How To Install Gaussian 09 Linux Ubuntu

Gaussian 03 is a commercial software product and must be purchased from Gaussian, Inc. Both source code and pre-compiled binary versions of Gaussian 03. They already distribute Guassian 09 and this soft can be installed on the linux Rad Hat and Windows XP/7. They did not test Gaussian 09 to install on Win 8 Pro and Debian Linux Ubuntu.

Linux machines in Chemistry Within the Department of Chemistry this package is installed on all but can only be used by who have contributed to the cost of the software. Access is controlled by membership of the gaussian09 Unix group.

If you are a member of the Department of Chemistry and your group would like to get access to the Linux software please email for the price, which is per-group and covers as many machines as you want provided they are physically located at the University. Members of groups who have contributed to the cost of the Linux software may also install it on unmanaged Linux machines physically located within the University. Please see for details.

Macs in Chemistry Within the Department of Chemistry this package may also be installed on Macs that are physically located within the University. Please see for details. Gaussian 09 in other parts of the University The University as a whole has a site licence for Gaussian 09 for both Linux and Mac. This licence was not arranged by the Department of Chemistry.

The information is posted here in the hope that it helps would-be users of Gaussian in the University. Media to go with this licence have to be purchased directly from Gaussian Inc. Other software from Gaussian The University also has a site licence for Gaussian 03 for Linux. Within the Department of Chemistry Gaussian 03 is installed on all and can be used by anyone in the department. See for details. The University also has a site licence for for Linux.

Within the Department of Chemistry this is available to groups who helped fund it. The University also has a site licence for Gaussview 5 and 6 for Linux and Mac. For use within the department of Chemistry please see. Gaussian09 group Access to Gaussian 09 is restricted by a nested group which is stored in for most machines. Some of the clusters have the group locally. New users are supposed to be added automatically. If a new research group contributes to the cost of media, add their '-users' group to the gaussian09 group in AD.

Installing I followed the installation instructions by translating them into bash. It is necessary to have certain environment variables set for Gaussian to run (and on my system they didn't quite match the ones in the install instructions).

They are GAUSS_EXEDIR, GAUSS_SCRDIR, and g09root. The gaussian modulefile is mildly interesting in that it works out the correct per-user scratch directory. It also warns the user if they are not in the Unix group 'gaussian09', as they will not be able to use the software.

To test the installation pick a test input file out of the tests/com subdirectory of the program directory.

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