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Downloading and upgrading SOLVE

The current version of SOLVE is version 1.18. Upgrading to this version is identical to downloading it for the first time.

SOLVE works best in combination with resolve.  As a licensed SOLVE user, you can download resolve for free.  Before you go on, you should get the latest version of resolve now so that it is most compatible with your new version of SOLVE.  Your SOLVE scripts in this manual include the (trivial) commands to run resolve right after SOLVE.

There are three easy parts to installing SOLVE on your system

Once you have SOLVE installed you can view the manual just by typing "solvehelp"

1. First you need to choose the file that matches your computer. If none does, then you can get a version compiled on your computer directly by emailing me at "terwilliger@lanl.gov". Each download file contains both "solve" and "solve_giant" and "solve_huge". The giant-size and even bigger huge versions are for huge unit cells and are not usually necessary. Also if you have a really enormous unit cell you may need an even bigger version which you can receive by emailing me directly.
 
 
 If your computer is a...  Then ftp this file...
 Alpha running Digital (Tru-64) Unix  solve-1.18-digital.tar.Z
 HP (PA1.1 or higher)  solve-1.18-hp.tar.Z
 SGI (R5000 or higher) solve-1.18-sgi.tar.Z
Sun (SunOS version 5 or higher)  solve-1.18-sun.tar.Z
 linux (Red Hat 6.1 or higher on Pentium III) solve-1.18-linux.tar.Z
   

2. Here is how to get the SOLVE program by ftp, uncompress it, and put the files in the right places on your system. (Note that you can substitute any directory you want for "/usr/local/lib/solve" in the install.ksh script and then set the environmental variable SOLVEDIR to point to that directory in everyone's .login or .login_custom file.)

gunzip solve*.gz
tar xof solve*.tar
cd solve-1.18/
./install.ksh
3. Here is how to set up your solve.access file. After your license is completed you should receive an email from us with the two lines of information for the solve.access file. They will look like:
License for SOLVE expiring 01-jan-97
X89A943951
If you have problems getting SOLVE going then: