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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 14 2007 - 10:09:50 CDT

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Myunggi Yi wrote:

MY> Dear VMD users,
MY>
MY> Is there any text mode version?

yes. vmd -dispdev text

MY> I'd like to install VMD on linux cluster which doesn't have any
MY> graphic card (no OpenGL) or X11.
MY> How can I install vmd on that kind of machine?

you just need to have (fake) x11/opengl libraries installed.
if your sysadmin does not want to do that, do an:
ldd vmd_XXXXXX
binary, create a directory ~/lib, copy the missing library
files from a machine with a complete installation of the same
OS to that directory and then start vmd with:
env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/lib vmd -dispdev text

cheers,
   axel.

MY>
MY>
MY> 

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