[mesa-users] Fwd: Generating version 9793

Sun Jul 2 03:31:21 EDT 2017

To be clear, it's probably not possible to copy and paste the hdf5
libraries from the sdk to you local machine, you'll probably have to
install the windows version, but you'll have to know where it puts the
equivalent libraries.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:28 AM, amber lauer <amberlauer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to warn you that while I'm good with windows, I'm not experienced
> with supporting it in this capacity. Also, you may find some on this
> mailing list willing to help, but this is not guaranteed because it's not
> officially supported.
>
> The hdf5 files needed for MESA are found in the SDK under sdk/share/hdf5.
>
> As for telling mesa how to find your local libraries, you might be able to
> edit the makefile_header_non_mesasdk in MESA/utils/ to point to your
> libraries, so you'll have to know their location, but I can't guarantee
> this will work. The commands you'll probably need are commented out in the
> non sdk header.
>
> Just to restate, you'll probably have an easier time with a virtual
> machine if you don't want to go the dual boot route, and it won't break, at
> least not in ways that the user list can't/won't troubleshoot. Installing a
> virtual machine via virtualbox is very intuitive, and free, with only a few
> clicks in the gui interface, you just need an iso for the OS you plan to
> virtualize. I can even help you with this if you get stuck.
>
> The only things you'll have to learn, assuming you use an ubuntu guest,
> are how to install the dependency packages via apt (which is easy and has
> lots of support online), and a few bash commands such as cd, and cp, many
> of which mimic their DOS counterparts (you'll also have to set the
> environment variables but the commands are literally outlined line for line
> on the MESA install page). Plus, if you have trouble getting started, many
> people on the mailing list will happily support you, largely because we all
> know how.
>
> Unless you are using bash for windows... in which case it might be easier,
> but again, I don't recommend it and am not experienced enough with it to
> support it.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Ian Foley <ifoley2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Amber,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> Yes, I could go the route you suggest.
>>
>> Problem is I've always been able to use Windows way back with mesa
>> version 2670 in 2011. That's 6 years. Now a change has been made which is
>> blocking my compilation. Of course, I knew I was taking the risk of this
>> happening. However, it is a change that is needed by only a small part of
>> the total mesa package so it would be nice if there was a reasonable
>> work-around as there is for the mesasdk.
>>
>> There is a windows version of hdf5 which I have downloaded, but I have
>> not had time to follow it through and I do not know which parts I need yet.
>> I've had no time to follow it through.
>>
>> I'd like to ask. What parts of hdf5 do I need if I was to import a
>> windows version of the library. How would I go about it?
>>
>> Thanks once again,
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Ian
>>
>> On 2 July 2017 at 13:34, amber lauer <amberlauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just my two cents- If you're willing to consider a dual-boot set up, I
>>> highly recommend it. The lack of windows support is common in physics, and
>>> in these cases is usually limited to OSX and linux.
>>>
>>> Barring that, you might have some success with a virtual machine.
>>> Virtualbox is free and quite powerful, and I use it for the reverse-
>>> windows stuff that can't be run on linux (using wine).
>>>
>>> Dual booting is usually easy to setup without disturbing your current OS
>>> install, other than shrinking the hard drive space.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 10:50 PM, Ian Foley <ifoley2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Rob,
>>>>
>>>> I'll give it a go
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>>
>>>> On 5 June 2017 at 13:39, Robert Farmer <rjfarmer at asu.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Try just replacing ifort with gfortran in the commands.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 4, 2017 20:33, "Ian Foley" <ifoley2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a user who is not using the mesasdk, so I use the
>>>>> makefile_header_non_mesasdk file to generate the star executable.
>>>>>
>>>>> A new addition with this version is the hdf5 library which I gather
>>>>> has something to do with processing weak rates. There is nothing in the
>>>>> release notes about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, the code in the header file shows how to generate the hdf5
>>>>> library with ifort, but not with gfortran. So before I delve deeper I'm
>>>>> wondering how I create this library and set it up with gfortran.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Ian
>>>>>
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>>> Graduate School of Physics,
>>> Louisiana State University
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Amber Lauer. M.S. Physics
> PhD Candidate,
> Graduate School of Physics,
> Louisiana State University
>

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Amber Lauer. M.S. Physics
PhD Candidate,
Graduate School of Physics,
Louisiana State University

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Amber Lauer. M.S. Physics
PhD Candidate,
Graduate School of Physics,
Louisiana State University
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