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Downloading and upgrading Resolve

The current version of Resolve is version 1.05. Upgrading to this version is identical to downloading it for the first time.

For best results, you should upgrade to the latest version of SOLVE when you download resolve (version 1.05 of resolve matches version 1.18 of SOLVE)

Installing Resolve on your system is pretty easy:

  • you need to ftp a compressed file to your computer, uncompress it, and run install.ksh to put the files in the right places on your system.

  • Once you have Resolve installed you can find the documentation on-line by typing "resolvehelp" after you have installed resolve.

    1. First you need to choose the file that matches your computer. For the moment, the versions that are available are for the SGI, Digital UNIX and linux. These come in regular, giant, and huge versions (the giant is really only needed for very big cells, and the huge version for really huge ones or very high resolution). If you need one for another computer, let me know and I'll try to get one working ( "terwilliger@lanl.gov".)
     
    If your computer is a... Then ftp this file...
    Digital Unix version 4.0 or higher (Tru64 unix) resolve-1.05-digital.tar.gz
    SGI (R5000 or higher) resolve-1.05-sgi.tar.gz
    HP resolve-1.05-hp.tar.gz
    Sun (Solaris V) resolve-1.05-sun.tar.gz
    Linux (Red Hat on a Pentium III) resolve-1.05-linux.tar.gz

    2. Here is how to get the Resolve program by ftp, uncompress it, and put the files in the right places on your system.

    gunzip resolve*.gz  
    tar xof resolve*.tar
    cd resolve-1.05/
    ./install.ksh
  • You are just about ready to go. Now you can run resolve (usually in /usr/local/bin/resolve) for regular-size runs, and resolve_giant for huge unit cells.
  • Note one key thing on SGI and HP machines (possibly others): resolve is very big and if you do not allocate enough stack memory it may crash.
  • To get around this (at least on an SGI), use the command:
  • unlimit
  • You can put this as one line in your .cshrc file if you use csh.
  • The same works on an Alpha too
  • 3. You need a valid SOLVE license for Resolve. Resolve will expect to find a file called "solve.access" in the same place that SOLVE finds it. This is usually referred to by the variable SOLVEDIR. Also it can be in /usr/local/lib/solve. Also it can be in the directory you are working in. If SOLVE runs, then Resolve *should* also run.

    4. You are ready to run Resolve. Try the example in the subdirectory resolve_example if you like

    If you have problems getting Resolve going then: