From: bertrand russell (betrussell23_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2006 - 12:05:26 CDT

Hai everybody,

                   I am trying to install VMD in my machine (AMD Athlon dual
core-2.01GHz, MSI motherboard) in which FC5 is the OS. I could able to run
the configuration script finely, but while I am trying to Make install it is
showing the following error messages.

[root_at_Bose vmd-1.8.5]# ./configure LINUXAMD64
[root_at_Bose vmd-1.8.5]# cd src/
[root_at_Bose src]# 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"
cp ../lib/stride/stride_LINUXAMD64 ../lib/surf/surf_LINUXAMD64
../lib/tachyon/ta chyon_LINUXAMD64 "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
cd ..; tar -cf - scripts | \
(cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -)
cd ../lib; tar -cf - scripts | \
(cd "/usr/local/lib/vmd" ; tar -xf -)
tar: scripts/tk8.0: Cannot create symlink to `tk8.4': File exists
tar: scripts/tk: Cannot create symlink to `tk8.4': File exists
tar: scripts/tcl8.0: Cannot create symlink to `tcl8.4': File exists
tar: scripts/tcl: Cannot create symlink to `tcl8.4': File exists
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
make: [install] Error 2 (ignored)
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 -)
cp ../data/.vmdrc ../data/.vmdsensors "/usr/local/lib/vmd"
cd ../bin ; \
if [ -f run_vmd_tmp ]; then rm -f run_vmd_tmp; fi ; \
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 >> run_vmd_tmp ; \
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!
[root_at_Bose src]# vmd
[1] 5376

I even tried to install it in tcsh by altering the make file. But I could
not get this one installed. A directory in the name of vmd has been created
in the /usr/local/lib. If i type vmd in the terminal, a pop up window
appears and disappears immediately. only process ID is remaining in the
terminal.

If anybody could help to install it would be of great help to me. Thanks a
lot in advance.