Installing VASP 5.4.4 typically involves a traditional make workflow centered on a specific makefile.include file that matches your system architecture.

VASP uses a makefile.include file to define compiler paths and library links. Rather than writing one from scratch, copy a template from the arch/ directory that matches your environment. : cp arch/makefile.include.linux_intel ./makefile.include Use code with caution.

Ensure that your system has access to either an Intel environment or a GNU-based environment with the following packages:

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FCLFLAGS = -lmkl_intel_lp64 -lmkl_intel_thread -lmkl_core -liomp5 -lpthread -lm -lstdc++

Create a test directory:

Launch a quick calculation using your MPI runner to verify stable execution: mpirun -np 4 vasp_std Use code with caution.

BLAS = -L$MKLROOT/lib/intel64 -lmkl_intel_lp64 -lmkl_sequential -lmkl_core LAPACK = $BLAS SCALAPACK = -L$MKLROOT/lib/intel64 -lmkl_scalapack_lp64 -lmkl_blacs_intelmpi_lp64

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