the system you are using. The default options are set for a the GNU C-compiler on a Linux system. A Fortran or C++ compiler are not needed to compile the code. The Makefile has been tested with GNU make.