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From: Gianluca Interlandi (gianluca_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2011 - 14:15:49 CDT

Ooops, sorry, I see that you already have it istalled. Then it doesn't
help ;)

G

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Gianluca Interlandi wrote:

> 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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> Gianluca Interlandi, PhD gianluca_at_u.washington.edu
> +1 (206) 685 4435
> http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/
>
> Postdoc at the Department of Bioengineering
> at the University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A.
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Gianluca Interlandi, PhD gianluca_at_u.washington.edu
                     +1 (206) 685 4435
                     http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/

Postdoc at the Department of Bioengineering
at the University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A.
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