[Mesa-users] Install MESA in external memory

[Gabriela Lapa]

Thank you all so much! I formatted my flash drive to ext4. But now, how do
I save the SDK and MESA folders there?

Sincerely,
Gabriela Lapa

Rob Farmer <robert.j.farmer37 at gmail.com> escreveu no dia segunda,
14/03/2022 à(s) 16:52:

> There's a few soft links in mesa/ (cough gyre cough), though mostly in the
> docs (and gyre).
>
> The only important one is the ./star/make/pgstar.f90 ->
> ../private/pgstar_full.f90 link which would need a tweaked makefile to copy
> instead of link
>
> For those with an installed mesa you can use
>
> cd $MESA_DIR
> find . -type l -ls
>
> To find the softlinks
>
> Rob
>
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 17:44, RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <
> townsend at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>> That may work, *if* MESA does not rely on symbolic links (Rob, can you
>> advise)?
>>
>> You should be able to put both MESA and the SDK on the flash drive, if
>> you format the flash drive using a suitable filesystem (e.g., ext4).
>> Directions on how to do this are here:
>>
>> https://tecadmin.net/format-usb-in-linux/
>>
>> (make sure you use mkfs.ext4!)
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 11:41 AM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> 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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