# problem intallation

**URL:** <https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-intallation/67>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Created:** [May 16, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-intallation/67 "2014-05-16T00:20:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Abdeslam\_Garnina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@Abdeslam\_Garnina](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/Abdeslam_Garnina)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-intallation/67/1 "2014-05-16T00:20:28Z")

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hay

after having to install OpenMC according to the commands posted to the site offecial Openmc  
the order page give me the following missage

Reading settings XML file…  
ERROR: Settings XML file ‘/home/garnina/settings.xml’ does not exist!  
ERROR STOP

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**Author:** ![Adam\_Nelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Adam\_Nelson](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/Adam_Nelson)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-intallation/67/2 "2014-05-18T23:31:12Z")

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This means that you are not running OpenMC within a directory that contains its’ input files. When you type ‘openmc’ from the command line, it immediately looks for `settings.xml` (among other .xml files) in the directory you were in when you typed `openmc`. So change directories until you are where the model you want to run is, then run `openmc`.

Adam