[Mesa-users] Install MESA in external memory

[Gabriela Lapa]

Oh, I'm sorry, I will do that in the future. Do you mean if I run it in the
terminal? (sorry, I'm new in Linux)

A segunda, 14/03/2022, 19:46, RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu>
escreveu:

> Thanks — in the future, if you can, please cut and paste output rather
> than taking screenshots.
>
> What happens when you run this command from the command prompt:
>
> touch /media/gabriela/4876ff2d-e242-4b48-90f9-75794f8830d0/test.txt
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 2:43 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> This is what I get
>
> <image.png>
>
> 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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