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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 31 2009 - 11:38:28 CDT

Goutham,
  I've built a text-only VMD for you and placed it in the alpha test
directory for you, accessible by following the instructions here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/

You want the file named:
  vmd-1.8.7a63.bin.LINUX.text.tar.gz

Give that a try and let me know how it goes for you.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:45:45PM -0700, Goutham wrote:
> Hey John,
> I tried including the path for the openGL library. But it doesn't work in
> our cluster. I am trying to see if that can be fixed. Meanwhile, it will be
> helpful if you can tell me how to get a text only build of VMD. If you tell
> us how to modify the makefile to compile into a text only build, then we can
> build it ourselves.
>
> Thanks
> Goutham
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:53 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Goutham,
> > No, one can't "include" these commands via tclsh, as they are part
> > of the compiled VMD code, and not a script. You'll need to take one of
> > the approaches that were previously described.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:34:00PM -0700, Goutham wrote:
> > > Hey John,
> > > Thanks for ur response. I thot of another approach. I use very few vmd
> > tcl
> > > commands, like "mol load pdb " and writepdb in my tcl script. So is it
> > > possible to just "inlcude" these select "packages" and just run the tcl
> > > script using tclsh.
> > >
> > > Do you know if I can do this? Are these functions available as
> > executables
> > > or tcl packages?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Goutham
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > In addition to copying the shared library(ies) as already
> > > > suggested by Axel, one can compile VMD from source in a text-only
> > > > build that doesn't need the OpenGL libraries. I'd suggest trying
> > > > Axel's suggestion first, but if you are unable to get that working,
> > > > I can provide you with a text only build of VMD next week when I
> > > > return from travelling.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > John Stone
> > > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 05:48:52PM -0700, Goutham wrote:
> > > > > Hey,
> > > > > I am using qsub script to launch a vmd command such as:
> > > > >
> > > > > "vmd -dispdev text < script.tcl"
> > > > >
> > > > > However I get the following error:
> > > > > libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file...
> > > > >
> > > > > It is my understanding that the openGL library is not available in
> > the
> > > > > individual nodes in the cluster. However I would guess that since i
> > am
> > > > doing
> > > > > the "text" option, the openGL library should not be required. Is
> > there a
> > > > way
> > > > > to disable this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone tell me what my options are otherwise?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Goutham
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > > > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > > > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > > > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > > > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/><
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/%7Ejohns/>
> > > > Fax: 217-244-6078
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ <http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/%7Ejohns/>
> > Fax: 217-244-6078
> > 

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu                 Phone: 217-244-3349
  WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/      Fax: 217-244-6078