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| - | Here you can download the source code of MIT Photonic-Bands package. First, though, please consider subscribing to one of the [[MPB#Mailing lists|mailing lists]]. | + | |
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| - | == Downloading MPB == | + | |
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| - | MIT Photonic-Bands 1.5 is the current version of MPB (see the [[MPB release notes]] to find out what's changed). You can download it from: | + | |
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| - | * http://ab-initio.mit.edu/mpb/mpb-1.5.tar.gz (requires [[libctl]] version 3.2.1 or later). | + | |
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| - | Be sure to look at the [[MPB Installation|installation section]] of the manual. MPB should work on most any Unix-like operating system, but you may need to install a number of other packages first (''e.g.'', BLAS, LAPACK, HDF5, Guile), as described in the installation instructions. Also, see below for additional notes for specific systems. | + | |
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| - | MIT Photonic Bands is free software under the GNU General Public License; see the [[MPB License and Copyright]] section of the documentation for additional information. Note especially that it comes '''as-is''' with '''no warranty''' (see the license for more details) | + | |
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| - | === Precompiled MPB packages === | + | |
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| - | Installation of MPB can be much [[MPB on Debian|easier on Debian GNU/Linux]], where all of the prerequisites can be fetched automatically. If you haven't settled on a Linux distribution yet, I highly recommend [http://www.debian.org/ Debian]. | + | |
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| - | MacOS X users can get MPB via a Debian-like interface by using [http://fink.sourceforge.net/ Fink], which now includes an [http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/mpb MPB package] thanks to Aurelien Chanudet. | + | |
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| - | === Installation on Windows === | + | |
| - | It is possible to install MPB under Windows by using [[w:Cygwin|Cygwin]], a free Unix-compatibility environment for Windows. | + | |
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| - | One MPB user, Robert Hovden, wrote a brief [http://robert.hovden.googlepages.com/MPBonCygwin.pdf guide on installing MPB under Cygwin] that should be helpful. | + | |
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| - | === MPB on Amazon Web Services (AWS) === | + | |
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| - | The latest, pre-installed versions of MPB and Meep running on Ubuntu can also be accessed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as a free [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B01KHWH0AS Amazon Machine Image (AMI)]. To access this AMI, follow these [http://www.simpetuscloud.com/launchsims.html instructions]. | + | |
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