Preparations

1. Download the Tutorial Material

You can download all of the tutorial material either as a tarball, or, if you are familiar with git, with the following command:

git clone git@gitlab.com:FHI-aims-club/tutorials/basics-of-running-fhi-aims.git

2. How to install FHI-aims

You will need a valid FHI-aims license for the next steps. Information about how to obtain a license can be found here: https://fhi-aims.org/get-the-code

1. Make sure you are in the FHI-aims-Tutorials folder.
2. We will use the 210716_1 release for this tutorial series. Please download it from here.
3. Extract the tarball with:

   tar -xzf fhi-aims.210716_1.tgz
   

4. Follow the instructions on this page (you will need access to the FHI-aims GitLab): https://aims-git.rz-berlin.mpg.de/aims/FHIaims/-/wikis/CMake%20Tutorial, or, alternatively, download and read the manual.

3. How to install clims (optional)

Note that all parts of this tutorial also work without clims.

1. Prerequisites for clims: A working installation of python >= 3.7 is needed. If this presents a problem, most of the tutorial can still be executed without clims.
2. Make sure you are in the FHI-aims-Tutorials folder.
3. Install it simply by: pip install --user clims
4. Configure clims:

   clims-configure --species-path $AIMSHOME/FHIaims/species_defaults/defaults2020
   

4. How to find GIMS

You can find GIMS here: https://gims.ms1p.org