[DFTB-Plus-User] HOW TO DOWNLOAD DFTB+ ?

[Bálint Aradi]

On 31.10.20 16:23, Nandini Gattadahalli wrote:
> Dear all users of DFTB+
> 
> I am Dr.Nandini.G from India. I am using Personal laptop with windows as
> an operating system. Can I download DFTB+ ?

The bad news is: we only provide binaries for Linux and OSX currently.
The good news is: you can easily get Linux run on your Windows system:

- If you use Windows 10, just enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

- Alternatively, (especially if you use an earlier version of Windows),
you can install VirtualBox and set up Linux as a virtual machine. If you
are interested, I have a tutorial video on how to install Linux within a
VirtualBox here (assuming that VirtualBox had been already installed):

https://www.bccms.uni-bremen.de/cms/people/b-aradi/wissen-progr/python/2020

Whichever way you choose, within the working Linux you can

-  either use the precompiled binaries from here:

https://github.com/dftbplus/dftbplus/releases/download/20.1/dftbplus-20.1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz

- or install DFTB+ via Anaconda (you can easily find tutorials of how to
use the anaconda installer)


Best regards,

Bálint


-- 
Dr. Bálint Aradi
Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen
http://www.bccms.uni-bremen.de/cms/people/b-aradi/


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