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Weiming An edited this page Aug 4, 2018 · 11 revisions

Download QuickPIC

You can either use git to clone the QuickPIC repository or directly download the source code from the QuickPIC page on Github.

Required Softwares

Before installing QuickPIC, you need to install the following softwares where you want to run QuickPIC:

  • C and Fortran compilers ** GCC and Gfortran are suggested if you want to run QuickPIC on your local computer.
  • The MPI library The openMPI is suggested if you want to run QuickPIC on your local computer.
  • The HDF5 library You can find the HDF5 library here. You have to enable the parallel option and fortran option when you install HDF5.
  • JSON-Fortran library JSON-Fortran is an open source code on Github.

Compile QuickPIC

You can compile QuickPIC from the source using "make". The file "make.GF_OPENMPI" contains environmental variables for GNU compiler with openMPI. You also need to set the path for HDF5 and JSON-Fortran libraries in "make.GF_OPENMPI". To compile QuickPIC, execute:

make

The executable file name is qpic.e.

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