[Pw_forum] Xcrysden

[Uttam Paliwal]

MANY MANY THANKS
NOW IT IS WORKING



On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Uttam Paliwal <uttamphy at gmail.com> wrote:

> the error message is
>
> couldn't execute "xcrysden": no such file or directory
> couldn't execute "xcrysden": no such file or directory
>     while executing
> "exec xcrysden --pwi $tmpFile &"
>     (procedure "::pwscf::view::structByXcrysden" line 71)
>     invoked from within
> "::pwscf::view::structByXcrysden ::gUI0"
>     invoked from within
> ".gui0.shellchildsite.menubar.menubar.view.menu invoke active"
>     ("uplevel" body line 1)
>     invoked from within
> "uplevel #0 [list $w invoke active]"
>     (procedure "tk::MenuInvoke" line 50)
>     invoked from within
> "tk::MenuInvoke .gui0.shellchildsite.menubar.menubar.view.menu 1"
>     (command bound to event)
>
>
> KINDLY HELP
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Tone Kokalj <tone.kokalj at ijs.si> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2016-11-17 at 15:47 +0530, Uttam Paliwal wrote:
>> > Kindly forget previous mail
>> > Now it is active but when i click
>> > " structure with xcrysden" then following error message displayed
>> > Exec couldn't find xcrysden : no such file or directory
>>
>> According to this error it seems that you do not have xcrysden on the
>> PATH and in addition that you have XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR variable defined,
>> but pointing to a wrong directory (perhaps to an old no-more-existing
>> version of xcrysden). Try this:
>>
>> unset XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR
>> pwgui
>>
>>
>> Is now the "View-->Structure with XCrySDen" menu active? If not then
>> the above is very likely the problem.
>>
>> Best regards, Tone
>> --
>> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>> (tel: +386-1-477-3523 // fax: +386-1-251-9385)
>>
>> > Please help
>> >
>> > On Nov 17, 2016 12:44 PM, "Uttam Paliwal" <uttamphy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > sorry it didn't work
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Matic Poberznik <matic.poberznik at g
>> > > mail.com> wrote:
>> > > > I'm sorry I made a slight error in the previous email, the path
>> > > > should
>> > > > point to the xcrysden shell script (which is used to run
>> > > > xcrysden).
>> > > > Simply add the directory where the ./xcrysden command works to
>> > > > the $PATH
>> > > > variable and it should work.
>> > > >
>> > > > Best regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Matic
>> > > > --
>> > > > Matic Poberznik
>> > > > J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>> > > >
>> > > > > I' assuming you have to be in the xcrysden binary directory for
>> > > > that to
>> > > > > work;
>> > > > >
>> > > > > so if you have not done so already I suggest you add the path
>> > > > to
>> > > > > xcrysden installation folder where you have to add xcrysden to
>> > > > the $PATH
>> > > > > variable in .bashrc. This file is located in your home
>> > > > directory, open
>> > > > > it with an editor and add the line:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > export PATH=/path/to/xcrysden/bin/:$PATH
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Where /path/to/xcrysden/bin/ is the full path to the folder
>> > > > where you
>> > > > > have the xcrysden binary. When you finish editing type
>> > > > >
>> > > > > source ~/.bashrc
>> > > > >
>> > > > > in the terminal to implement the changes. If it works you
>> > > > should be able
>> > > > > to run xcrysden by simply typing:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > xcrysden
>> > > > >
>> > > > > in any directory and PWgui should be able to find it.
>> > > > > I hope this helps,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Best regards,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Matic
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
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>
>
> --
> Uttam Paliwal
> *Assistant Professor*
> Department of Physics
> J.N.V. University
> Jodhpur (India)
> Phone- 7597908441
>



-- 
Uttam Paliwal
*Assistant Professor*
Department of Physics
J.N.V. University
Jodhpur (India)
Phone- 7597908441
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