[QE-users] Unable To Compile QE 7.2 on MacOS Sequoia 15.5

[Paolo Giannozzi]

It looks like yet another problem with compilation of the xml-reading 
code: several recent compilers (e.g. gcc15) seem to miscompile it. See 
here: https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/-/issues/784 and here: 
https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/-/issues/766

Paolo

On 7/11/25 09:18, Monika Srivastava via users wrote:
> Hello
> could you please suggest to deal with my problem
> 
>   i successfully install qe 7.4.1 without error on Mac mini apple M4 
> chip but when i try to run the input file it get crash by saying
> " task #  3
> from set_dft_from_name   :   eroor  #         1
> : unrecognized dft"
> 
> 
> On Thursday, 10 July 2025 at 01:36:28 pm IST, Pietro Davide Delugas 
> <pdelugas at sissa.it> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello
> 
> The issue might be that the compilation of MBD has been stopped in 
> progress, and make does not know what to do.
> If present, remove the MBD directory from your source directory, go into 
> external and remove all .o .mod and .a files therein.
> Run the 'make clean' command from the top of the source directory and 
> then run the 'make' command again.
> Pietro
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> *From:* users <users-bounces at lists.quantum-espresso.org> on behalf of 
> AMOGH A . <f20220890 at hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 9, 2025 22:59
> *To:* Quantum ESPRESSO users Forum <users at lists.quantum-espresso.org>
> *Subject:* [QE-users] Unable To Compile QE 7.2 on MacOS Sequoia 15.5
> Hi folks!
> 
> I recently upgraded to a Mac (M4 Pro silicon) from a Linux machine and 
> successfully failed to compile QE 7.2 and 7.3.1 (QERaman needs 7.2 or 
> 7.3). I looked up the forum <https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/-/wikis/Support/ 
> macos-error> and tried the suggested CPP = cpp to CPP = gcc -E in the 
> make.incfile change. This <https://www.mail-archive.com/ 
> users at lists.quantum-espresso.org/msg44720.html> failed too.
> 
> I executed ./configure, edited the make.incfile, ran make -j6 pw, which 
> is when I got the errors. I have tried everything I can think of, and it 
> doesn't work. (Please don't tell me it's an issue with Mac.)
> 
> I have access to the Linux machine for a couple more days, after which I 
> only have my Mac, where it /needs /to work. So I am desperate for a 
> proper fix. I would be very grateful for a solution.
> 
> Link <https://drive.google.com/drive/ 
> folders/1mHq0dazvPvNRTxzA1a9sotweoXVNbuOb?usp=sharing> to errors (Google 
> Drive).
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Amogh A.
> 
> Undergraduate Student
> Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
> Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India.
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