BFRM 2.0


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Download and Install BFRM 2.0

These executables (from 2007/8) work as advertized on the indicated platforms and OS vintages. More recently, the full source code has been made available, below.

Precompiled binary distributions of BFRM 2.0 for several platforms are available here for downloading. Download the appropriate copy for the target platform and extract/copy the binary file to a working directory, then set the executable privilege as necessary. No other libraries are needed to run BFRM. Click on the button containing the name of your operating system below to download the relevant version.

  • Windows (32bit) and Windows (64bit)
    .exe binary executables. Download to a target working directory -- no further installation is necessary.
  • 32 bit Linux (Compiled on i386 Fedora Core 4)
    The 32 bit Linux version is zipped into a tar.gz file. After downloading to the target machine, unzip and extract via
    gzip -d bfrm32.tar.gz
    tar -xvf bfrm32.tar
    Then install by simply copying the binary to the target working directory and setting executable privilege if necessary.
  • 64 bit Linux (Compiled on i86_64 CentOS3)
    The 64 bit Linux version is zipped into a tar.gz file. After downloading to the target machine, unzip and extract via
    gzip -d bfrm64.tar.gz
    tar -xvf bfrm64.tar
    Then install by simply copying the binary to the target working directory and setting executable privilege if necessary.
  • Mac OSX (Compiled on Mac OSX 10.3.9)
    The Max OS X version is is provided as a disk image file. After downloading, mount the dmg file and drag bfrm to the target working directory.
Download BFRM 2.0 Source Code

The full BFRM 2.0 source code (from 2011) is also available for download.


The authors can provide no support nor assistance with implementations beyond the details and examples here, nor extensions of the code for other purposes. The download has been tested to confirm all details are operational as described here.

It is understood by the user that neither the authors nor Duke University bear any responsibility nor assume any liability for any end-use of this software. It is expected that appropriate credit/acknowledgement be given should the software be included as an element in other software development or in publications.

Copyright (C) 2011, Q. Wang, C. Carvalho, J. Lucas, M. West
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.