[Pw_forum] Alternative to Xcrysden

[Afshin Arjangmehr]

Dear Rajesh,

Use BURAI1.2, much cooler and easy to use on win8.

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Matic,
> I am trying since last 20 days to compile xcrysden on windows 8.1 using
> cygwin but always fails. Can you please guide me which version should be
> compiled cygwin or semishared? And how to install using apt cygwin utility
> and xcrysden through it?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rajesh
>
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Matic Poberznik <
> matic.poberznik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Rajesh
>>
>> > Dear Users
>> > Is there any alternative to xcrysden program to open pw input files?
>> > Since xcrysden is not working on my windows 8.1 pc. If any can suggest
>> > some other program name , please.
>>
>> xcrysden should work on windows within the cygwin environment
>> (https://www.cygwin.com/) as well. The installation is a bit tedious,
>> but it works. If you decide to proceed you can download the cygwin
>> binary from here:
>>
>> http://www.xcrysden.org/Download.html (version 1.5.60)
>>
>> When you exctract it you should find a list of packages required in the
>> README file. The easiest way is i think by using the apt-cyg utility.
>>
>> If you encounter any issues please write to the xcrysden mailing list
>> (http://www.democritos.it/mailman/listinfo/xcrysden),
>>
>> hope this helps,
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Matic
>> --
>> Matic Poberznik
>> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>>
>
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Afshin Arjhangemehr
PhD candidate in Radiation Application
Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, IRAN
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