Installing MGIZA++ on Ubuntu

1. Get the source from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/mgizapp/
2. Installing some dependencies

   sudo apt-get install cmake
   sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

3. Extracting source files

   sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/src/mgizapp
   sudo chown username /usr/local/src/mgizapp/
   tar -xvzf mgizapp.tgz -C /usr/local/src/mgizapp/

4. Configuring

   sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/mgizapp
   sudo chown username /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/
   rm CMakeCache.txt
   cmake .
   make

5. Installing

   make install
   cp -r inst/* /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/

6. Creating snt2cooc.out file (GIZA++ compabilty)

   #! /bin/bash
   set -e
   usage() {
       echo "Usage: snt2cooc.out vcb1 vcb2 snt12"
       echo "Converts GIZA++ snt-format into plain text."
       exit 1
   }
   [ $# -ne 3 ] && usage
   ${0%/*}/snt2cooc /dev/stdout $1 $2 $3
   exit 0

   chmod 755 snt2cooc.out

7. Linking some files

   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/bin/mgiza /usr/local/bin/mgizapp
   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/bin/mgiza /usr/local/bin/GIZA++
   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/bin/mgiza /usr/local/bin
   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/bin/snt2cooc /usr/local/bin
   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/bin/mkcls /usr/local/bin
   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/bin/snt2cooc.out /usr/local/bin
   sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/lib/mgizapp/scripts/merge_alignment.py /usr/local/bin