[NOBUGS] [mcstas-users] McStas 1.12c on Mac OS X Lion - hold your horses!

[Willendrup, Peter Kjær]

Hello again,


I have created a new dmg for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion users, available at http://www.mcstas.org/download .

Be aware that you will have to compile openmpi yourself - or get it from somewhere else if you want to do multi-core simulations.

The new dmg also works for Snow Leopard - but you will have to reinstall all support packages if McStas was previously installed on the machine.


Best regards,

Peter Willendrup

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On 24/07/2011, at 10.32, Willendrup, Peter Kjær wrote:

> Dear McStas and Mac OS users,
> 
> 
> The newly released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion includes a lot of nice
> upgrades from Apple - including some that break the tool-layer and
> mpi support for McStas:
> 
> * mpi compile fails (The system-provided mpi is not detected by the McStas configure script)
> 
> * mcgui does not start (mcgui requires perl::Tk, and the version we ship with McStas 1.12c explicitly requires perl 5.8, which has been removed from Lion)
> 
> * mcplot does not plot with PGPLOT backend (For plotting, we rely on the SciKarl port of pgplot, perl::PDL and perl::PGPLOT. The SciKarl perl modules are built for perl 5.8 which has been removed from Lion)
> 
> In conclusion: If you want to keep a functional McStas install, please do not upgrade to Lion yet!
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Peter Willendrup
> 
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> 
> Risø DTU, Materials Research Division
> Frederiksborgvej 399
> DK-4000 Roskilde
> 
> Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862
> Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612
> Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758
> Email: pkwi at risoe.dtu.dk
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