MFIX 22.2 is available for download

MFiX
#1

We’re happy to announce that MFix version 22.2 is available for download from the MFiX website (mfix.netl.doe.gov)

This version includes full support for MacOS (Intel and M1 chips), a new type of monitor (time-averaged), and the ability to stop a model when it reaches a user-defined ‘steady state’ rather than running for a fixed simulation time.

It also includes the usual enhancements and bug-fixes, including several bugs reported here on the forum by MFiX users.

The installation instructions also include comments on how to use Miniforge, a more lightweight package manager than Anaconda, and mamba, a faster replacement for the conda command. This is entirely optional but may ease the installation process.

Full details available on the website, and in the forthcoming release annoucement email.

– Charles

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#2

Due to a packaging error, building a custom solver on the MacOS platform with MFiX 22.2 reports “compiler not found”.

To remedy this, activate the mfix-22.2 environment and type:

conda install -c conda-forge fortran-compiler

or

mamba install fortran-compiler (if using Miniforge/mamba)

This will be corrected in the next release. We apologize for the inconvenience.

– Charles

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