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From: mohammad agha (mra_bu_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2012 - 01:42:43 CDT

Hi John, No, I didn't change the configure script. 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 10:47 PM Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD 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. >    >    > >    >    >    -- >    >    >    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 > >    -- >    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