The following instructions outline the steps required to install all necessary programs to build the MPM-Geomechanics project and execute its test suite.

Required Programs - Windows

Program	Installation	Command
Winget	Microsoft's official website	Native of Windows
Git	via Winget	`winget install -e --id Git.Git -e --source winget`
MSYS2	via Winget	`winget install -e --id MSYS2.MSYS2 --source winget`
CMake	via MSYS2 MINGW64	`pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake`
GCC	via MSYS2 MINGW64	`pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc`
G++	via MSYS2 MINGW64	`pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc`
Make	via MSYS2 MINGW64	`pacman -S make`

Make sure you have Winget installed, you can verify this by running winget --version. If you don't have installed Winget, you can get it from Microsoft's official website

Step 1: Install Git and MSYS2 using winget, by running the following commands:

# Git
winget install -e --id Git.Git -e --source winget
 
# MSYS2
winget install -e --id MSYS2.MSYS2 --source winget

Step 2: Open the MSYS2 MINGW64 console and install CMake, GCC, G++ and Make:

# CMake
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
 
# GCC and G++
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
 
# Make
pacman -S make

Step 3: Verify the versions of each installation :

git --version
cmake --version
make --version 
gcc --version   
g++ --version   

Required Programs - Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

Program	Installation	Command
Git	via apt	`sudo apt install git`
CMake	via apt	`sudo apt install cmake`
GCC	via apt	`sudo apt install build-essential`
G++	via apt	`sudo apt install build-essential`
Make	via apt	`sudo apt install build-essential`

Step 1: Install all the necessary programs using apt:

# Git
sudo apt install git
 
# CMake
sudo apt install cmake
 
# Make, GCC, G++
sudo apt install build-essential

Step 2: Verify the versions of each installation:

git --version
cmake --version
make --version 
gcc --version   
g++ --version   