[xcrysden] problems with pwo2xsf.sh

[Giuseppe Mattioli]

Dear Aaron
Thank you for your answer. Actually the bc package "went lost"  
mysteriously during the upgrade. I've reinstalled it and now xcrysden  
works again!
Best
Giuseppe

Quoting Aaron Mahler <m.tesseracted at gmail.com>:

> Giuseppe,
> That error is fairly non-descript but it looks like it's complaining about
> not being able to find bc. In my version of xcrysden the pwo2xsf.sh file's
> shebang is /bin/sh, which is system dependent. Try running bc in a /bin/sh
> environment on your machine. If it's not able to that's probably the source
> of your error. Cheers,
>
> -Aaron Mahler
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 12:26 PM Giuseppe Mattioli <
> giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear developers
>>
>> I've recently updated my debian 8 desktop to debian 9. Any attempt to
>> open a QE-6.2.1 pw.x output file with the freshly installed (from
>> debian repos) xcrysden 1.5.60 fails. In particular, xcrysden seems to
>> be not able anymore to read initial/final/latest/animation
>> coordinates, while it is still able to open pw.x input files.
>> Moreover, the same behavior affect now my older 1.5.21 semishared
>> version, previously installed (and perfectly working) in debian 8.
>> I've already tried to install the 1.5.60 semishared version on debian
>> 9, with the same problem.
>>
>> The xcrysden error is reported below
>>
>> /usr/share/xcrysden/scripts/pwo2xsf.sh: 1:
>> /usr/share/xcrysden/scripts/pwo2xsf.sh: bc: not found
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your attention
>> Giuseppe Mattioli
>>
>> GIUSEPPE MATTIOLI
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GIUSEPPE MATTIOLI
CNR - ISTITUTO DI STRUTTURA DELLA MATERIA
Via Salaria Km 29,300 - C.P. 10
I-00015 - Monterotondo Scalo (RM)
Mob (*preferred*) +39 373 7305625
Tel + 39 06 90672342 - Fax +39 06 90672316
E-mail: <giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it>