[Mesa-users] Install MESA in external memory

[Gabriela Lapa]

Hello again.

I am using Linux mint. But can't the sdk be in my home directory and the
main MESA folder be in the flash drive?

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Gabriela

RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia segunda,
14/03/2022 à(s) 15:34:

> Dear Gabriela —
>
> It sounds like your flash drive is formatted with a file system that does
> not support symbolic links. It’s possible to re-format the drive to fix
> this issue. But first, can I ask what operating system you are using?
>
> cheers,
>
> Rich
>
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:16 AM, mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I followed the steps in the website. So I downloaded the
> file mesasdk-x86_64-linux-21.4.1.tar.gz and saved it in the flash drive.
> Then, in the terminal, I used the command tar xvfz
> mesasdk-x86_64-linux-21.4.1.tar.gz and it gives back errors like
>
> tar: mesasdk/lib64/libquadmath.so.0: Cannot create symlink to
> ‘libquadmath.so.0.0.0’: Operation not permitted
>
> The errors are not always the same, but they are similar.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
> Gabriela
>
> Rob Farmer <robert.j.farmer37 at gmail.com> escreveu no dia segunda,
> 14/03/2022 à(s) 13:46:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Yes MESA can be installed on an external hard drive. If you tell us what
>> you did and why you think the SDK isn't working then maybe we can help.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 13:45, Gabriela Lapa via Mesa-users <
>> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> I want to install MESA on my personal PC, but I am lacking the space.
>>> Can I install MESA in a flash drive or other external memory source? I
>>> tried this and the sdk doesn't work in the flash drive, but should MESA
>>> work if I put the correct path?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Gabriela Lapa
>>>
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