From e882d83df17ce283a2084161d5b02c80a10f9a92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas White Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:55:01 +0100 Subject: Add section about syminfo.lib to INSTALL.md --- INSTALL.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 94fc8a97..9b126aef 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -258,6 +258,18 @@ that the dependencies for the GUI were met (see above). Refer to the tutorial to see where to go from here! +Finding syminfo.lib +------------------- +The CCP4 libraries need to refer to symmetry information in a file called +`syminfo.lib`. Unfortunately, they can only find this file if either `CLIBD` +or `SYMINFO` are set in the environment. The CrystFEL GUI (`crystfel`), +`get_hkl` and `mosflm` therefore all need this variable to be set. You could +set this variable in your shell setup file (e.g. as part of a `module load`), +or create wrapper scripts for these three programs. The `install-indexers` +script, which assists with installing indexing engines, creates such a wrapper +for Mosflm already. + + Notes about strange problems ---------------------------- The following problems are usually only encountered when installing dependencies -- cgit v1.2.3