Install & run LAMMPS for Mac – a simple approach (stable 2020-10-29)

Quick notes for installing LAMMPS on macOS via Homebrew or Cakebrew, and running a sample case.

1．INSTALL

Install Homebrew：https://brew.sh/

Install LAMMPS by Terminal（or Cakebrew）：https://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Install_mac.html

LAMMPS info in Cakebrew — Info of LAMMPS in Cakebrew（default path: /usr/local/Cellar/lammps/）

2．RUN

Try a colloid example in ~/examples/．In Terminal:

cd /usr/local/Cellar/lammps/YOUR VERSION NUMBER/share/lammps/examples/colloid
/usr/local/Cellar/lammps/YOUR VERSION NUMBER/bin/lmp_serial -in in.colloid

The visualization movie is available here（lammps.org）．

One frame of the colloid movie — One frame of the movie（colloids in a LJ solvent）