Working with the VMD Source Code

Okay, so you've set the compile time options and run ./configure, right? The next step would be to check out the latest versions of the files from RCS or CVS, but odds are you don't have your copy of VMD under revision control. In the future we intend to provide an anonymous CVS service to allow VMD users to track developments in the VMD source tree.

Note that the configure command also makes the subdirectory $ARCH.

Next you'll need to make the dependency list INSIDE THE SRC DIRECTORY. This is done with

  cd ./src
  make depend
  make

However, the current implementation needs gcc to get the list of include files needed by the different source files. The default Makedata.depend files for the different platforms is available in the appropriate binary distribution. After the dependencies are generated, run make, and the executable and object files will be deposited in the $ARCH directory

  cd ../$ARCH
(for example
  ../LINUX
  ../IRIX5
etc.)

This directory was made when you ran the configure script.