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-name: General question
-about: Is there something unclear, undocumented, or that you cannot figure how to
-  achieve?
-title: ''
-labels: ''
-assignees: ''
-
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-
-
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-name: Installation errors
-about: You did not manage to install Smilei or have it run normally
-title: ''
-labels: installation
-assignees: ''
-
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-
-<!-- READ BEFORE POSTING -------- -->
- * Need help regarding installation?
-   Read this doc first: https://smileipic.github.io/Smilei/installation.html
-
- * Issues installing C++, MPI, HDF5 or python?
-   Please refer to your system administrator first.
-
- * If you are still in trouble, please provide the result of these commands in the issue:
-   git describe --all --long
-   make config=verbose
-   make env
-   echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH # on mac: echo $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
-   python -m sysconfig
-   ldd smilei
-<!-- ------------------------- -->