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<DIV>Dear forum, </DIV>
<DIV> I'm trying to use an MCNP SSW source in my McStas input through the Virtual_mcnp_ss_input component. </DIV>
<DIV> I'm using MCstas 2.4.1 in Windows (I have previously installed strawberry perl package), but when compiling instrument I get an error </DIV>
<DIV>"<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">C:/mcstas-2.4.1/miniconda3/Library/mingw-w64/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/5.3.0/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgfortran</SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -qt-block-indent: 0"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status" </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -qt-block-indent: 0"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><FONT color=#000000> I understand that the fortran compiler (required in Virtual_mcnp_ss_input) is not found, but I assumed that strawberry should include this. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -qt-block-indent: 0"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><FONT color=#000000> Does anyone experienced the same problem? </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -qt-block-indent: 0"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><FONT color=#000000> Thanks, </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -qt-block-indent: 0"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><FONT color=#000000>Diego </FONT></SPAN></P>
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