How to install BURAI1.3.2 (Quantum Espresso GUI) in Ubuntu 18.04/16.04

 

 

Follow the commands from this file using exact locations specified (where to download, where to extract etc)****


First go to the following link and download BURAI1.3.2 and Java Package
www. tiny.cc/cloud-files
or
You can download them from the official site which are
For BURAI
https://nisihara.wixsite.com/burai/resources
For Java
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-javase8-2177648.html

after downloading the required files open the terminal and type these commands

$ sudo apt-get purge openjdk*
$ sudo apt autoremove
$ sudo apt-get update

Above commands will completely remove the existing virsion of Java from your ubuntu.

Installation of JAVA in /opt/jdk directory

$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/jdk
$ sudo cp ~/Downloads/jdk-8u202-linux-x64.tar.gz /opt/jdk/
$ cd /opt/jdk
$ sudo tar zxvf jdk-8u202-linux-x64.tar.gz
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_202/bin/java 100
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_202/bin/javac 100


Installation of BURAI in /usr/local/bin directory

$ sudo cp ~/Downloads/BURAI1.3.2_Linux.tgz /usr/local/bin/
$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ sudo tar zxvf BURAI1.3.2_Linux.tgz
$ cd BURAI1.3.2
$ sudo ./makeLauncher.sh


then go to the folder where burai is installed and the do the following

Run this command in Terminal: cp BURAI.desktop ~/Desktop/burai.desktop. You should see another file called burai.desktop in your desktop.

Right click the launcher icon and select Properties. Then go to the Permissions tab and check the "Allow executing file as program" option (if it is not checked by default).

Then double-click on the launcher icon. It may ask you to "trust and launch". Do it.

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I had not noted the source for this instructions but the help is available at https://nisihara.wixsite.com/burai/forum

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Tutorials are available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvj79g3UiaU&list=PLUhYFZgYOn8ejBZZqyK4LsjERNd7KtC8R
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bUARI MAY BE used in the early stages of using Quantum espresso software for learning how to generate the input files