more details about running CLI utils in the flatpak bundle

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Axel Kohlmeyer
2024-08-02 11:50:15 -04:00
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@ -546,10 +546,15 @@ will be found automatically. 2) you can download the `Flatpak file
<https://www.flatpak.org/>`_ and then install it locally with the
*flatpak* command: ``flatpak install --user
LAMMPS-Linux-x86_64-GUI-<version>.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: