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Dynare version 4
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For information about how to use Dynare, you should have a look at the
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documentation located in the doc/ subdirectory of your Dynare installation (you
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should have a shortcut in your Start Menu to access it directly).
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Beginners should start with the Dynare userguide. There is also a complete
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reference manual documenting all Dynare functions in manual/index.html (however
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note that it is a bit outdated).
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You can also get more information on the Dynare Wiki at:
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http://www.cepremap.cnrs.fr/DynareWiki
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You can also ask questions on the Dynare forums at:
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http://www.dynare.org
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Note that Dynare comes with an automated uninstaller, which you can run from
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the "Add/Remove Programs" menu of the Control Panel.
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Using Dynare with Matlab
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Dynare requires Matlab version 6.5 or above. With older versions of Matlab, it
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may fail or give unexpected results.
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To use Dynare, you just have to add the matlab/ subdirectory of your Dynare
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installation to Matlab's path. You have two options for doing that:
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* Use the addpath command, by typing something like:
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addpath DYNARE_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY/matlab
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Matlab will not remember this setting next time you run it, and you will have
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to do it again.
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* Select the "Set Path" entry in the "File" menu, then click on "Add
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Folder...", and select the matlab/ subdirectory of your Dynare
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installation. Note that you SHOULD NOT use "Add with Subfolders...". Apply
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the settings by clicking on "Save". Note that Matlab will remember this
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setting next time you run it.
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You can test your installation by typing "dynare" at the Matlab prompt. This
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should give you an error message complaining that you did not specify a MOD
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file.
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Using Dynare with Octave
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Dynare is now available for Octave, a free clone of Matlab (see
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<http://www.octave.org>).
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For installing Octave on your Windows system, go to:
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http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888&package_id=40078
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Then pick the "octave-3.0.1-vs2008-setup.exe" installer. Choose GNUplot
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graphical backend (instead of JHandles) during installation. Also note that
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this distribution contains a nice text editor, which you can invoke with "edit"
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as you would under Matlab.
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WARNING: the Octave binary distribution has a bug which makes Octave crash
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everytime one types clear all (and therefore everytime one runs Dynare!). A
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simple workaround is to type the following command the first time you run
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Octave:
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pkg rebuild -noauto ftp ann database
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Every time you run Octave, you should type the two following commands:
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addpath DYNARE_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY/matlab mark_as_command dynare
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NOTE: if you don't want to type these two commands every time you run Octave,
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you can put them in a file called ".octaverc" in your home directory (generally
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"c:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\"). This file is run by Octave at every
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startup.
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You can test your installation by typing "dynare" at the Octave prompt. This
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should give you an error message complaining that you did not specify a MOD
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file.
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Copyright notice for software
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-----------------------------
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Most Dynare source file are copyright "Dynare Team". There are some exceptions
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to this, which are described in source file headers when relevant.
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Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
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this program (see gpl.txt). If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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Copyright notice for documentation
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----------------------------------
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify Dynare documentation
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files under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any
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later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
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Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license can be found in the fdl.txt file.
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