[Mesa-users] Install MESA in external memory

[Gabriela Lapa]

I think I can't do it. I can't even create a folder inside. Probably I
won't be able to install MESA on my personal computer.

RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia segunda,
14/03/2022 à(s) 19:06:

> You first need to figure out where your flash drive is mounted —I believe
> on Linux Mint the default mount point is /media/<username>/<devicelabel>
>
> Then, just use the standard ‘cp’ command to copy the MESA and SDK folders
> to that directory. Or, you can unpack the zip/tar files in that directory.
>
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 1:17 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> 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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