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Upgrades and patches
Michal Dušek | Tue, Jul 29, 2025
(updated Wed, Oct 8, 2025)
Upgrades for Jana2020 are available several times a year. In between these upgrades, ongoing development of the program occurs, resulting in patches that are released very frequently, sometimes even several times a week.
To obtain the correct patch, you must first install the latest version of the program from the Downloads section on the program's website. After launching the program, you can download the patch by clicking the "Download patch" button in the About section of Jana2020. This will download the file jana2020-patch.exe, which can be found in the directory where the program is installed.
Next, you’ll need to complete a few manual steps: first, close the program and rename jana2020-patch.exe to jana2020.exe. Then, reopen the program and check in the About section of Jana2020 using the "Detailed info" button to confirm that you are indeed using the correct patch.
Naveen Kumar Chogondahalli Muniraju Wed, Oct 1, 2025
Dear Michal,
I am running the latest version available for download, #1.3.61. It is not possible to patch it since it does not correspond to the 'newest version 2.1'. Where can I obtain the installation files of version 2.1?
Thank you.
-Naveen
Mariam Pogosova Wed, Oct 8, 2025
Dear Jana-developers team,
Recently, I found a publication devoted to the better evaluation of the Theta shift for the case of Debye-Scherrer geometry combined with the flat 2D detector.
(Please see the article doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722011360)
I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Seemingly, such a setup is fairly common (I see it often in synchrotron setups) - and, maybe, you might consider adding a similar equation / function in further Jana updates?
Do you think the existing Theta shift tools (zero shift / sycos / sysin) can still effectively describe the shifts observed in such a setup (Debye-Scherrer + 2D detector)?
Perhaps you could recommend which option among the existing ones would be the best choice?
I would deeply appreciate your response.
Thank you very much for your time!
Sincerely,
Mariam
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Error while refining (3+2)D layered composite structure
Denis Karpov | Fri, Oct 23, 2026
(updated Wed, Nov 4, 2026)
Hello,
I am refining (3+2)D layered composite structure (SSG P-3m1(a,0,0)0(-a,a,0)0). When I choose to refine only main reflections, it works. But when I choose only common reflection refining, I still see reflections like hklmn. It works fine in Jana2006 until I tried to add 2 more regular phases. Could you help me what is wrong with it?
Vaclav Petricek Wed, Nov 4, 2026
This is a very special case, probably never tried before. Please send me your Jana files.
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Jana2020 crashes after refinement
Denis Karpov | Fri, Oct 23, 2026
(updated Wed, Nov 4, 2026)
Hello,
I have some trouble trying to refine (3+2)D structure with some impurities (additional phases). As long as there is only 1 (3+2)D phase everything refines good. Sometimes even if I try to add another phase, Jana2020 crashes with the error.
Vaclav Petricek Wed, Nov 4, 2026
Please make sure that you are using version 2.5 with the newest patch. If the list of space groups is still not correct, send me your Jana files.
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Listed space group is incompatible with Laue class
Klar, Paul Benjamin | Mon, Oct 5, 2026
(updated Wed, Nov 4, 2026)
There seems to be a problem with the symmetry wizard. A colleague encountered a case where the space group selection menu offered one orthorhomic space group (Pccm) alongside several monoclinic space groups, although in the menu before Laue class 2/m was selected. The unit cell angle beta is about 100 degrees and there is no orthorhombic candidate supercell. The symmetry selection then moves on with problems. All unit cell angles in the m50 file are set to 90 degrees and the selection of the correct space group (P 1 21 1) fails with an error message like the one shown in the screenshot.
I only have the attached screenshot. I could get the Jana files from my colleague if needed.
(Independent of this bug report: The footer of this very page has a little typo. "Jana is developped at")
Vaclav Petricek Wed, Nov 4, 2026
Please make sure that you are using version 2.5 with the newest patch. If the list of space groups is still not correct, send me your Jana files.