Automatic installer

The easiest way to install PALM is our automatic PALM installation script (beta). Please do the following:

1. Make sure, you meet the requirements!
2. Download the automatic installation script here.
3. Open your terminal, go to your download directory and run the script by typing bash palm_installer

The script will guide you through the installation process. Don't forget do load all required software modules (compile environment, MPI, NetCDF, FFTW, etc.) in advance, if applicable. As the installation script is still in beta, you may encounter problems. Please let us know, so we can further improve it.
Note: This script is currently not able to deal with batch systems. Only local installation and interactive MPI execution is possible. For batch system support please consolidate the advanced installation method.

In case that the automatic installer has failed or cannot be used (e.g. on many supercomputer center systems), you need to adjust settings in the configuration file manually.

If the automatic installer has run without problems, please switch to your working directory and check if the default configuration and parameter files have been generated

   cd ~/palm/current_version
   ls -al
   ls -al JOBS/example_cbl/INPUT

You should see the default configuration file .palm.config.default. Furthermore, the parameter file JOBS/example_cbl/INPUT/example_cbl_p3d should also exist. This is a FORTRAN-NAMELIST file to define the simulation setup and to steer the PALM simulation.

In case of problems with the installation, please check the FAQ Installation Questions first.