VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2008 - 20:15:31 CDT

Hi,
  Your Linux distribution is missing the /bin/csh shell, you
just need to add it to your system, and things should progress
from there. It's usually installable as an additional package.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 10:19:15AM +1000, Peter Hains wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to install VMD 1.8.6 on a Linux system. I'm still a Linux
> newbie, so I may be missing something quite obvious. First off I
> downloaded the Linux OpenGL and followed the instructions to install it.
>
> I didn't need to alter anything in the configure file, I just ran
> "./configure", "cd src", then "make install". I did this all from root.
>
> So far so good. I exit root and go to use VMD from my account and I get
> the following;
>
> bash: /usr/local/bin/vmd: /bin/csh: bad interpreter: No such file or
> directory
>
> I did add /usr/local/bin/vmd to my Path as directed. Provided I
> correctly determined how and where this should be done. ie. I modified
> my .bash_profile file so it now reads;
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin/vmd
>
> Am I missing something obvious? Is the Path really located in another file?
>
> --Possible rant warning---
> As an aside, one of the problems I've always had with Linux (and the
> reason it's taken me this long to get around to trying to use it
> seriously) is that all the software seems to assume you are some sort of
> Linux guru and are intimate with editing obscure scripts and recompiling
> programs with various optional switches.
>
> The newer Linux distributions certainly make it friendlier, but then VMD
> isn't included in their list of programs I want to install via Synaptic
> (for example). So my suggestion is please spell it out for new users
> like me!! As much as I'd like to see the end of M$, at least you can
> just double click the exe and follow the prompts. I sometimes feel Linux
> is deliberately esoteric.
>
> I'm an advanced Windows user, I know how to install quirky programs and
> fiddle with the registry, but I'm still fumbling my way through Linux. I
> have often been frustrated trying to find out where all the files are
> that I need to modify and install. I know it's part of a learning curve,
> but help is appreciated.
> ---End rant---
>
> thanks,
>
> Peter 

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