Getting started

Setting up the simex environment

• Log into maxwell

• In your $HOME, check the following files exist:

  • .zshrc
  • simex_dev_workshop/modulefiles/simex
  • simex_dev_workshop/modulefiles/esther
  • simex_dev_workshop/get_esther.sh

• Load the simex module:

  $> module load simex

• [Optional] Install esther:

  $> source simex_dev_workshop/get_esther.sh

  $> module load esther

• Check the SimEx python library:

  $> python

This should bring up the python interactive shell (check that version 3.4 is running). Then, in the python shell:

>>> from SimEx import *

(You can ignore warnings but please report any errors.)

• Now you are set to start one of the simex tutorials (head over to the simex_platform wiki page for an overview).