Dear Prof. Troyer, There was no reply to problem of not being able to invoke vispython from the Cygwin command line:   ENUKPERE@ENUKPERE-PC /cygdrive/c/cygwin/ALPS/bin$ vispython -bash: vispython: command not found How do I proceed? Thanks for your untiring effort in answering all the various posts.   On Saturday, July 19, 2014 11:00 AM, "comp-phys-alps-users-request@lists.phys.ethz.ch" <comp-phys-alps-users-request@lists.phys.ethz.ch> wrote: Send Comp-phys-alps-users mailing list submissions to     comp-phys-alps-users@lists.phys.ethz.ch To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     https://lists.phys.ethz.ch/listinfo/comp-phys-alps-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     comp-phys-alps-users-request@lists.phys.ethz.ch You can reach the person managing the list at     comp-phys-alps-users-owner@lists.phys.ethz.ch When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Comp-phys-alps-users digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Re: Building alps from source (Niraj Ghimire)   2. INSTALLATION OF ALPS IN WINDOWS 7 32-BIT SYSTEM       (emmanuel enukpere) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:04:36 -0400 From: Niraj Ghimire <niraj.ghimire@gmail.com> To: comp-phys-alps-users@lists.phys.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [ALPS-users] Building alps from source Message-ID:     <CACMdJOWTHJYg+y9E9__io4Ro+ESk9=HXuvwzm8n2azFRYUYowA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Dr. Troyer,           I am stuck at the "Build ALPS section". Listed below are the instructions I followed along with what I actually did: Download a source package of ALPS: I downloaded alps-2.1.1-r6176-src.tar.gz <http://alps.comp-phys.org/static/software/releases/alps-2.1.1-r6176-src.tar.gz> (I was wondering if downloading alps-2.1.1-r6176-src-with-boost.tar.gz <http://alps.comp-phys.org/static/software/releases/alps-2.1.1-r6176-src-with-boost.tar.gz> would be better). Create a build directory and execute cmake giving the path to the alps and to the boost directory: I unzipped the source package and tried using $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/directory /path/to/alps/directory I don't know if I really understood this command line. But when I used it, I the error message "Cmake Error: The source directory does not appear to contain Cmakelists.txt" Thanks, Niraj On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Matthias Troyer <troyer@phys.ethz.ch> wrote:

Hi,

You need to tell us more about where you get stuck if you want to receive help.

Matthias Troyer

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On Jul 16, 2014, at 7:44, Niraj Ghimire <niraj.ghimire@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear alps users,         I have been trying to build alps from source on Fedora 20 and I am having issues. I am new to alps and Linux OS itself, so I am spending too much time. I followed the instructions on "Get dependent libraries and tools on Fedora 20" and that was easy to understand and work out. Now I am on "Build ALPS". Either the instructions on "Build ALPS" are not sufficient for a Linux beginner like me or I am not being able to follow them. Please provide me with detailed instructions/guidelines or anything that helps, I will truly appreciate it.

Thanks, Niraj