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From: Gianluca Interlandi (gianluca_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2011 - 14:14:51 CDT

Go to the software installer, search for rlwrap and install it:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware

As simple as linux can be.

Gianluca

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Frank Barry wrote:

> I am having problems running vmd 1.9 on a newly installed Ubuntu box.
>
> $ vmd
> rlwrap: No match.
>
> I found this related posts on the list:
>   http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/18099.html 
>   
> As in the post, if I comment out the "rlwrap block" in the start-up script I can get
> vmd to open but with quite poor performance (maybe unrelated). 
> I am quite new to Linux (especially Ubuntu). So any tips on a better way
> to proceed would be helpful. Thanks in advance,
> Frank
>
>
> ## using vmd-1.9.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar.gz
>
> $ which csh rlwrap
> /bin/csh
> /usr/bin/rlwrap
>
>
> $ ./configure 
> using configure.options: LINUXAMD64 OPENGL FLTK TK ACTC CUDA IMD LIBSBALL XINERAMA
> XINPUT LIBTACHYON VRPN NETCDF TCL PYTHON PTHREADS NUMPY SILENT
>
> $ cd src/
>
> $ sudo make install 
> Make sure /usr/local/bin/vmd is in your path.
> VMD installation complete.  Enjoy!
>
> $ vmd
> rlwrap: No match.
>
>
> $ head /usr/local/bin/vmd 
> #!/bin/csh
> set defaultvmddir="/usr/local/lib/vmd"
>
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux perutz 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> $ lsb_release -a 
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description: Ubuntu 11.10
> Release: 11.10
> Codename: oneiric
>
>
>

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