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| ==== Download ==== | ==== Download ==== | ||
| - | GSvit can be downloaded as stable version, which is recommended, either as binary | + | GSvit can be downloaded as stable version, which is recommended, either as a Windows binary installer or as source code. A current development version can be also obtained from Subversion repository, however this is not recommended as code under development might behave unexpectedly. |
| - | package for many different operating systems or as source code. A current development | + | |
| - | version can be also obtained from Subversion repository, however this is not recommended | + | |
| - | as code under development might behave unexpectedly. | + | |
| - | See [[http://gsvit.net/download.php|GSvit download pages]] for more details. | + | |
| + | Download links can be found at [[http://gsvit.net/download.php|GSvit download pages]]. | ||
| ==== Binary installation ==== | ==== Binary installation ==== | ||
| - | GSvit computational core and its GUI (XSvit) are distributed together for all the platforms. For running it you need [[http://gwyddion.net|Gwyddion]] to display the output images. Gwyddion is a data processing tool widely used in Scanning Probe Microscopy field and similar surface topography areas; in GSvit it is used for output visualisation, surface topography data input and some internal data management tasks. | + | For running GSvit you need [[http://gwyddion.net|Gwyddion]] to display the output images. Gwyddion is a data processing tool widely used in Scanning Probe Microscopy field and similar surface topography areas; in GSvit it is used for output visualisation, surface topography data input and some internal data management tasks. |
| If you would like to run your calculations on a computer graphics card you need to have a CUDA capable card and a NVIDIA driver installed. | If you would like to run your calculations on a computer graphics card you need to have a CUDA capable card and a NVIDIA driver installed. | ||
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| === Windows === | === Windows === | ||
| - | Since version 1.6 both the computational core (GSvit) and the GUI (XSvit) are distributed in a single package. The installer creates a desktop icon for XSvit, so you can create the necessary files and run the calculation from this environment. Of course, you can run the computational core directly provided all the necessary files were created in beforehand. In that case you have to first start a command prompt (//cmd.exe//) and run GSvit from there. | + | The 32-bit installer creates a desktop icon for the parameter file viewer XSvit, so you can create the necessary files and run the calculation from this environment. Of course, you can run the computational core directly provided all the necessary files were created in beforehand. In that case you have to first start a command prompt (//cmd.exe//) and run GSvit from there. |
| - | We recommend to first uninstall any pre-1.7 version of GSvit as a different set of libraries is distributed since version 1.8. | + | The 64-bit version does not contain XSvit. The reason is that 64-bit GtkGLExt libraries are not available. If you want to use XSvit with 64-bit GSvit, we recommend to install both the 32- and 64-bit versions (to different folders). Then set GSvit executable path in File/Preferences to the 64-bit GSvit executable. Now you can run more demanding computations from XSvit using 64-bit GSvit. |
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| - | Please note that Gtk, Gwyddion and CUDA libraries are shipped with GSvit. You don't have to install them separately. | + | |
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| - | Since we switched to MS Visual Studio 2015 with version 1.8.2, you need to have runtime libraries for this version. If you have sufficiently new Windows OS (not sure what "sufficiently" is), you should already have them. If not, you can download them from Microsoft websites upon registration to Microsoft. | + | |
| The default installation paths on 64-bit systems are //C:\Program Files (x86)\GSvit\bin\gsvit3d.exe// for the 32-bit version, and //C:\Program Files\GSvit\bin\gsvit3d.exe// for the 64-bit version. | The default installation paths on 64-bit systems are //C:\Program Files (x86)\GSvit\bin\gsvit3d.exe// for the 32-bit version, and //C:\Program Files\GSvit\bin\gsvit3d.exe// for the 64-bit version. | ||
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| The 32-bit binary can run on 64-bit systems too, but there are considerable constraints to the model size due to memory addressing limitations of the 32-bit architecture. | The 32-bit binary can run on 64-bit systems too, but there are considerable constraints to the model size due to memory addressing limitations of the 32-bit architecture. | ||
| - | The 64-bit version does not contain the parameter file viewer XSvit. The reason is that 64-bit GtkGLExt libraries are not available. If you want to use XSvit with 64-bit GSvit, we recommend to install both the 32- and 64-bit versions (to different folders). Then set GSvit executable path in File/Preferences to the 64-bit GSvit executable. Now you can run more demanding computations from XSvit using 64-bit GSvit. | + | We recommend to first uninstall any pre-1.7 version of GSvit as a different set of libraries is distributed since version 1.8. |
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| + | __Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015__\\ | ||
| + | Since we switched to MS Visual Studio 2015 with version 1.8.2, you need to have runtime libraries for this version. If you have sufficiently new Windows OS (not sure what 'sufficiently' is), you should already have them. If not, you can download the package from Microsoft websites. | ||
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| + | Please note that Gtk, Gwyddion and CUDA libraries are shipped with GSvit. You don't have to install them separately. | ||
| === Linux === | === Linux === | ||
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| == Gwyddion == | == Gwyddion == | ||
| - | GSvit is also dependent on Gwyddion's libraries, so you need first to install this software. You can download and install it using procedures described on the official [[http://gwyddion.net/download.php|Gwyddion download]]. You also need to have Gwyddion open source software installed to provide output to .gwy files. | + | GSvit is also dependent on Gwyddion's libraries, so you need first to install this software. You can download and install it using procedures described on the official [[http://gwyddion.net/download.php|Gwyddion download]]. |
| If you installed Gwyddion in a nonstandard location, you have to set up the //PKG_CONFIG_PATH// variable, e.g. by ''export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/home/username/somedir/gwyddion-X.Y/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH''. | If you installed Gwyddion in a nonstandard location, you have to set up the //PKG_CONFIG_PATH// variable, e.g. by ''export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/home/username/somedir/gwyddion-X.Y/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH''. | ||
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