Compile error

[holgado1]

I am running into a compiling error after running 'make':

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Creating binary char for src/Python/pyprofiles.py : build/src/Python/pyprofiles.pyh
/bin/sh: xxd: command not found
Checking dependencies for src/Params/Params.cpp
Creating binary char for src/Python/pyprofiles.py : build/src/Python/pyprofiles.pyh
/bin/sh: xxd: command not found
Checking dependencies for src/Params/Params.cpp
Creating binary char for src/Python/pyprofiles.py : build/src/Python/pyprofiles.pyh
/bin/sh: xxd: command not found
Checking dependencies for src/Params/Params.cpp
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which continues recursively.

[iltommi]

You need to install xxd package. I don't know which OS you're trying to install Smilei on, but on Debian based systems, xxd should come in the base system.

On Redhat based Fedora I got a Report from a user so kind to provide instructions (thanks Jun Fang!):

1. openmpi install:

   download the source file openmpi-xxx.tar.gz

   tar -zxvf openmpi-xxx.tar.gz
   cd openmpi-xxx
   ./configure --prefix=/home/XXXX/openmpi --enable-mpi-thread-multiple
   make
   make install

   Add the following two lines in the .bashrc file,

   export PATH="$PATH:/home/XXXX/openmpi/bin"
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/XXXX/openmpi/lib/"

2. HDF5 install

   download the source file HDF5 from http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/

   CC=mpicc ./configure --prefix=/home/xxx/HDF5-parallel --enable-parallel
   make
   make install
   Add the folowing line in the .bashrc file,
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/xxx/HDF5-parallel/lib":$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

3. If xxd is not installed, you should do the commands

   sudo yum update vim-minimal 
   sudo yum install vim-enhanced

4. add the following lines in the .bashrc file,

   export SMILEICXX=mpicxx
   export HDF5_ROOT_DIR=/home/xxx/HDF5-parallel

   1. Go in the smilei dir and compile:

   make

[iltommi]

Anyway,
in the next release we plan to remove the xxd dependency, so stay tuned!

Feel free to close the issue if the above commands work for you.

keep Smileing

[holgado1]

Thanks! I solved the problem by loading a vim module.