Option A (running from Terminal)

License activation

Please see License activation via command line.

Running nextnano++ on Linux from Terminal

The nextnano++ simulations can be executed from the Linux terminal by directly using the Linux executables. First, you need to add the permission to the executable file you want to run. Go to nextnano++/bin and run:

$ chmod a+x nextnano++_intel_nextgen.exe

To run the ‘Intel_Ubuntu’ nextnano++ executable, the path to the OpenMP library has to be specified. We ship a .so file together with the executable. From nextnano++/bin, run:

$ currentFolder=$(pwd)
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$currentFolder

The terminal commands to run a nextnano++ example input file are follows:

$ cd ..
$ ./bin/nextnano++_intel_nextgen.exe --license "License/License_nnp.lic" --outputdirectory "Output" -log "examples/electronic_band_structures/1Dwell_GaAs_AlAs_nnp.in"

Detailed documentation on command line features can be found on the page Command Line. Further information and more examples can be found in the README_Linux file and the shell scripts included in the nextnano folder.

Running nextnano³ on Linux from Terminal

The nextnano³ simulations can be executed from the Linux terminal by directly using the Linux executables. First, you need to add the permission to the executable file you want to run. Go to nextnano3/bin and run:

$ chmod a+x nextnano3_intel.exe

Then set the environment variable NEXTNANO by executing the following from nextnano3/bin:

$ cd ../..
$ currentFolder=$(pwd)
$ export NEXTNANO=$currentFolder

The terminal commands to run a nextnano³ example input file are as follows:

$ cd nextnano3
$ ./bin/nextnano3_intel.exe -log -license "License/License_nnp.lic" -outputdirectory "Output/<name_of_input_file>" -inputfile "examples/education/lecture_on_quantum_mechanics/DoubleQuantumWell_nn3.in"

Detailed documentation on command line features can be found on the page Command Line. Further information and more examples can be found in the README_Linux file and the shell scripts included in the nextnano folder.

Running nextnano.NEGF on Linux from Terminal

The nextnano.NEGF simulations can be executed from the Linux terminal by directly using the Linux executables. First, you need to add the permission to the executable file you want to run. Go to nextnano.NEGF/bin and run:

$ chmod a+x nextnano.NEGF_ubuntu.exe

The path to the OpenMP library has to be specified. We ship a .so file together with the executable. From nextnano.NEGF/bin, run:

$ currentFolder=$(pwd)
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$currentFolder

The terminal commands to run a nextnano.NEGF example input file are as follows, to be executed from the nextnano.NEGF directory:

$ ./bin/nextnano.NEGF_ubuntu.exe --input-file ./examples/THz_QCL_GaAs_AlGaAs_Fathololoumi_OptExpress2012_10K-FAST.negf --output-folder ./output/THz_QCL_GaAs_AlGaAs_Fathololoumi_OptExpress2012_10K-FAST --material-database ./database/Material_Database.negf --license ./path/to/your/License_nnNEGF.lic --threads 4

Detailed documentation on command line features can be found on the page Command Line.

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Last update: 08/01/2025