This directory contains the files needed to generate an O3 optimized executable with g++ =========================== if you receive the error #error "This g++ version cannot compile Cloudy and must not be used!" it is because you have version 2.96 or 3.4 of g++. These versions cannot produce a valid executable. Update to a more recent version of the compiler. =========================== To change Makefile so that the default build has other properties: Edit the third line of the Makefile in sys_gcc to read $(MAKE) -f ../Makefile SRCDIR=.. $(MAKECMDGOALS) options where "options" contains the options you want to pass on to make -j 4 EXTRA="-DFOO -DBAR"