p4vasp

Copyright notes: The p4vasp is distributed under the General Public License version 2 (GPL2).

For more information and support visit www.p4vasp.at.

Binary distributions

Binary distribution contains a single executable file. Place this file at a convenient location (e.g. Desktop) and add it to the system PATH. P4vasp is a portable application - it can be started from a usb drive.

Source-code distributions

Compilation Quickstart

For local installation run:

   $ ./install-local.sh

For global installation run:

   $ ./install.sh

Installation (local)

1. Make sure you have all the dependencies. In Ubuntu you can do it with a supplied script: install/install-ubuntu-dependencies.sh
2. If there are previous versions of p4vasp, uninstall them. You can do it with the uninstall.sh residing in the P4VASP_HOME directory.
3. Unpack the file:

   $ tar -xvzf p4vasp-x.x.x.tgz

4. Change directory:

   $ cd p4vasp-x.x.x

OPTIONAL: Apply patch for VASP [v5.4.4+]:

patch -p0 < 544_update.patch

5. Configure:

   $ make local

6. check and adjust the paths in install/Configuration.mk
7. Install:

   $ make install

8. Add path to p4v in the .bashrc

   $ make bashrc

Installation (global)

1. Make sure you have all the dependencies. In Ubuntu you can do it with a supplied script: install/install-ubuntu-dependencies.sh
2. Uninstall the old version (as root): This usually (depending on your installation) can be done with an uninstall script:

   $ sudo bash /usr/lib/p4vasp/uninstall.sh

3. Unpack the file:

   $ tar -xvzf p4vasp-x.x.x.tgz

4. Change directory:

   $ cd p4vasp-x.x.x

OPTIONAL: Apply patch for VASP [v5.4.4+]:

patch -p0 < 544_update.patch

5. Configure:

   $ make config

6. install (as root):

   $ make install

7. If something goes wrong
   • Run the diagnostic.py script, it may provide you with some hints.
   • Check FAQ
   • We can try to help you if you visit forum at www.p4vasp.at, please provide us with the output from diagnostic.py.

Installation (macOS)

Check out installation instructions.

Starting:

Start with: p4v

Look at the documentation in the doc/intro/intro.html (or /usr/lib/p4vasp/doc/intro.html, when installed), if you need some clues how to deal with the p4v GUI.

Some people prefer command-line tools and automatic scripts to a graphical interface. For those, there are some simple scripts in the utils directory (/usr/lib/p4vasp/utils). They are also a good example for the p4vasp-API.

P4vasp package embeds the odpdom library, that is available also as a separate project and a slightly modified version of the piddle library. Both odpdom and piddle are available under the LGPL License (see odpdom/COPYING).

This package as well may contain other packages (in ext directory) under various open-source licenses: fltk, sqlite and pysqlite. These packages are provided for convenience only to make the installation easier.