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XCrySDen is distributed under the terms of GNU General Public License.

XCrySDen can be downloaded in the source form. For some platforms pre-compiled packages are also available. They were compiled using shared libraries, hence they require Tcl, Tk, OpenGL (Mesa), Togl2.0, FFTW3 and other system libraries. ImageMagick is also highly recommended.

Version 1.6

• Latest version: 1.6.2
• Release date: 28 Oct 2019
• 
  
• Source package: xcrysden-1.6.2.tar.gz
• 
  
• Linux x86_64 binary packages (64bit):
  • Shared: xcrysden-1.6.2-linux_x86_64-shared.tar.gz
    
    • Requires: libtk8.6.so, libtcl8.6.so, libTogl.so.2, libGLU.so.1, libGL.so.1, libfftw3.so.3, libXmu.so.6, libX11.so.6, libgfortran.so.5, ...
    • Recommends: ImageMagick, OpenBabel
    • On Debian-based systems these can be installed with:

      apt install tk libglu1-mesa libtogl2 libfftw3-3 libxmu6 \
            imagemagick openbabel libgfortran5

• Mac OS binary packages:
  (compiled on macOS Mojave 10.14)
  • Shared: xcrysden-1.6.2-macosx-shared.tar.gz
    • Requires the following MacPorts libraries: libtcl8.6.dylib, libtk8.6.dylib, libGL.1.dylib, libGLU.1.dylib, libX11.6.dylib, libXmu.6.dylib, libfftw3.3.dylib
    • Recommends: ImageMagick, OpenBabel
    • These can be installed with:

      port install tk libGLU xorg-libX11 xorg-libXmu fftw-3 ImageMagick openbabel

• Mac OS MacPorts and Fink packages:
  
  • MacPorts version
  • Fink version
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• Windows - WSL binary package:
  (WSL = Windows Subsytem for Linux)
  • Shared: xcrysden-1.6.2-windows-wsl.tar.gz  (Courtesy of Matic Poberznik)
    
    • Compiled under WSL(Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) @ Windows 10
    • Requires: XMing (https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/)
      (make sure to define the DISPLAY enviromental variable, i.e., export DISPLAY=:0 )
    • Depends on: tk, libglu1-mesa, libtogl2, libfftw3-3, libxmu6, libgfortran4
      
    • Recommends: ImageMagick, OpenBabel
    • These packages can be installed with:

      apt-get install tk libglu1-mesa libtogl2 libfftw3-3 libxmu6 libgfortran4 \
            imagemagick openbabel

• Windows - Cygwin64 binary package:
  • Shared: xcrysden-1.6.2-cygwin.tar.gz  (Courtesy of Matic Poberznik)
    
    • Compiled under x86_64 cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-10.0) @ Windows 10
    • Requires: Cygwin, XMing (https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/)
      • make sure to define the DISPLAY enviromental variable, i.e., export DISPLAY=:0
      • also define export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib
    • Depends on: tcl-tk8.6, tcl-togl, ImageMagick, xinit, mesa, libGLU1, libfftw3_3, libgfortran4. These packages can be installed with apt-cyg package manager. For the full list of required packages, see the file README.cygwin inside the tarball.

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Version 1.5

(do you really want to use the older 1.5 version?)

The binary package is provided in two flavors: semishared and shared. The semishared package has some libraries linked statically, whereas few others (tcl, tk, OpenGL (or Mesa), and fftw3) are included within the package. This hopefully diminishes the software requirements. In contrast, shared is linked fully dynamically and requires the Tcl, Tk, OpenGL (or Mesa), and FFTW libraries (i.e. libtcl8.6.so, libtk8.6.so, libGL.so, and libGLU.so, libfftw.so) as well as other system libraries.

