Promblems in starting DYNARE 4.3.3

Dynare help (legacy posts)
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Hello everyone,

This is my first post in this community. I am very new to DYNARE but desperate to learn this great tool.

Unfortunately, when I click on the DYNARE excution file, I just got a black prompt window that immediately disappears although my installation seems to be fine. I followed the instruction and typed “addpath c:\dynare\4.3.3” in my MATLAB window. The version of my MATLAB is a R2014b.

Oh, the OS of my labtop is Windows 8 (terrible innovation, I think…)

How can I fix this problem?

Many thanks to all in advance. Glad to join all of you.

Regards
Jeongseok,
Beginner from SEOUL, Korea

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You need to invoke Dynare from within Matlab or Dynare. See e.g. [How to run a '.mod' file?)

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Thank you so much for your help. Now I am reading the posts that you recommeded.

JS

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I have checked the Dynare Reference manual (Some Words of Warning), which says
"You have to manually add the matlab subdirectory, and Dynare will automatically add a few other subdirectories at runtime (depending on your configuration)."

Then, I typed “addpath C:\dynare\4.3.3.\matlab” in the command widow of MATLAB. But, it still did not work. Am I wrong? Sorry, I am a kind of comupter illiterate…

JS in a big concern with the DYNARE

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As my post says: Set a path in Matlab to the dynare\matlab subfolder. This is what you outline above. Then set the Matlab Active Path to the folder where your mod-file is stored. Then type into the Matlab command window:

If this results in an error in Matlab, post what the message is.

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I have located Gali2008_chapter3.MOD (your kindly provided example file) in C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2014b\bin.

That is, I have **C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2014b\bin\Gali2008_chapter3.MOD **and then typed " dynare Gali2008_chapter3.MOD " in the MATLAB command.

But, it did not work, and I got the message, " function dynare is not defined or something" (unfortunately my MATLAB operates in Korean language, so this is my best translation for now…)

JS

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But apparently you did not use

at the start of your Matlab session (or wherever you installed Dynare). Note also that it is not recommended to save mod-files in the Matlab installation folder. You may not have the required file system permissions there.

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Now, I have typed the followings in the MATLAB command window.

addpath(‘C:\Program Files\Dynare\4.3.3\matlab’)

Fortunately, I got no error message and am able to open the Gali2008_chapter3.MOD file in the editing window.
(I have saved the MOD file in a separate folder NOT in the MATLAB folder as you suggested)

Now, how can I run the MOD file?

In the mean time, I do not know why I still cannot run the dynare++.execution file.

Again, I appreciate your patient and kind explanation.

JS in Korea

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Somehow, I got the following message from the MATLAB command window :

dynare e:\memorive_1\Mydropbox\research\dynare\Gali2008_chapter3.mod

Configuring Dynare …
[mex] Generalized QZ.
[mex] Sylvester equation solution.
[mex] Kronecker products.
[mex] Sparse kronecker products.
[mex] Local state space iteration (second order).
[mex] Bytecode evaluation.
[mex] k-order perturbation solver.
[mex] k-order solution simulation.
[mex] Quasi Monte-Carlo sequence (Sobol).
[mex] Markov Switching SBVAR.

Starting Dynare (version 4.3.3).
Starting preprocessing of the model file …
Found 15 equation(s).
Evaluating expressions…done
Computing static model derivatives:

  • order 1
    Computing dynamic model derivatives:
  • order 1
    Processing outputs …done
    Preprocessing completed.
    Starting MATLAB/Octave computing.

dynare (line 120)
오류: 예기치 않은 MATLAB 연산자입니다.
=> my translation is (Error: Unexpected MATLAB operator)

Huhh, now I feel much better^^ since I got some minimum progress.

Then what is going on here?

JS from Korea

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You need to listen carefully. I never told you to use Dynare on the full path of the mod-file!

I told you to

  1. set the path to Dynare using

That seems to work now.

  1. I told you to next set the active folder to the one where you stored your mod-file. This should be something like
  1. Then you type

You did not do parts 2 and 3.

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Dear Prof. Pfeifer

First, I am terribly sorry for not understanding your tips… I have been just a clicker for computer stuff too long time.
(Frankly speaking, I have no idea about the part 2 with cd command)
Now I got some beautiful outcome from the Gali 2008 mod file!!!

I deeply appreciate your big help with kindness.

All the Best
Jeongseok Song
Korea