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Downloading and upgrading SOLVE

The current version of SOLVE is version 1.17. Upgrading to this version is identical to downloading it for the first time.

There are three easy parts to installing SOLVE on your system

Once you have SOLVE installed there are two places to find the documentation. The first is at the SOLVE web site at "http://www.solve.lanl.gov". This one has everything except the index (which is too big to use over the net). The second is the local on-line manual that is part of the package that you download. If you use the protocol described here, it will be located in "file:///usr/local/lib/solve/public_html/manual/table-of-contents.html"

1. First you need to choose the file that matches your computer. If none does, then you can get a version compiled on your computer directly by emailing me at "terwilliger@lanl.gov". Also if you have an enormous unit cell you may need a bigger version which you can receive by emailing me directly.

 

 If your computer is a...  Then ftp this file...
 Digital Unix version 4.0  solve-1.17-digital.tar.Z
 Digital Unix (giant-size version)  solve-1.17-digital_giant.tar.Z
 HP PA1.1  solve-1.17-PA1.1.tar.Z
 HP PA1.1 (giant-size)  solve-1.17-PA1.1_giant.tar.Z
 SGI (R5000) solve-1.17-r5000.tar.Z
  SGI (R5000, giant-size)  solve-1.17-r5000_giant.tar.Z
 SGI (R10000) solve-1.17-r10000.tar.Z
  SGI (R10000, giant-size)  solve-1.17-r10000_giant.tar.Z
 Sun (Solaris, version V)  solve-1.17-sun.tar.Z
  Sun (giant-size)  solve-1.17-sun_giant.tar.Z
 linux (Red Hat on a Pentium II)  solve-1.17-linux_intel686.tar.Z
 linux (giant-size)  solve-1.17-linux_intel686_giant.tar.Z

2. Here is how to get the SOLVE program by ftp, uncompress it, and put the files in the right places on your system. (Note that you can substitute any directory you want for "/usr/local/lib/solve" here and then set the environmental variable SOLVEDIR to point to that directory in everyone's .login or .login_custom file.)

zcat [file] | tar xof -
chmod 111 solve
mv solve /usr/local/bin/solve
rm *.tar.Z

 

3. Here is how to set up your solve.access file. After your license is completed you should receive an email from us with the two lines of information for the solve.access file. They will look like:

License for SOLVE expiring 01-jan-97
X89A943951

 

If you have problems getting SOLVE going then: