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From: Chang Hu (changhu_at_cs.umd.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 30 2006 - 01:07:52 CDT

I just want to try experimenting. So which dsw file should I use to
compile VMD? I found some under the 'plugins' directory of the source
code but I doubt if they are what I am looking for.

Chang

John Stone wrote:

>Hi,
> VMD is compiled on Windows using the MSVC tools rather than
>with straight makefiles. The win32 plugins are compiled using
>makefiles however. Compiling VMD itself on Windows is actually
>quite easy, but getting all of the other libraries built can be
>a serious pain. Unless you're up to the daunting task of
>compiling all of the libraries VMD needs with the right runtime
>library linkage etc, I'd suggest building on one of the other
>platforms if you're just modifying the code for your own
>experiments.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:12:23PM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>A quick question: is there any way to build VMD in Windows? I saw a
>>"WIN32" option in make_distribut but not in Makefile.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Chang
>>
>>
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