VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed May 09 2012 - 13:17:42 CDT

Hi,
  Did you have to edit the configure script before you ran it?
Cheers,
  John

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 10:24:53AM -0700, mohammad agha wrote:
> Hi John,
> Thank you very much from your help, I tried to what you said but I had
> again this:
> linux_at_linux-P41T-D3:~/vmd-1.9.1$ ./configure
> ./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}) {'
> 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 8:43 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
> 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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> > > 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
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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
>
> --
> 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