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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2008 - 10:34:33 CST

Hi,
  The command not found error makes me think that you installed
the 64-bit version of VMD on a 32-bit machine. What output do you
get from this command:
  uname -a

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:25:37AM -0500, Taufik Al-Sarraj wrote:
> Hi john,
> Thank you for your help,
> when i type vmd -dispdev text
> i get > /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX: Command not found.
>
> I also tried >sudo yum install libstdc++-4.1.2-33.i386
> and i got
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> Package libstdc++-4.1.2-33.i386 already installed and latest version
> Nothing to do
>
> Is it possible that i did not install vmd correctly?
>
> I went to the /usr/local/lib/vmd/ directory and these are the files i found
> Announcement plugins shaders tachyon_LINUXAMD64
> doc README stride_LINUXAMD64 vmd_LINUXAMD64
> LICENSE scripts surf_LINUXAMD64
>
>
>
>
> John Stone wrote:
> >Hi,
> > Please see the VMD Linux release notes. You're undoubtably missing
> >one of the libstdc++ libraries or something similar. You can verify
> >this by running VMD with:
> > vmd -dispdev text
> >
> >Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 05:57:24PM -0500, Taufik Al-Sarraj wrote:
> >
> >>I just downloaded vmd 1.8.6 to run on fedora 8
> >>
> >>i downloaded vmd-1.8.6.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar
> >>and then i used ./configure LINUXAMD64
> >>and then make install.
> >>
> >>Everything seemed to work, but when i type vmd, nothing happens, no
> >>erros and no new windows open. not sure what is wrong
> >>
> >>Best,
> >>Taufik
> >>
> >
> > 

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