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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2010 - 17:08:33 CDT

Reid,
  I'm puzzled by the error you are getting. What compiler and
version are you using? This error seems to indicate that the
compiler you're using doesn't like forward class declarations,
but I see nothing wrong there.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:36:54PM -0400, Reid Van Lehn wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm having an issue compiling from source on Mac OS X. I was able to
> successfully make the plugins directory using the instructions on the
> website. I next configure a bare-bones installation using:
>
> MACOSX OPENGL FLTK TK NETCDF TCL SILENT
>
> as my flags. I have the FLTK, Tcl/Tk and NetCDF packages installed in
> /vmd/lib, mimicking the set ups in the plugins/build.csh file.
>
> However, when I run 'gmake' in the /vmd/src directory, make fails with a
> number of errors in MolFilePlugin.c:
>
> ***********
>
> Compiling MoleculeGraphics.C --> MoleculeGraphics.o ...
> Compiling MolFilePlugin.c --> MolFilePlugin.o ...
> In file included from MolFilePlugin.c:31:
> MolFilePlugin.h:30: error: syntax error before *Molecule*
> MolFilePlugin.h:30: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> MolFilePlugin.h:31: error: syntax error before *Timestep*
> MolFilePlugin.h:31: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> MolFilePlugin.h:32: error: syntax error before *AtomSel*
> MolFilePlugin.h:32: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> MolFilePlugin.h:33: error: syntax error before *Scene*
> MolFilePlugin.h:33: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> MolFilePlugin.h:34: error: syntax error before *QMData*
> MolFilePlugin.h:34: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> In file included from MolFilePlugin.c:31:
> MolFilePlugin.h:42: error: syntax error before *MolFilePlugin*
>
> plus many more, also in files utilities.h, Matrix4.h, QMData.h, and more
>
> *************
>
> Looking at the errors, it seems like a lot of the C++ keywords aren't
> being recognized, and the origin of the errors are all tied to the
> MolFilePlugin.c/.h and Molecule.h files. I've also tried following the
> directions from http://www.debianclusters.org/index.php/NAMD:_Building_vmd
> with the same results.
>
> Does anyone have an idea of what may be wrong? I can send more information
> as needed.
>
> Thank you!
> Reid Van Lehn 

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