[Pw_forum] PWscf on WIndows

[Paolo Giannozzi]

On Thursday 26 June 2003 18:08, Jonathan Breeze wrote:
> That's nice to know.  So, in principle, it should be possible to
> compile PW on a Windows machine.

I think that all unix/linux tools needed to compile and run
PWscf: the shell, make, C compiler, fortran-90 compiler,
mathematical  libraries, exist for Windows as well. It is
actually much easier to find any software for Windows 
than it is for Linux (especially commercial software). So 
I don't see any major hurdle in porting PWscf to Windows, 
apart from the fact that none of the developers works with
Windows, and I guess that nobody has any intention to do
so in the future. If however somebody else is willing to try, 
he is welcome. 

Paolo

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