VMD-L Mailing List

From: omid gh (molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 05:35:42 CDT

excellent. thanks
but I have a question when I use vmd in windows (any version) , the cpu fan
works extremely and shows the VMD is using alot of computer resources .
cold you please resolve this problem?
thanks .
omid

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:06 PM John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> After a bit of a struggle with Microsoft compiler version
> incompatibilities,
> I've managed to successfully compile the latest VMD using Visual Studio
> 2019.
>
> My first VS2019 test builds are still 32-bit, and I've posted a win32 build
> of VMD 1.9.4a47 last night so that people can try it out.
>
> The first builds are still 32-bit due to the very library dependency issues
> that Axel has already pointed out. However, I believe I've charted a path
> to navigates through the compiler version incompatibility minefield with
> at least the key VMD dependencies that can't be avoided for a functional
> VMD compilation.
>
> Here are the next few steps I have planned for Windows VMD 1.9.4 test
> builds,
> depending on how trouble free the next several steps go with x64 support:
>
> 1) Solidify the contents and structure of the VS2019 project files for
> win32
> and add them alongside the past visual studio project files.
>
> 2) The next step will be to enable compilation of the collective variables
> features in the existing 32-bit VS2019 build
>
> 3) Investigate use of TECLA / linenoise command line editing/history
> libraries with the windows console APIs.
>
> 4) Add x64 build targets, and compilation against Tcl/Tk 8.6.10
> (required for VS2017 or VS2019 compatibility, prior versions fail to
> build with the recent revs of Visual Studio, and the documentation
> shows that even with VS2017 and 2019, special steps have to be taken
> to match up with specific Windows SDK component versions supported by
> these compilers).
>
> 5) Add CUDA support to the x64 targets (NVIDIA has deprecated 32-bit CUDA).
>
> 6) Enable the OptiX and OSPRay RT engines for Windows x64 builds.
>
> Best,
> John Stone
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:07:27AM -0400, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
> > windows versions of VMD are (still) 32-bit only. there is still
> porting
> > effort required and it has been plagued with 64-bit+windows related
> bugs
> > in the libraries it requires.
> > seeĀ [1]
> https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31860.html
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 8:56 AM Raman Preet Singh
> > <[2]ramanpreetsingh_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [3]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ig/node6.html
> >
> > Get [4]Outlook for Android
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > From: [5]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu <[6]owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> on
> behalf
> > of omid gh <[7]molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 5:13:36 PM
> > To: VMD Mailing LIst <[8]vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > Subject: vmd-l: compile vmd for windows 10
> > Ā
> > hi
> > how can compile vmd 1.9.4 for windows 10 64bit.
> > thanks
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer Ā [9]akohlmey_at_gmail.com Ā [10]http://goo.gl/1wk0
> > College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA,
> USA
> > International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.
> >
> > References
> >
> > Visible links
> > 1. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31860.html
> > 2. mailto:ramanpreetsingh_at_hotmail.com
> > 3. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ig/node6.html
> > 4. https://aka.ms/ghei36
> > 5. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 6. mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 7. mailto:molecular.simulator_at_gmail.com
> > 8. mailto:vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 9. mailto:akohlmey_at_gmail.com
> > 10. http://goo.gl/1wk0
>
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