Set QUIP_ARCH environment variable
  export QUIP_ARCH=your_quip_arch # for sh/bash
or
  setenv QUIP_ARCH your_quip_arch # for csh/tcsh

Set QUIP_ROOT environment variable to the path to your top level QUIP source directory 
  (where the QUIP_Core/, structures/, etc., subdirectories are)

Create executables (do this in $QUIP_ROOT)
  make Tools/make_bulk_supercell Tools/make_k_mesh QUIP_Programs/eval

Create 8 atom simple cubic supercell of diamond structure Si (Z=14)
Note that the Z_values has to begin with a letter (which is later ignored), so that QUIP parses it as a string
  ${QUIP_ROOT}/build.${QUIP_ARCH}/make_bulk_supercell struct=dia_sc vol_per_atom=20.0 Z_values='S 14' > dia.xyz

Create a k-point mesh
  ${QUIP_ROOT}/build.${QUIP_ARCH}/make_k_mesh mesh='2 2 2' monkhorst_pack > k_points.xml
Combine model parameters and k-points into a quip paramter file (you may need to give concat_quip_params execute permission)
  ${QUIP_ROOT}/QUIP_Core/parameters/concat_quip_params ${QUIP_ROOT}/QUIP_Core/parameters/tightbind.parms.NRL_TB.Si.xml k_points.xml > quip_params.xml

Relax configuration with NRL-TB
  ${QUIP_ROOT}/build.${QUIP_ARCH}/eval E F V relax init_args='{TB NRL-TB}' param_file=quip_params.xml at_file=dia.xyz 
For brief usage message, do:
  ${QUIP_ROOT}/build.${QUIP_ARCH}/eval
