Display option doesn't work

[Chamini Shammi Pathiraja Mudiyanselage]

Hello,

I have run octadist to calculate the distortion in CrI3. However, I have faced several issues;

1. I cannot upload .cif files. I could, however, upload a .xyz file and calculate the distortion.

2. The display of the complex and octahedra doesn't work.

How can I resolve these issues please?

Thank you,

Chamini

[Rangsiman Ketkaew]

Hi Chamini,

Please provide details on your machine and OctaDist.

1. What OS are you using (Windows, Linux (Ubuntu?), macOS)?

2. Version of Python

3. Version of OctaDist

4. How did you install OctaDist?

5. If you use Linux, how did you start OctaDist?

Best,

Rangsiman

[Chamini Shammi Pathiraja Mudiyanselage]

Hi Rangsiman,

I have installed Octadist on MacOS using the instructions in the website. I have the Python version 3.11.8 and Octadist version 2.6.1.

I tried to upgrade the Octadist, but I received an error message. 

When I attempt to upgrade Octadist to version 3.1.0, I receive the following error message.

ERROR: Ignored the following versions that require a different python version: 3.1.0 Requires-Python !=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.10.*,!=3.11.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=3

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement octadist==3.1.0 (from versions: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.4.5, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 3.0.0)

ERROR: No matching distribution found for octadist==3.1.0

[Rangsiman Ketkaew]

OctaDist 3.1.0 doesn't support Python 3.11. So you need Python 3.12 or a newer version.

Try upgrading your Python to preferably version 3.13 with conda and install OctaDist again with the specific version 3.1.0:

$ conda install python=3.13

$ pip install octadist==3.1.0

If you haven't had conda installed on macOS, you can use brew to install conda first:

$ brew install anaconda

Best,

Rangsiman

[Chamini Shammi Pathiraja Mudiyanselage]

Hi Rangsiman,

I have installed Octadist version 3.1.0 in my macOS. However, I still get the error message when I attempt to display the complex and the octahedra.

Do you have any idea why that is?

Thank you,

Chamini