• Release dates: Jun 26 2014 -- Oct 06 2015
• 
  
  • Source package: xcrysden-1.5.60.tar.gz
  • 
    
  • Linux x86_64 binary packages (64bit):
    • Shared: xcrysden-1.5.60-linux_x86_64-shared.tar.gz
      ( Requires: libtcl8.5.so, libtk8.5.so, libGL.so, libGLU.so, libfftw3.so )
    • Semishared: xcrysden-1.5.60-linux_x86_64-semishared.tar.gz
  • 
    
  • Mac OS X binary packages: consider using either the Fink or MacPorts version:
    • Fink version.
    • MacPorts version.
  • 
    
  • Cygwin binary package:
    • Shared: xcrysden-1.5.60-cygwin.tar.gz  (Courtesy of Matic Poberznik)
      Compiled under x86_64 cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-6.1) @ Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
      ( Requires: tcl-tk, fftw3, libGL1, libGLU1, and other packages. For the full list of required packages, see the file README.cygwin inside the tarball. )

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Older 1.5 versions

• Release date: Thu Apr 19 2012
• 
  
  • Source package: xcrysden-1.5.53.tar.gz
  • 
    
  • Linux x86_64 binary packages (64bit):
  • • Shared: xcrysden-1.5.53-linux_x86_64-shared.tar.gz
      ( Requires: libtcl8.5.so, libtk8.5.so, libGL.so, libGLU.so, libfftw3.so )
    • Semishared: xcrysden-1.5.53-linux_x86_64-semishared.tar.gz
    
    
  • Cygwin binary package:
  • • Shared: xcrysden-1.5.53-cygwin.tar.gz
      ( Requires tcl-tk, fftw3, libGL1, libGLU1, and other packages. For the full list of required packages, see the file README.cygwin inside the tarball. )
    
    
  • Mac OS X binary package: consider using the fink version.

• Release dates: from Dec 2008 to Jun 2011
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  • Source package:
  • • standalone: xc-1.5.24-src.tar.gz
    • with Tcl/Tk/Mesa libraries included: xc-1.5.24-src-all.tar.gz
    
    
  • Linux_x86_64 binary packages (64bit):
  • • Semishared:
      xc-1.5.25-linux_x86_64-semishared.tar.gz
      xc-1.5.23-linux_x86_64-semishared.tar.gz
    • Shared:
      xc-1.5.25-linux_x86_64-shared.tar.gz
      xc-1.5.23-linux_x86_64-shared.tar.gz
      ( Requires libtcl8.5.so, libtk8.5.so, libGL.so, libGLU.so, libfftw3.so, libmeschach.so; may work only for accelerated linux graphics drivers; feedback about potential problems will be appreciated )
    
    
  • Linux_x86 binary packages (32 bit):
  • • Semishared:
      xc-1.5.24-linux_x86-semishared.tar.gz
      xc-1.5.23-linux_x86-semishared.tar.gz
    • Shared:
      xc-1.5.23-linux_x86-shared.tar.gz
      ( Requires libtcl8.5.so, libtk8.5.so, libGL.so, libGLU.so, libfftw3.so, libmeschach.so )
    
    
  • Mac OS X binary packages:

    NOTICE: XCrySDen is available in Fink distribution (since beginning of 2012). Consider using the fink version, which can be installed as:
    

    fink install xcrysden

  • • Semishared:
      xc-1.5.24-macosx-semishared.tar.gz  (Courtesy of David Strubbe)
      ( Release notes: built with the following macports: gcc45, atlas +gcc45, fftw-3 +gcc45, mesa, meschach, tcl, tk. For further info read this. )
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    • Shared:
      xc-1.5.24-macosx-shared.tar.gz  (Courtesy of David Strubbe)
      ( Release notes: requires the following from macports: gcc45, atlas +gcc45, fftw-3 +gcc45, mesa, meschach, tcl, tk. Please also read this info. )
    
    
    
  • Cygwin binary package:
  • • Release date: Dec 10 2008
    • Shared:
      xc-1.5.18-cygwin-shared.tar.gz
      ( Release notes: compiled on Cygwin under 64bit Windows-Vista. Please read the README.cygwin file contained within the package. Linked with Tcl/Tk 8.4. )

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Previous versions of the code

Previous version of the code can be downloaded from here.