VMD-L Mailing List

From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2021 - 15:34:04 CDT

This is a different issue. These are executables that are bundled with VMD
and need to be built separately from sources that are not part of the VMD
source code.
You could just use the corresponding executables from a precompiled VMD
package.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 4:24 PM Chintapalli, Sree vamsee <
SVChintapalli_at_uams.edu> wrote:

> HI,
>
> I am trying to compile vmd-1.9.3 on Ubuntu from the source code. However,
> I encountered the following problem.
>
> sudo make install
> if [ ! -d "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ]; then \
> mkdir -p "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; \
> fi ; \
> if [ ! -d "/usr/local/bin" ]; then \
> mkdir -p "/usr/local/bin" ; \
> fi ; \
> if [ ! -d "/usr/local/lib/vmd"/doc ]; then \
> mkdir -p "/usr/local/lib/vmd"/doc; \
> fi
> cp ../Announcement "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
> cp ../README "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
> cp ../LICENSE "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
> cp ../doc/ug.pdf "/usr/local/lib/vmd"/doc
> if [ -f /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUXAMD64 ]; then \
> mv -f "/usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUXAMD64"
> "/usr/local/lib/vmd/OLD_vmd_LINUXAMD64" ; rm -f
> "/usr/local/lib/vmd/OLD_vmd_LINUXAMD64" ; fi
> cp ../LINUXAMD64/vmd_LINUXAMD64 "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
> if [ -d "../lib/redistrib/lib_LINUXAMD64" ]; then \
> cd ../lib/redistrib/lib_LINUXAMD64; tar -cf - ./* | \
> (cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -) \
> fi ;
> cp ../lib/stride/stride_LINUXAMD64 ../lib/surf/surf_LINUXAMD64
> ../lib/tachyon/tachyon_LINUXAMD64 "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
> *cp: cannot stat '../lib/stride/stride_LINUXAMD64': No such file or
> directory*
> *cp: cannot stat '../lib/surf/surf_LINUXAMD64': No such file or directory*
> *cp: cannot stat '../lib/tachyon/tachyon_LINUXAMD64': No such file or
> directory*
> Makefile:439: recipe for target 'install' failed
> make: [install] Error 1 (ignored)
> cd ..; tar -cf - scripts | \
> (cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -)
> cd ../lib; tar -cf - scripts | \
> (cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -)
> cd ..; tar -cf - python | \
> (cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd"/scripts ; tar -xf -)
> cd ..; tar -cf - plugins | \
> (cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -)
> cd ..; tar -cf - shaders | \
> (cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -)
> if [ -f ../LINUXAMD64/OptiXShaders.ptx ]; then \
> cp ../LINUXAMD64/OptiXShaders.ptx "/usr/local/lib/vmd/shaders"; \
> fi;
> cp ../data/.vmdrc ../data/.vmdsensors ../data/vmd_completion.dat
> "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
> cd ../bin ; \
> if [ -f run_vmd_tmp ]; then rm -f run_vmd_tmp; fi ; \
> if [ ! -x "/bin/csh" ]; then \
> echo "Info: /bin/csh shell not found, installing Bourne shell startup
> script instead" ; \
> echo '#!/bin/sh' >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> echo 'defaultvmddir="/usr/local/lib/vmd"' >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> echo 'vmdbasename=vmd' >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> cat vmd.sh >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> else \
> echo '#!/bin/csh' >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> echo 'set defaultvmddir="/usr/local/lib/vmd"' >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> echo 'set vmdbasename=vmd' >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> cat vmd.csh >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
> fi ; \
> chmod +x run_vmd_tmp ; \
> cp run_vmd_tmp "/usr/local/bin"/vmd ; \
> rm -f run_vmd_tmp
> echo Make sure "/usr/local/bin"/vmd is in your path.
> Make sure /usr/local/bin/vmd is in your path.
> echo "VMD installation complete. Enjoy!"
> VMD installation complete. Enjoy!
>
>
> Previous notes in the mailing list have suggested moving the plugin
> directory into the vmd- directory and also assiging a symbolic link for a
> plugin directory. I did both, but none of them worked.
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Sree
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