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==Installing CASTEP== <!--T:1-->
==Installing CASTEP== <!--T:1-->
For example, with version <code>20.11</code>:
For example, with version <code>20.11</code>:
# You must [http://www.castep.org/CASTEP/GettingCASTEP '''get the archive file that contains the installer''']; this file should be named <code>CASTEP-20.11.tar.gz</code>.
# You must [http://www.castep.org/get_castep '''get the archive file that contains the installer''']; this file should be named <code>CASTEP-20.11.tar.gz</code>.
# Upload the <code>CASTEP-20.11.tar.gz</code> file to your <code>/home/$USER</code> folder on the cluster you intend to use.
# Upload the <code>CASTEP-20.11.tar.gz</code> file to your <code>/home/$USER</code> folder on the cluster you intend to use.
# On the cluster, run the command:
# On the cluster, run the command:
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==Reference== <!--T:6-->
==Reference== <!--T:6-->
* [http://www.castep.org/Tutorials/runningcastep Tutorials - Running CASTEP]
* [https://castep-docs.github.io/castep-docs/ CASTEP User Documentation]


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Installing CASTEP

For example, with version 20.11:

  1. You must get the archive file that contains the installer; this file should be named CASTEP-20.11.tar.gz.
  2. Upload the CASTEP-20.11.tar.gz file to your /home/$USER folder on the cluster you intend to use.
  3. On the cluster, run the command:
[name@server ~]$ eb CASTEP-20.11-iofbf-2020a.eb --sourcepath=$HOME --disable-enforce-checksums

Once this command has completed, log out from the cluster and log back in.

Using CASTEP

You should be able to load the module with:

[name@server ~]$ module load castep

On a compute node, the CASTEP executable can be used like an MPI application:

[name@server ~]$ srun castep.mpi seedname

Where input files would be seedname.cell and seedname.param (i.e. "seedname" could be a different name).

Reference