VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed May 09 2012 - 11:13:43 CDT

Hi,
  Okay, I think I know what's going on now.
First: delete your existing VMD installation and tar files.
Then:
  - download the LINUXAMD64 version of VMD 1.9.1.
  - unpack the tar file
  - run ./configure and install it

If you need to edit the configure script, be careful not to introduce
errors. It seems that you do have Perl installed, but you may have broken
the configure script last time when you had edited it for yourself.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 09:07:23AM -0700, mohammad agha wrote:
> Dear John,
> Hi,
> Thank you very much from your response.
> After perl--version it was written:
> This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
> (with 53 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
> Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall
> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
> the
> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
> and I get this output after uname -a:
> Linux linux-P41T-D3 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24
> UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Best Regards
> Sara
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:00 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
> Hi,
> Installing perl is specific to your particular system. What happens
> if you type this command:
> perl --version
>
> What output do you get from this command:
> uname -a
>
> If you can tell me what you get from those commands, I should be able
> to help you solve your immediate problems.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 08:26:50AM -0700, mohammad agha wrote:
> > Dear John,
> > Hi,
> > Thank you very much from your response, may I ask you to say me how
> can
> > I install perl, Please?
> > I run configure script with ./configure command.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Sara
> > From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
> >
> > Hi,
> > Unless you have a PowerPC processor, there is no way that is going
> to
> > work.
> > Also, the errors you're getting with the configure script seem to
> indicate
> > that you may not have Perl installed? How are you running the
> configure
> > script
> > when you run it? I've never seen the kind of errors you're getting
> so it
> > would be useful to know exactly what command you are typing when you
> run
> > the configure script.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 08:00:54AM -0700, mohammad agha wrote:
> > > Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer
> > >
> > > I changed the version of VMD to LINUX PPC64 Text-mode (Linux
> PowerPC
> > > (64-bit) Text-mode) and I installed this one before true and
> without
> > > warning but now, it give me this warning:
> > > ./configure: line 13: =: command not found
> > > ./configure: line 16: =/usr/local/bin: No such file or directory
> > > ./configure: line 19: =/usr/local/lib/: No such file or
> directory
> > > ./configure: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `{'
> > > ./configure: line 23: `if ($ENV{VMDINSTALLNAME}) {'
> > > Idon't know cause of it, may I ask you to help me, Please?
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > > Sara
> > >
> > > From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> > > To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> > > Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 1:56 AM
> > > Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
> > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:52 PM, mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much from your help.
> > > > My system is 64bit and I am trying to install a 64bit version
> of
> > VMD.
> > >
> > > but did you download the correct 64-bit version?
> > > since you seem to make your life needlessly
> > > miserable by installing an obsolete version of
> > > VMD, you have to consider that at this time,
> > > VMD would ship in two 64-bit variants, one for
> > > Itanium processors (may they rest in peace)
> > > and one for it x86_64 processors.
> > >
> > > my appraisal of the situation remains, that
> > > you most likely are trying to install a package
> > > for the wrong CPU architecture.
> > >
> > > axel.
> > >
> > > > Best Regards
> > > > Sara
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> > > akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> > >
> > > College of Science and Technology
> > > Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
> >
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> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
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>
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> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ 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
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/           Phone: 217-244-3349
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/       Fax: 217-244-6078