# Should mistyped format descriptor give an error?

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/should-mistyped-format-descriptor-give-an-error/9193>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/should-mistyped-format-descriptor-give-an-error/9193 "2025-02-10T14:36:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beliavsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Beliavsky](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Beliavsky)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/should-mistyped-format-descriptor-give-an-error/9193/4 "2025-02-10T15:16:44Z")

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I use g95 on Windows and cannot directly answer your question, but in a comment

> [@Fortran compiler setup for GitHub actions](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-compiler-setup-for-github-actions/5671/10):
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> In addition to [fortran-lang/setup-fortran](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-fortran) (thank @awvwgk and contributors), I use the following scripts for the GitHub Actions of [PRIMA](http://www.libprima.net) to install Fortran compilers on GitHub-hosted runners. Intel oneAPI (alternative to fortran-lang/setup-fortran) Linux [https://github.com/equipez/github\_actions\_scripts/blob/main/install\_oneapi\_linux.sh](https://github.com/equipez/github_actions_scripts/blob/main/install_oneapi_linux.sh) macOS [https://github.com/equipez/github\_actions\_scripts/blob/main/install\_oneapi\_macos.sh](https://github.com/equipez/github_actions_scripts/blob/main/install_oneapi_macos.sh) Windows [https://github.com/equipez/github\_actions\_scripts/blob/m…](https://github.com/equipez/github_actions_scripts/blob/main/install_oneapi_windows.bat)

@zaikunzhang mentioned a GitHub Action to install g95 and other compilers

> **[GitHub - equipez/github\_actions\_scripts](https://github.com/equipez/github_actions_scripts)**
>
> Contribute to equipez/github\_actions\_scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

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