[Mesa-users] Install MESA in external memory

[Gabriela Lapa]

This is what I get

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RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia segunda,
14/03/2022 à(s) 19:37:

> It could be that the flash drive is being mounted read-only. Can you post
> the output of the command ‘findmnt -a’, so we can see what’s happening?
>
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 2:34 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> 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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