The school will include data analysis of pre-collected patterns using different techniques and different programs / software suites, all of them generally available to the public for free. The one exception – TOPAS – is a commercial program, whose license is costly, but a free temporary license will be available for the attendees during – and limited to – the school.
The attendees should bring their own laptops in order to fully profit from the practical data analysis sessions. We strongly advise that you install the programs you are interested in in advance!! Limited support will be offered during the school if you need support. Please ensure that you have administrator’s rights and passwords for the laptop as many installers require it.
Not all programs run on all platforms (MacOSX, Linux, Windows) and so you may be limited in your choice by the computer you bring with you.
The following programs will be demonstrated:
Topas
The program will be made available on site. It only runs on Windows.
Debussy
http://debussy.sourceforge.net/debussy/debussy.html
It runs native on MacOSX, Linux. It needs Python 2.7 and gcc/gfortran 4.7 or higher. It can be run on Windows using a virtual Linux machine (available on-site).
PDFGETX3
http://www.diffpy.org/doc/pdfgetx3/install.html
It runs native on MacOSX, Linux, Windows. Python 2.7 must be preinstalled.
FULLPROF
https://www.ill.eu/sites/fullprof/php/downloads.html
It runs native on MacOSX, Linux, Windows.
FOX
http://fox.vincefn.net
It runs native on MacOSX, Linux, Windows.
PM2K
It runs native on MacOSX, Linux, Windows.
GSAS with EXPGUI
https://subversion.xray.aps.anl.gov/trac/pyGSAS/wiki/InstallWindows
or
http://www.cristal.org/DU-SDPD/nexus/ccp14/web/solution/gsas/index.htm