VMD-L Mailing List

From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2012 - 08:41:00 CDT

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:56 AM, mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Mark,
>
> Thank you very much from your help.
> I made
> mkdir /home/sara/bin
> mkdir /home/sara/lib
> mkdir /home/sara/lib/vmd
> and then changed the configure script as:
> # Directory where VMD startup script is installed, should be in users'
> paths.
> $install_bin_dir="/home/sara/bin";
> # Directory where VMD files and executables are installed
> $install_library_dir="/home/sara/lib/vmd$install_name";
> my unpacked vmd folder is in sara folder and did ./configure but wrote the
> same previous warning:

i have to continue telling you, that there is something
seriously out of whack on your machine. however,
try running:

perl configure

instead of:

./configure

and see, if that makes these error messages disappear.

axel.

> ./configure: line 13: =: command not found
> ./configure: line 16: =/home/linux/bin: No such file or directory
> ./configure: line 19: =/home/linux/lib/vmd: No such file or directory
>
> ./configure: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `{'
> ./configure: line 23: `if ($ENV{VMDINSTALLNAME}) {'
>
> I don't know what should I do?!
> Best Regards
> Sara
> ________________________________
> From: Mark Cunningham <cunningham_at_utpa.edu>
> To: "'mra_bu_at_yahoo.com'" <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:36 AM
> Subject: FW: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
> Sara:
>
> If you are not performing an installation of VMD for other users, then
> just install it in your own directories.  Create two directories:
> mkdir /home/sara/bin
> mkdir /home/sara/lib
> and a subdirectory:
> mkdir /home/sara/lib/vmd
> Let VMD know what you are doing:
> setenv VMDINSTALLBINDIR /home/sara/bin
> setenv VMDINSTALLLIBRARYDIR /home/sara/lib/vmd
> or, if you are using the bash shell,
> export VMDINSTALLBINDIR=/home/sara/bin
> export VMDINSTALLLIBRARYDIR=/home/sara/lib/vmd
> Go to the directory where you have unpacked VMD.
> ./configure
> cd src
> make install
> This will copy the requisite files to your directories.
> In your .login or .tcshrc file, make sure that you have added
> the /home/sara/bin directory to your path, or define an alias:
> alias vmd /home/sara/bin/vmd
>
> This will spare you having to edit the configure file.
>
> Putting things in /usr/local is not such a great idea.  Any time you
> upgrade your system, the /usr partition can get overwritten.   You’ll
> have to reinstall VMD again and again.  The /home partition is not
> generally touched in an upgrade.
>
> Mark Cunningham
>
>
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] On Behalf Of
> mohammad agha
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 11:16 AM
> To: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
> Dear Wang,
>
> Thank you very much from your help, but I have no one to help me.
>
> Best Regards
> Sara
>
> ________________________________
> From: Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com>
> To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:37 PM
>
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
> Hi there,
>
> To be honest, I think the best way to get help is to find someone around you
> that is an expert in Linux, or at least have decent experience with the
> Linux system. It is quite obvious your experience with the Linux system is
> insufficient. The issues you have are more related to basic uses of the
> linux system, than to specific VMD uses. So someone around you that really
> knows how to work with Linux or Mac OS can help you.
>
> Best,
> ___________________________
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
> Duke University
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-5-9, at 上午11:07, mohammad agha wrote:
>
>
> Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer
>
> I changed the version of VMD to LINUX PPC64 Text-mode (Linux PowerPC
> (64-bit) Text-mode) (VERSION1.9.1)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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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.