Downloading and Installing VisIt
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[edit] Where to get VisIt
[edit] How to install VisIt
[edit] Installing on UNIX and Mac
- visit-install syntax
- picking a network configuration
- picking a default bank
[edit] Installing on Windows
Using the installation wizard is pretty straightforward, just follow the instructions on each screen until done.
Here are a couple of screenshots of the Components page, showing how to remove some of the database readers to possibly improve startup performance.
With VisIt 2.3.0, you can run the installer from a command prompt, and pass it certain parameters to override defaults and to run in silent mode. Available options are as follows:
-ALLUSERS Install for all users. (Must be an admin. On Vista and Win 7, you will be prompted to
elevate privileges, even in silent mode, unless you RunAs admin).
Default: install for current user
-SITE <LLNL Open|LLNL Closed|NERSC|ORNL|ANL|Princeton|TACC|None>
Specifies host profiles to be installed
Default: None
-PB <parallel bank> Specifies parallel bank (FOR LLNL host-profiles)
Default: bdivp
-DB <database reader> Specifies a default database reader for VisIt. (eg Silo, FLASH, etc).
Default: NONE.
-DEV Install plugin development tools.
Default: no plugin dev tools.
-LIBSIM Install libsim tools.
Default: no libsim tools.
-AssociatePython Associate python files (.py) with VisIt.
Default: don't set up association.
-AssociateCurves Associate curve files (.curve, .ultra, .ult, .u)
with VisIt.
Default: don't set up association.
/S Make install silent.
/D <installationdir> Change install directory to <installationdir>.
Default is %PROGRAM FILES% for ALL USERS and user's AppData folder for single user.
MUST BE THE LAST PARAMETER!
[edit] What to do if you run into trouble
[edit] VisIt hangs at startup
Networking problems ...
[edit] VisIt runs but does not draw an image
OpenGL driver not configured properly (usually on Linux)
