documenting current build procedure (WIP)

README_build.md

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+# vcell-solvers
+Virtual Cell solvers [virtualcell/vcell-solvers](https://github.com/virtualcell/vcell-solvers) is a collection of numerical simulation codes used in the Virtual Cell framework [virtualcell/vcell](https://github.com/virtualcell/vcell)).
+
+## The Virtual Cell Project
+The Virtual Cell is a modeling and simulation framework for computational biology.  For details see http://vcell.org and http://github.com/virtualcell.
+
+## Building VCell Solvers
+### Using VirtualBox and Vagrant
+* git clone https://github.com/virtualcell/vcell.git
+* cd vcell/VagrantBoxes
+### Building for Linux (64 bit)
+[details](VagrantBoxes/linux64/README.md)
+
+```bash
+$ cd linux64
+$ vagrant up
+$ vagrant ssh -c /vagrant_numerics/build.sh
+$ vagrant halt
+```
+### Building for Linux (32 bit)
+[details](VagrantBoxes/linux32/README.md)
+
+```bash
+$ cd linux32
+$ vagrant up
+$ vagrant ssh -c /vagrant_numerics/build.sh
+$ vagrant halt
+```
+### Building for Macos on a Mac **Apple only allows a Mac VM to run on Apple hardware**
+[details}(VagrantBoxes/mac64/README.md)
+
+```bash
+$ cd mac64
+$ vagrant up
+$ vagrant ssh -c /vagrant/build.sh
+$ vagrant halt
+```
+### Building for Windows (64 bit) on Windows
+[details: including building on other platforms](VagrantBoxes/win64/README.md)
+
+```bash
+$ cd win64
+$ vagrant up
+$ vagrant powershell -c \vagrant\build.sh
+$ vagrant halt
+```

README_localSolverBuilds.md

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+##local solver builds
+
+##Travis-CI
+Travis-CI is used for builds of standalone solvers for Linux and macOS.  
+see **<root>/.travis.yml** 
+
+
+###Travis-CI configuration for Linux
+
+
+###Travis-CI build debugging for Linux
+
+###Travis-CI configuration for macOS
+
+###Travis-CI build debugging for macOS
+
+##Appveyor
+Appveyor is used for builds of standalone solvers for Windows.
+
+###Appveyor configuration for Windows
+
+###Appveyor debugging for Windows