GRATE

This software is based on the old Delphi version described in Walsh, J. (2014). GRATE v3.50 (Gravel Routing and Textural Evolution) User Manual / Technical Description. NIWA Software Publication.

Currently there is only a command line version of the software.

Installation

Releases are provided here. Download the latest grate-x.y.z.exe, run it without admin privileges, and ignore any Microsoft Windows defender warnings. The installer will place a binary (grate.exe) in your user directory, and update your path. Open a terminal and run grate --help

Development environment

1. Install Python 3.13 or newer.

2. Make a virtual environment and install packages

   python -m venv <SOMEWHERE>
   . <SOMEWHERE>/bin/activate
   pip install --upgrade pip
   pip install -r requirements.pip
   

3. Run using python bin/grate.py <input file>

Installer

Linux

1. sudo apt install build-essential patchelf ccache

2. Make a standalone grate.dist/ directory using python -m nuitka bin/grate.py

3. Make sure grate.dist/ is on your path

Windows

1. Install

   a. Visual studio community 2026 with Desktop development with C++ workload. b. Inno Setup 7

2. Make a standalone grate.dist/ directory using python -m nuitka bin/grate.py

3. Run inno on inno.iss, installer is in Output/