<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you, Giuseppe. Just for the benefit of general info: custom support is indeed provided (for a fee) by the Quantum ESPRESSO Foundation (<a href="mailto:foundation@quantum-espresso.org" class="">foundation@quantum-espresso.org</a>) to individuals and companies needing personalised advice. Regards — SB<div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Jan 2020, at 12:20, Giuseppe Mattioli <<a href="mailto:giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it" class="">giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Dear Salah<br class="">I cannot help you with your installation problem, but let me add that even if it is possible to install quantum espresso on Windows machines, things are much easier using Linux. Technical support is not provided, AFAIK. You may ask your supervisor, or ask (but with moderation...) this mailing list, specially when things that should work don't.<br class="">HTH<br class="">Giuseppe<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:elmoselhy@netscape.net" class="">elmoselhy@netscape.net</a> ha scritto:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear All, <br class=""><br class="">This is a post-doctoral researcher in energy engineering andquantum mechanics. I am interested in Quantum Espresso for running quantummechanics calculations. I have installed CYGWin in order to install QuantumEspresso and have installed WinMostar in order to run Quantum Espresso. <br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">The software program CYGWin is available forfree. The software program Quantum Espresso is seemingly available for free.However, the software WinMostar is not available for free and it costs USD 1200to get the full functionality for academic research purposes ( <a href="https://winmostar.com/en/purchase_en.html" class="">https://winmostar.com/en/purchase_en.html</a> ). <br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">I have installed the "Free Edition" ofthe software WinMostar ( <a href="https://winmostar.com/en/download_en.html" class="">https://winmostar.com/en/download_en.html</a> ). Unfortunately almost all the basicfunctionalities for running electronic band structure calculations and phononsdispersion are currently disabled. <br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">Thus, it would be much appreciated if you haveadvised on: <br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">(i) Can I install and run Quantum Espresso forfree without need for installing the full version of WinMostar?<br class=""><br class="">(ii) Is there a contact person available inAustria / Germany for the technical support on Quantum Espresso?<br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">I wish you all a prosperous yearahead. I thankfully look forward to your consideration and to hearing fromyou in this regard.<br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">Kind regards,<br class=""><br class="">Dr. Salah Elmoselhy Google Scholar Web-page: <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vPNI2PEAAAAJ" class="">https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vPNI2PEAAAAJ</a><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">GIUSEPPE MATTIOLI<br class="">CNR - ISTITUTO DI STRUTTURA DELLA MATERIA<br class="">Via Salaria Km 29,300 - C.P. 10<br class="">I-00015 - Monterotondo Scalo (RM)<br class="">Mob (*preferred*) +39 373 7305625<br class="">Tel + 39 06 90672342 - Fax +39 06 90672316<br class="">E-mail: <<a href="mailto:giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it" class="">giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it</a>><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Quantum ESPRESSO is supported by MaX (<a href="http://www.max-centre.eu/quantum-espresso" class="">www.max-centre.eu/quantum-espresso</a>)<br class="">users mailing list <a href="mailto:users@lists.quantum-espresso.org" class="">users@lists.quantum-espresso.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.quantum-espresso.org/mailman/listinfo/users" class="">https://lists.quantum-espresso.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>