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<P>If you get an error message about an invalid command in your input
script, you can determine what command is causing the problem by
looking in the log.lammps file or using the <A HREF = "echo.html">echo command</A>
to see it on the screen. For a given command, LAMMPS expects certain
arguments in a specified order. If you mess this up, LAMMPS will
often flag the error, but it may read a bogus argument and assign a
value that is valid, but not what you wanted. E.g. trying to read the
string "abc" as an integer value and assigning the associated variable
a value of 0.
to see it on the screen. If you get an error like "Invalid ...
style", with ... being fix, compute, pair, etc, it means that you
mistyped the style name or that the command is part of an optional
package which was not compiled into your executable. The list of
available styles in your executable can be listed by using <A HREF = "Section_start.html#start_7">the -h
command-line argument</A>. The installation
and compilation of optional packages is explained in the <A HREF = "Section_start.html#start_3">installation
instructions</A>.
</P>
<P>For a given command, LAMMPS expects certain arguments in a specified
order. If you mess this up, LAMMPS will often flag the error, but it
may also simply read a bogus argument and assign a value that is
valid, but not what you wanted. E.g. trying to read the string "abc"
as an integer value of 0. Careful reading of the associated doc page
for the command should allow you to fix these problems. Note that
some commands allow for variables to be specified in place of numeric
constants so that the value can be evaluated and change over the
course of a run. This is typically done with the syntax <I>v_name</I> for
a parameter, where name is the name of the variable. This is only
allowed if the command documentation says it is.
</P>
<P>Generally, LAMMPS will print a message to the screen and logfile and
exit gracefully when it encounters a fatal error. Sometimes it will

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If you get an error message about an invalid command in your input
script, you can determine what command is causing the problem by
looking in the log.lammps file or using the "echo command"_echo.html
to see it on the screen. For a given command, LAMMPS expects certain
arguments in a specified order. If you mess this up, LAMMPS will
often flag the error, but it may read a bogus argument and assign a
value that is valid, but not what you wanted. E.g. trying to read the
string "abc" as an integer value and assigning the associated variable
a value of 0.
to see it on the screen. If you get an error like "Invalid ...
style", with ... being fix, compute, pair, etc, it means that you
mistyped the style name or that the command is part of an optional
package which was not compiled into your executable. The list of
available styles in your executable can be listed by using "the -h
command-line argument"_Section_start.html#start_7. The installation
and compilation of optional packages is explained in the "installation
instructions"_Section_start.html#start_3.
For a given command, LAMMPS expects certain arguments in a specified
order. If you mess this up, LAMMPS will often flag the error, but it
may also simply read a bogus argument and assign a value that is
valid, but not what you wanted. E.g. trying to read the string "abc"
as an integer value of 0. Careful reading of the associated doc page
for the command should allow you to fix these problems. Note that
some commands allow for variables to be specified in place of numeric
constants so that the value can be evaluated and change over the
course of a run. This is typically done with the syntax {v_name} for
a parameter, where name is the name of the variable. This is only
allowed if the command documentation says it is.
Generally, LAMMPS will print a message to the screen and logfile and
exit gracefully when it encounters a fatal error. Sometimes it will

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</TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P>If you download one of the Windows executables from the download page,
then you just get a single file:
then you get a single file:
</P>
<PRE>lmp_windows.exe
</PRE>
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<A NAME = "start_2_6"></A><B><I>Building for Windows:</I></B>
<P>The LAMMPS download page has an option to download both a serial and
parallel pre-built Windows exeutable. See the <A HREF = "#start_6">Running
LAMMPS</A> section for instructions for running these
executables on a Windows box.
parallel pre-built Windows executable. See the <A HREF = "#start_6">Running
LAMMPS</A> section for instructions on running these executables
on a Windows box.
</P>
<P>The pre-built executables are built with a subset of the available
pacakges; see the download page for the list. If you want
a Windows version with specific packages included and excluded,
you can build it yourself.
<P>The pre-built executables hosted on the <A HREF = "http://lammps.sandia.gov/download.html">LAMMPS download
page</A> are built with a subset
of the available packages; see the download page for the list. These
are single executable files. No examples or documentation in
included. You will need to download the full source code package to
obtain those.
</P>
<P>As an alternative, you can download "daily builds" (and some older
versions) of the installer packages from
<A HREF = "http://rpm.lammps.org/windows.html">rpm.lammps.org/windows.html</A>.
These executables are built with most optional packages and the
download includes documentation, some tools and most examples.
</P>
<P>If you want a Windows version with specific packages included and
excluded, you can build it yourself.
</P>
<P>One way to do this is install and use cygwin to build LAMMPS with a
standard Linus make, just as you would on any Linux box; see
src/MAKE/Makefile.cygwin.
standard unix style make program, just as you would on a Linux box;
see src/MAKE/Makefile.cygwin.
</P>
<P>The other way to do this is using Visual Studio and project files.
See the src/WINDOWS directory and its README.txt file for instructions

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tools: pre- and post-processing tools :tb(s=:)
If you download one of the Windows executables from the download page,
then you just get a single file:
then you get a single file:
lmp_windows.exe :pre
@ -512,18 +512,29 @@ src/MAKE/Makefile.mac file.
[{Building for Windows:}] :link(start_2_6)
The LAMMPS download page has an option to download both a serial and
parallel pre-built Windows exeutable. See the "Running
LAMMPS"_#start_6 section for instructions for running these
executables on a Windows box.
parallel pre-built Windows executable. See the "Running
LAMMPS"_#start_6 section for instructions on running these executables
on a Windows box.
The pre-built executables are built with a subset of the available
pacakges; see the download page for the list. If you want
a Windows version with specific packages included and excluded,
you can build it yourself.
The pre-built executables hosted on the "LAMMPS download
page"_http://lammps.sandia.gov/download.html are built with a subset
of the available packages; see the download page for the list. These
are single executable files. No examples or documentation in
included. You will need to download the full source code package to
obtain those.
As an alternative, you can download "daily builds" (and some older
versions) of the installer packages from
"rpm.lammps.org/windows.html"_http://rpm.lammps.org/windows.html.
These executables are built with most optional packages and the
download includes documentation, some tools and most examples.
If you want a Windows version with specific packages included and
excluded, you can build it yourself.
One way to do this is install and use cygwin to build LAMMPS with a
standard Linus make, just as you would on any Linux box; see
src/MAKE/Makefile.cygwin.
standard unix style make program, just as you would on a Linux box;
see src/MAKE/Makefile.cygwin.
The other way to do this is using Visual Studio and project files.
See the src/WINDOWS directory and its README.txt file for instructions