Invoking LAMMPS from commandline after a Homebrew Installation

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I am trying to invoke the LAMMPS package from the terminal (OSX).

The documentation here seems to indicate that under Mac OSX it will 'just work' and here they are using the following command to interface to the library

$ lmp_linux

I installed the script with homebrew via this minimalistic documentation and I have checked the installation is correct. I feel that this is something someone more familiar with homebrew installations may be able to quickly answer

Yes, in the way that I am trying to establish an interface to a library. — Ella Chislett, Oct 31 '15 at 16:56
I wonder if you should have defined an environment variable that links to the library — Alexander McFarlane, Oct 31 '15 at 16:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '15 at 17:35

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brew info lammps

this will tell you where you installed the package. It appears as though you haven't "Made" the executable yet. This page states that you need to navigate to your src/ file (probably in ~/Documents/Lammps\ Turball/src/ or similar following your homebrew download).

Now in the src/ folder in terminal type one of the following commands

make mpi
make serial

Read the docs though here for more information.

answered Oct 31 '15 at 17:35

Alexander McFarlane

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Thanks Alexander, very helpful! – Ella Chislett Oct 31 '15 at 17:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '18 at 00:28

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To call LAMMPS just type in your terminal: lmp_mpi or lmp_serial. To get further help just type lmp_mpi -h or lmp_serial -h.

answered Jul 25 '18 at 00:28

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Invoking LAMMPS from commandline after a Homebrew Installation

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