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+#Sconstruct
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+AddOption('--cxx', dest='cxx', type='string', nargs=1, action='store', metavar='STRING', help='C++ Compiler')
+AddOption('--verbosity', dest='cxx', type='string', nargs=1, action='store', metavar='STRING', help='make Scons talking')
+env = Environment(COMPILER = GetOption('cxx'))
+if not GetOption('cxx') == '':
+	env.Replace(CXX = GetOption('cxx'))
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    #SCons really wants to use Microsoft compiler :D
+    print "Compiling has not been done on Windows"
+    Exit(-1)
+else:  #Mac OS X
+    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+        print "Compiling is experimental on Mac"
+        env.Append(CPPPATH = ['/opt/local/include/', '/opt/local/include/libxml2'])
+	env.Append(LIBPATH = ['/opt/local/lib'])
+	#env.Replace(CC = "g++-mp-4.4") 
+    else:
+        env.Append(CPPPATH = ['/usr/include', '/usr/include/include', '/usr/include/libxml2/'])
+
+env.Append(CCFLAGS = ' -O3')
+print "Compiling with: ", env['CXX']
+conf = Configure(env)
+if not conf.CheckCXX():
+	print "No suitable C++ Compiler installed"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckHeader('omp.h'):
+	print "Compiler does not support OpenMP. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('xml2', 'libxml/xmlreader.h', 'CXX'):
+	print "libxml2 library or header not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('stxxl.h'):
+	print "Could not locate stxxl header. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('google/sparse_hash_map'):
+	print "Could not find Google Sparsehash library. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/asio.hpp'):
+	print "boost/asio.hpp not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckLib('boost_thread'):
+	if not conf.CheckLib('boost_thread-mt'):
+		print "boost thread library not found. Exiting"
+		Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/thread.hpp'):
+	print "boost thread header not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/bind.hpp'):
+	print "boost/bind.hpp not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/thread.hpp'):
+	print "boost/thread.hpp not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/noncopyable.hpp'):
+	print "boost/noncopyable.hpp not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('boost/shared_ptr.hpp'):
+	print "boost/shared_ptr.hpp not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('kdtree++/kdtree.hpp'):
+	print "kdtree++/kdtree.hpp not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+if not conf.CheckLib('stxxl'):
+	print "stxxl library not found. Exiting"
+	Exit(-1)
+
+env.Append(CCFLAGS = ' -fopenmp')
+env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ' -fopenmp')
+env.Program("extractNetwork.cpp")
+env.Program("extractLargeNetwork.cpp")	
+env.Program("createHierarchy.cpp")
+env.Append(CCFLAGS = ' -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system')
+env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ' -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system')
+env.Program("routed.cpp")
+env = conf.Finish()
+