Compilation of nwchem-6.8 in Mac OS: Error at "make nwchem config" step
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12:55:03 AM PST - Sat, Feb 2nd 2019
Hello all!

I am trying to compile the nwchem source code (nwchem-6.8-release.revision-v6.8-47-gdf6c956-src.2017-12-14) in Mac OS 10.14.3.

At the "make nwchem_config" step, I am getting the following error messages at the very beginning:

usage:  ar -d [-TLsv] archive file ...
	ar -m [-TLsv] archive file ...
	ar -m [-abiTLsv] position archive file ...
	ar -p [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
	ar -q [-cTLsv] archive file ...
	ar -r [-cuTLsv] archive file ...
	ar -r [-abciuTLsv] position archive file ...
	ar -t [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
	ar -x [-ouTLsv] archive [file ...]
/bin/sh: line 0: [: too many arguments
/bin/sh: line 0: [: too many arguments
/bin/sh: line 0: [: -ge: unary operator expected
cat: /Users/Suman/source_code/nwchem-6.8/src/tools/build/config.h: No such file or directory


Any help in troubleshooting this issue will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Suman.

Forum Vet
10:52:54 AM PST - Mon, Feb 4th 2019
Suman
NWChem is now available on brew. This is likely to be the easiest option for installing NWChem 6.8.1 on MacOS
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" 
brew install nwchem


If you still need assistance on your compilation, please post the env. variable that you have set for the NWChem compilation


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