FYI Professors Hoogenboom and Porter have CSM source code versions
that compile on Linux and Mac.  I am running CSM on both platforms.

These of course don't result in a GUI or provide any of the other
applications (e.g. GBuild, XBuild) that come bundled with DSSAT 4.5. I
still fire up the windows version when I need access to one of those.

Cheers, Lyndon



On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Koo, Jawoo (IFPRI) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Not sure if Jeff would still need it, but I received emails from four
> others asking about it (compiling/running CSM on Linux), so I made a
> quick post listing the steps that I used (but not necessarily the best
> way) at:
> http://labs.harvestchoice.org/?p=1934
>
> Hope it helps!
>
> Regards,
> Jawoo
>
> PS. While you're at it, the HarvestChoice Labs is the data/tool blog
> site where the HarvestChoice team and partners share experimental
> materials with researchers. I regularly post crop modeling-related
> articles there, so feel free to look around. Any comment/feedback always
> welcome!  :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koo, Jawoo (IFPRI)
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Re: WINE w DSSAT?
>
> Hi Jeff and Daniel,
>
> I tried this using the batch mode on 4.5-beta (not the shell program)
> few years ago. I remember it ran okay and showed the same results as
> Windows, but the performance was not very impressive.
>
> However, soon after that I was able to compile dscsm045.exe on Linux
> (CentOS) using Intel Fortran Compiler, with a lot of performance boost.
> I didn't see a need to use WINE anymore, so I quickly abandoned it (Wine
> is for drinking, I thought).
>
> If you need to do the same, let me know and I'll write another message
> in a bit more detail on the compiling and running DSSAT on Linux (it's
> pretty straightforward - but there is a minor tweak needed, depending on
> the mode you're running).
>
> Cheers,
> Jawoo
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DSSAT - Crop Models and Applications
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Pereira
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: WINE w DSSAT?
>
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> I tried to install DSSAT ( version 4.0.2.0, I believe) on Ubuntu 9.1
> under
> Wine (can't remember the version) and had *no success*. As far as I
> remember, someone asked a similar question during the first semester of
> 2010. Were you able to find the thread?
>
> Please update the listserv with instructions if you succeed to install
> DSSAT
> with Wine.
>
> - Daniel
>
>
> Daniel Reis Pereira
> +1 (352) 871.9342
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:32 PM, White, Jeffrey
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Does anybody have experience (good or bad) using DSSAT with WINE on
>> Linux. WINE is supposed to allow Windows applications to run under
> Linux
>> but does not guarantee full Windows emulation.
>>
>> The WINE FAQ note:
>>
>> When users think of emulators, they think of programs like Dosbox or
>> zsnes. These applications run as virtual machines and are slow, having
>> to emulate each processor instruction. Wine does not do any CPU
>> emulation - hence the name "Wine Is Not an Emulator."
>>
>> Some people argue that since Wine introduces an extra layer above the
>> system a Windows application will run slowly. While technically true,
>> Wine is no different from any other software library in this regard;
>> even newer versions of Windows must load extra resources to support
>> older applications.
>>
>> Importantly, the combination of Wine and Unix can sometimes be faster
>> than Windows itself. This is especially true when the system has good
>> drivers and the application isn't exposing any Performance Related
> Bugs
>> <http://wiki.winehq.org/Performance-related_bugs> ."
>>
>> -          Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeffrey W. White
>>
>> USDA ARS, ALARC
>>
>> 21881 N Cardon Lane
>>
>> Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA
>>
>> Tel: +1-520-316-6368
>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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