VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 20 2005 - 14:57:42 CDT

Will,
  Building VMD isn't all that hard actually, the hardest part tends to
be building the various libraries that VMD links against. Python has
been "interesting" on MacOS X. I'm still in the middle of sorting
out various stuff with our MacOS X Python build. Since you'll be
compiling your own VMD binaries, it shouldn't be hard, you could
even choose to use the Apple provided Python if you wanted to.
In my case, I attempt to package the same rev of Python on all of
the architectures, to ensure a degree of consistency in the behavior
of VMD and because I don't have time to maintain more than one rev
at once. For your own purposes, you can choose any version that
is stable enough for your taste on the platform(s) of your choosing.

  John

On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:32:05PM -0700, William Sheffler wrote:
> Hi John
>
> I'm about to buy a 17" powerbook, and I was wondering how hard it is to
> compile VMD on a mac. I've tried and failed on linux before, so I'm a
> little nervous. I'm going to need a fully operational python interpreter
> built in. Can you make any suggestions? Also, what are the advantages
> and disadvantages of writting a VMD plug-in (Extension?)?
>
> I'm really looking forward to this Rosetta/VMD project! I'm probably
> going to get started once the powerbook order comes thru.
>
> -Will 

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