From: Ajasja Ljubetič (ajasja.ljubetic_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2012 - 08:29:40 CDT

Well, just entering "VMD compile" in google is very helpful.
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/doxygen/compiling.html

On 14 June 2012 14:27, javacfish <javacfish_at_yahoo.com.cn> wrote:

> Actually, I try every method and refer the official introduction. But I
> can not compile VMD. And I did not search who compile VMD successfully by
> Google .
> So could any body tell me compile VMD detail? Or could Axel share your
> compile VMD protocol?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> javacfish
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> *To:* javacfish <javacfish_at_yahoo.com.cn>
> *Cc:* vmd-mail <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: vmd-l: The "gopython" is wrong on the Lunux VMD1.9.1
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:21 AM, javacfish <javacfish_at_yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I had installed Tk, tk-devel, tcl, tcl-devel and python. I download VMD
> > ( Linux (64-bit Intel/AMD x86) with CUDA). But when I run gopython in the
> > vmd console, the err happens as below.
> > What is wrong with it? Does it need python
> > library http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/pythonlib, but
> there is
> > no suitable library for vmd 1.9.1? Or is there anyway to solve this
> problem?
>
> this has been discussed several times on this list.
> python run time libraries are compatible enough
> between platforms for this to work reasonably.
>
> so if you want python support in VMD, you have
> to compile VMD for your local python installation
> from source.
>
> axel.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > javacfish
> >
> >
> >
> **************************************************************************
> > vmd > gopython
> > Info) Starting Python...
> > Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
> > Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
> > Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
> > 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> > ValueError: vmdnumpy module not available.
> > Info) Text interpreter now Python
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> > File "/home/bai/soft/vmd/lib/vmd/scripts/python/Tkinter.py", line 59,
> in
> > <module>
> > import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured
> for Tk
> > ImportError: No module named _tkinter
> >>>>
> > Info) Text interpreter now Tcl
> >
> **************************************************************************
>
>
>
> --
> 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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