From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith (stephen_at_math.missouri.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 12 2004 - 16:51:42 CDT

John Stone wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> Have you read the VMD compilation instructions here?:
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/doxygen/compiling.html#compiling
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/doxygen/compiling.html
>

I had seen the first web page (which I must admit I skim read) but not
the second. Now it all works perfectly.

>
> I think it'd be great if you have a VMD addition to the ports tree.
> The only tricky part is that due to NIH's tracking requirements, you'll
> have to require them to manually download the source rather than doing
> an automatic download. If you need help with anything, let me know.
>

Thank you. I'll submit the port to this mailing list first when I have
it ready, so that FreeBSD users on this list can check it out. (Also I
think that there will be a difference between FreeBSD 5.x and 4.x that I
will need to take into account somehow.)

Stephen