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Finite-element library for analysis and adjoint-based gradient evaluation
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Windows install instructions #178

Closed andrewellis55 closed 1 year ago

andrewellis55 commented 1 year ago

Are there any Windows install instructions for TACs? I didn't explicitly see it stated that it's linux/OSX only, however I did see that there are only conda builds for those two so I wasn't sure

timryanb commented 1 year ago

Unfortunately, at this point, TACS has no direct support for Windows systems, only Linux/OSX.

If you want to be able to run TACS on a Windows system your best bet is probably going to be either:

  1. Install a Linux-based Virtual Machine (VM) and install and access TACS through there
  2. Install Windows Subsystem for Linux and install and access TACS through there

For either 1 or 2 any of the installation methods described in the docs should get you setup with TACS

A-CGray commented 1 year ago

Another option would be to install docker and then use one of the MDO Lab's public docker images, which include TACS.

andrewellis55 commented 1 year ago

Ok thank you both!

hntter commented 1 year ago

Another option would be to install docker and then use one of the MDO Lab's public docker images, which include TACS.

Hello,

May I ask how to convert results file .f5 get from TACS to .plt in MDO docker images? I typed the command $ f5totec but it showed "bash: f5totec: command not found". How can I fix this?

best wishes

A-CGray commented 1 year ago

You will need to compile f5totec yourself, instructions are here