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biology/avida 2.12.4_1 FreeBSD
Auto-adaptive genetic system designed for ALife research
- System
- FreeBSD
- Repository
- FreeBSD ports
- Maintainer
- [email protected]
- Last update
- Commit
0dc19c78cd- License
- GPLv3
- Categories
- biology
Description
The computer program avida is an auto-adaptive genetic system designed primarily for use as a platform in Digital or Artificial Life research. The avida system is based on concepts similar to those employed by the tierra program developed by Tom Ray. It is a population of self-reproducing strings with a Turing-complete genetic basis subjected to Poisson-random mutations. The population adapts to the combination of an intrinsic fitness landscape (self-reproduction) and an externally imposed (extrinsic) fitness function provided by the researcher. By studying this system, one can examine evolutionary adaptation, general traits of living systems (such as self-organization), and other issues pertaining to theoretical or evolutionary biology and dynamic systems.
In the other systems
| System | Port | Version |
|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD | biology/avida | 2.12.4_1 |
| HardenedBSD | biology/avida | 2.12.4_1 |
| GhostBSD | biology/avida | 2.12.4_1 |
Install
Binary package:
pkg install avidaFrom the ports tree:
cd /usr/ports/biology/avida/ && make install cleanTo depend on this port in another port's Makefile:
RUN_DEPENDS= avida>0:biology/avidaPackages
The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.
| Repository | aarch64 | amd64 | armv6 | armv7 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD:14:latest | - | 2.12.4_1 | - | - | 2.12.4_1 |
| FreeBSD:14:quarterly | - | 2.12.4_1 | n/a | - | 2.12.4_1 |
| FreeBSD:15:latest | - | 2.12.4_1 | n/a | - | 2.12.4 |
| FreeBSD:15:quarterly | - | 2.12.4_1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FreeBSD:16:latest | - | 2.12.4_1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FreeBSD:16:quarterly | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dependencies
The Makefile names none itself; they come from USES and USE_*.
The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.
Build dependencies 15
No port depends on this one.
Configuration
Options name: biology_avida
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DOCS | off | Build and/or install documentation |
- USES
- compiler:c11 cmake ncurses
- Service scripts
- none
Files
distinfo 1
| File | Size | SHA256 |
|---|---|---|
| avida-2.12.4-src.tar.gz | 7.754659e+06 | 70b4953cd7ab60c3331e7e5eb5d3c6953a72eec99ec6cb529bf638727ce39483 |
Master sites 1
- SF/avida/avida-stable/${PORTVERSION}