VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon May 01 2006 - 10:17:19 CDT

Chang,
  Hmm, indeed, it seems that the tar version of the source distribution
omitted the contents of the msvc directory, this is an error in my
distribution build script, and you can definitely use CVS instead.

  John

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:42:34PM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
> I am pretty sure there's no such file (or even the directory) in the
> tar.gz version of the source code. Does it mean that I should get one
> from the CVS? If so, I am requesting an account. Thank you.
>
> Chang
>
> John Stone wrote:
>
> >Use the one in the msvc/winvmd directory...
> >
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 02:07:52AM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
> >
> >
> >>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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