[Wien] Running/starting Wien2K on Windows Vista

[Yurko Natanzon]

Dear David,
There are actually two ways to run Wien2k from Windows:
1. Install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). That's a Linux-like
environment for Windows. Then Install fortran compilers and Wien2k
following the instructions in the UG.
2. Install Linux in a virtual machine using the software like
Virtualbox (http://virtualbox.org), and then install Wien2k in a
virtual Linux machine.

Both methods allow just to test the software and run simple cases. If
you want to run serious calculations, you shouldn't run wien2k from
Windows. So, I'd rather recommend you to install Linux on a separate
partion and install Wien2k directly on Linux.

regards,
Yurko

2009/7/27 Lee David Chung Lin <b91202005 at gmail.com>:
> I am a student running wien2k-09 on Dell inspiron1525; it's a laptop,
> with operating system of Windows Vista 32 bit. (I know it's stated
> clearly that Wien2K runs on Linux in the Userguide so this IS my key
> problem) The CPU is duo core, both 2.00GHz, with the RAM 2.00GB.
> Fortran compiler is G95 and I haven't got a math library.
>
> I know my question might be trivial or stupid, but I really need to
> know how to just INSTALL or start Wien2K(e.g. starting with W2Web). I
> have extracted the Wien2K-09.tar, which is about 18Mb, with WinRAR or
> PeaZip, and now have no idea how  to start.
>
> Sorry I don't really have background knowledge in unix/linux and I'm
> not familiar with Fortran but only knows a little bit of C language.
>
> I got the Wien2K from my academic advisor so I don't know the exact
> description of the version.
>
> Please, if anyone could help. Thank you very much.
>
> David Lee,
> Orlando, FL, U.S.A
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-- 
Yurko (aka Yuriy, Iurii, Jurij etc) Natanzon
PhD student
Department for Structural Research (NZ31)
Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Radzikowskiego 152,
31-342 Krakow, Poland
E-mail: Yurii.Natanzon at ifj.edu.pl, yurko.natanzon at gmail.com