[Mesa-users] Big Sur and MESA

[RICHARD H D TOWNSEND]

Hi Jason --

I've created a version of the SDK that supports Big Sur; you can grab it from here.

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/resource/download/mesasdk/mesasdk-x86_64-macos-20.11.1.pkg

Please let me know how you get on. If it works OK, then I'll post it as an official SDK release.

cheers,

Rich


> On Nov 18, 2020, at 12:05 PM, mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org wrote:
> 
> thanks. this is an mesasdk issue.
> 
> fwiw, i installed big sur on a non-critical laptop
> but have not yet attempted to build mesa as i get 
> other items straightened out. once a suitable mesasdk is
> available, i can test it as well.
> 
> 
> fxt
> 
> 
> p.s. - always include mesa-users on all replies.
> 
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>> On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Jason Wright <astrowright at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Sadly, I cannot even attempt to install the MESA SDK on Big Sur:
>> 
>> <Screen Shot 2020-11-18 at 12.43.19 PM.png>
>> 
>> Let me know if there is a command-line driven way to generate the log file you need, or if there is anything else I can do to be the guinea pig here.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Jason
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:33 PM Francis Timmes <fxt44 at mac.com> wrote:
>> hi jason,
>> 
>> please send the build.log file when attempting to build mesa on big sur.
>> 
>> on the education side of things, 
>> 
>> take a peek at conny aert's course
>> https://fys.kuleuven.be/ster/education/sse/course-stellar-structure-and-evolution
>> with labs designed by may gade pedersen.
>> 
>> summer school material can also be useful, if even just for ideas:
>> http://cococubed.asu.edu/mesa_market/education.html
>> 
>> depending what you have in mind, mesa-web has been used in several courses:
>> http://mesa-web.asu.edu
>> 
>> fxt
>> 
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>> > On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:24 AM, Jason Wright via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Hi, all.
>> > 
>> > I am teaching stellar structure and evolution this spring, and would like to include more MESA in my course.  I have downloaded Ed Brown's notes and I'm using them to construct exercises for the students—if you know of other resources I should be using, please let me know.
>> > 
>> > More critically, I recently (and perhaps foolishly) upgraded my Mac to 11.0.1 (Big Sur) and have discovered (to no one's surprise, I'm sure) that MESA does not run on it.
>> > 
>> > This will make it challenging for me to develop the class and, if MESA does not run on Big Sur by Spring, to teach it.
>> > 
>> > My question is: should I downgrade back to OS 10.15 so that I can use MESA for the class, or is it reasonable to expect that the tools I need to run MESA will be available for 11.0.1 sometime in the next 2 months or so?
>> > 
>> > Cheers and thanks,
>> > 
>> > -- 
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>> > Jason T Wright
>> > Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics
>> > Director, Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center
>> > Acting Director, Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds
>> > NEID Instrument Team Project Scientist
>> > he/him/his
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>> > @Astro_Wright
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>> Jason T Wright
>> Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics
>> Director, Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center
>> Acting Director, Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds
>> NEID Instrument Team Project Scientist
>> he/him/his
>> https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/
>> @Astro_Wright
>> 
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