Last Modified 17 December 1999

1. The new release of static is password protected so that we can track usage of the program for the CHSSI project. To obtain the source code, follow the instructions given here.

2. Once you have obtained the tarred and gziped source code (in a file named static110.tar.gz)^*, run the following command (in a POSIX environment):

   $ gzip -cd static110.tar.gz | tar xvf -
   

   This will unbundle the source code while leaving static110.tar.gz intact.

3. The installation procedure requires three parameter files. These are rather easy to set up, but we provide ready-made examples for this project here:
   • P1 is dimensioned to allow at least twelve atoms in a unit cell. As we'll see shortly, we will use a twelve atom periodically repeating unit cell for this calculation.
   • Since we do not need to save the eigenvectors in this calculation, P2 is dimensioned to save space ( mpress = meigen = 0 ).
   • P3 is dimensioned to allow the maximum number of k-points we need in this program.

The program is now ready to compile:

• On the SGI Origin, use the command: $ make -f makefile.sgi which will produce the default executable static.parpack, using the SGI BLAS and LAPACK libaries. If these libraries are note available, use the command $ make -f makefile.sgi par which uses Fortran versions of BLAS and LAPACK.
• On the IBM SP2, use the command $ make -f makefile.aix.multi which will produce the executable static. (makefile.aix.single is for single processor machines running AIX with the xlf compiler).

Note that these operations assume the existence of a working Fortran compiler and MPI library on the compiling computer.

We are now ready to set up the problem.

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