Can I run opensees on Windows XP 64 bit ?

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michaelshu
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Can I run opensees on Windows XP 64 bit ?

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Hello everyone!

Can I run opensees on Windows XP 64 bit ?

And can I run it with 2 cpus?

many thanks!!
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Post by fmk »

yes and not yet. a parallel version will be coming soon, but it will probably require that you have mpi installed on your machine.
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Post by michaelshu »

Thank you, fmk!

Do you mean that I can run the opensees downloaded from here on Windows XP 64 bit whithout my compiling?
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Post by fmk »

yes, though it will run like a 32 bit app and you will not get the increase in virtual memory that is possible with a truly 64bit app.
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