Error: bash - ddscat: command not found

Summary:

I installed DDSCAT and prerequisites, but get the error "ddscat not found" when running the code for the RCTGLPRSM example.

Error: bash - ddscat: command not found

Amey (guest) 02 Mar 2017 19:22

I installed DDSCAT and prerequisites, but get the error "ddscat not found" when running the code for the RCTGLPRSM example. What is the reason for the error? Please help!

Re: Error: bash - ddscat: command not found

pcirrus 06 Mar 2017 20:51

You have to provide a FULL name of where the DDSCAT executable is. Otherwise you can copy (using cp command) this executable to your test folder. Piotr

Gin (guest) 16 May 2018 06:52

I have the same problem with Amey when using version 7.3.2. I copied ddscat from ../src/ddscat to the folder of the example but still got the error "command not found" in the .log file (or .out file). Hence I guess the command of "make ddscat" might not success when producing these below lines (just the tail of compiling process). Could you say if it completes the compilation? What wrong with running the examples?

gfortran -c -O2 writefml.f90 -o writefml.o
gfortran -c -O2 writepol.f90 -o writepol.o
gfortran -c -O2 writesca.f90 -o writesca.o
gfortran -c -O2 zbcg2wp.f90 -o zbcg2wp.o
LOADEDMODULES=
LOADEDMODULES_modshare=
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
LD_LIBRARY_PATH_modshare=
MKLROOT=
CPATH=
FPATH=
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=
INCLUDE=
LIBRARY_PATH=
gfortran -o ddscat DDSCAT.o alphadiag.o blas.o bself.o ccgpack.o cgcommon.o cglib2.o cglib3.o cgsarkar2.o cgsarkar3.o cisi.o copyit.o cprod.o cxfft3n.o cxfft3_mkl_fake.o cxfftw_fake.o ddcommon.o dielec.o direct_calc.o direct_calcb.o divide.o dsyevj3.o dummy.o errmsg.o eself.o evala.o evale.o evalq.o extend.o gasdev.o getfml.o getmueller.o gpbicg.o gpfa.o interp.o mpi_fake.o namer.o namer2.o namid.o nearfield.o nuller.o orient.o p_lm.o pad.o pbcscavec.o pim.o prinaxis.o qmrpim2.o ran3.o reapar.o reashp.o reduce.o restore.o rot2.o rotate.o scat.o scavec.o tangcg.o tar2el.o tar2sp.o tar3el.o taranirec.o tarblocks.o tarcel.o tarcyl.o tarcylcap.o tarell.o target.o targspher.o tarhex.o tarlyrslab.o tarnas.o tarnsp.o taroct.o taronion.o tarpbxn.o tarprsm.o tarrctblk3.o tarrctell.o tarrec.o tarrecrec.o tarslbhol.o tartet.o timeit.o unreduce.o version.o wrimsg.o writebin.o writefml.o writepol.o writesca.o zbcg2wp.o
[gin@starbucks src]$

Re: ddscat: command not found

draine 05 Jun 2018 14:22

"make" seems to have completed succesfully, creating the executable ddscat.
You can run ddscat in another directory (i.e., "folder") by giving the *full* path name to ddscat.
On Unix/Linux systems, the current directory may not be in your default "Paths" to be searched for executables. If (as you wrote) you have copied ddscat to the directory you are positioned in, you would then need to type "./ddscat" to execute it.