From b5460061bee6d4885f3cfa2d73ca541d0e6a080a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Kohlmeyer Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 11:50:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] more details about running CLI utils in the flatpak bundle --- doc/src/Tools.rst | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/Tools.rst b/doc/src/Tools.rst index 0a9f7b941d9..1c16d370b95 100644 --- a/doc/src/Tools.rst +++ b/doc/src/Tools.rst @@ -546,10 +546,15 @@ will be found automatically. 2) you can download the `Flatpak file `_ and then install it locally with the *flatpak* command: ``flatpak install --user LAMMPS-Linux-x86_64-GUI-.flatpak`` and run it with ``flatpak -run org.lammps.lammps-gui``. The flatpak version should also appear in -the applications menu of standard desktop environments. The LAMMPS-GUI -executable is called ``lammps-gui`` and either takes no arguments or -attempts to load the first argument as LAMMPS input file. +run org.lammps.lammps-gui``. The flatpak bundle also includes the +command line version of LAMMPS and some LAMMPS tools like msi2lmp. The +can be launched by using the ``--command`` flag. For example to run +LAMMPS directly on the ``in.lj`` benchmark input you would type in the +``bench`` folder: ``flatpak run --command=lmp -in in.lj`` The flatpak +version should also appear in the applications menu of standard desktop +environments. The LAMMPS-GUI executable is called ``lammps-gui`` and +either takes no arguments or attempts to load the first argument as +LAMMPS input file. .. _lammps_gui_compilation: