[2/3/2020] These instructions were developed on a Mac OSX Mohjave (MacOS 10.14) on a 2015 Macbook Pro, using the guide of Ivot Filot and this guy
We are going to create a source folder for vasp in $HOME/usr/local/vasp, and follow the directions similar to above, which should create a $HOME/usr/local/vasp/vasp.5.4.1 folder.
#unzip the .gz file
gunzip vasp.5.4.1.05Feb16.tar.gz
#untar the .tar file
tar -xvf vasp.5.4.1.05Feb16.tar
#remove the .tar file, no longer needed
rm vasp.5.4.1.05Feb16.tar