libGLU error running SQDMetal on HPC

[acwhelan]

I receive this error:

OSError: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

from these lines:

from SQDMetal.PALACE.Eigenmode_Simulation import PALACE_Eigenmode_Simulation
from SQDMetal.PALACE.SQDGmshRenderer import Palace_Gmsh_Rendererfrom SQDMetal.PALACE.Eigenmode_Simulation

Is this a centOS problem? I am on Mac OS 14.1. Thank you!

[PP501]

We are still porting over the instructions for the HPC installation onto this repository. I presume you wanted to install it on a local PC? If so, the SPACK method outlined here should work. We have tested it on two PCs running Ubuntu.

If it still fails, I guess you can manually install the shared-object library (note I do not use MacOS, so I am guessing): sudo port install libGLU. Let us know how it goes and we will update the instructions for MacOS.

[acwhelan]

I'm so sorry for my confusion but I am actually not on MacOS, I am on HPC so I am on CentOS. I was actually wondering if there was a working HPC install? Thank you!

[PP501]

Okay sounds good - we have a working installation process that you can try. We will upload the instructions onto the repository in the coming hours.

[acwhelan]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[DavidSomm]

I have uploaded the installation steps that we used here at UQ to build PALACE on our HPC. I've put the instructions in the SQDmetal user documentation at the bottom of the page (https://github.com/sqdlab/SQDMetal/blob/main/docs/User/Readme.md). The PALACE github page has useful instructions for how to install PALACE (https://awslabs.github.io/palace/stable/install/), which I found quite helpful.