pipeline_runpair and kimitems commands not found!

[Alireza Khorshidi]

Hello,

I am trying to install open-kim along with lammps on vagrant virtual box. I am not sure that I have done a correct installation, since I ended up running almost every command everywhere I saw in the documentation. The latest issue that I have is that the commands pipeline_runpair and kimitems cannot be found. Could you please help my system recognize that?

Thanks in advance and regards,

Alireza

[Daniel Karls]

Hi Alireza,

These commands are actually only accessible as part of our custom User VM disk image.  They're not actually a part of the KIM API.  I must apologize that we're in the middle of relaunching our User VM and it's not currently available online and, accordingly, the documentation you're looking at is out-of-date.  Sorry for all the confusion.  However, I can probably send you a copy of the User VM privately for your development purposes.  Let me just get the go-ahead from my group first --- I'll get back to you soon.

Cheers,
Dan

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Daniel S. Karls, Postdoctoral Associate

Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
University of Minnesota
107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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[Daniel Karls]

I should also mention that the User VM will already have everything you need installed, including the KIM API, ASE, and LAMMPS.  There's also a utility called `kimitems` on the User VM that will let you install Tests, Models, and Verification Checks painlessly, and various commands that allow you to run Tests and Verification Checks against Models.

[Alireza Khorshidi]

Thanks Dan!

[Daniel S. Karls]

Hi Alireza,

Now that you've gotten KIM working with LAMMPS, I'm wondering if you
still have a need for the User VM.  Can you tell me a little about what
you're trying to use KIM Models for?

Thanks,
Dan

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Daniel S. Karls, Postdoctoral Associate

Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
University of Minnesota
107 Akerman Hall, 110 Union St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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[Yonatan Kurniawan]

Hi, Dan.

I might have the same problem with Alireza.

I was following the tutorial on developing kim test using ASE and LAMMPS. However, I ran into a problem that kimitems command is not recognized.

Currently I am running kim api v2.0.0 beta3. How can I run a test using this version?

Thank you.

Yonatan Kurniawan

[Daniel Karls]

Hi Yonatan,

I've been waiting on the official release of KIM API v2 to publish the user development platform, which has actually been converted from a VM to a Docker container for compactness.  If you're able to install Docker on your machine and give me your DockerHub user ID, I can get you set up -- let's continue this discussion off-list.

Thanks,
Dan

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Daniel S. Karls, Ph.D.

Research Associate