To install and run iPIC3D, you need: cmake (at least version 2.8), MPI and HDF5 (optional). # create a build directory mkdir build && cd build cmake /path/to/root/where/CMakeLists.txt/located # compile, if successful, you will find an executable named iPIC3D in build directory make # run a test case: copy an inputfile named as testXXX.inp from /inputfiles to build directory # make sure you create an folder for output as specified in the input file # make sure no_of_proc = XLEN x YLEN x ZLEN as specified in the input file mpiexec -n no_of_proc ./iPIC3D inputfilename.inp