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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sat Mar 13 2010 - 08:50:37 CST

Hi,
  So did /usr/local/bin/vmd get installed or not?
It's unclear from your email what the results were. You don't
necessarily need Surf in order to use VMD. I presume you're running
VMD on a server of some sort rather than a desktop since this is a
PowerPC 64 build, yes? Or is your machine actually an x86?
(in which case you have downloaded and installed the wrong version)

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 01:57:39AM -0500, Edith Euan wrote:
> Hello, I'm new in linux and Fedora 12 (64bits)
>
> I need to install VMD but I'm having problems.
>
> I've already downloaded VMD in "Downloads" folder and then untar by
> terminal via command
> " tar xvfz vmd-1.8.7.bin.LINUXPPC64.text.tar.gz -C /home/vmd2/"
>
> The folder "/home/vmd2", at first was empty.
>
> Then, in the terminal, I go to the directory /home/vmd2/vmd-1.8.7/
>
> And type the command ./configure
>
> but it says:
>
> [root_at_cristy vmd-1.8.7]# ./configure
> using configure.options: LINUXPPC64 IMD LIBTACHYON TCL PTHREADS SILENT
>
> and I don't know what to do. I've tried with this comand
>
> [root_at_cristy vmd-1.8.7]# ./configure LINUXPPC64 IMD LIBTACHYON TCL
> PTHREADS SILENT
>
> And apparently there's no problem, but when I go to the "src" folder and
> type "make install" It says:
>
> [root_at_cristy src]# make install
> cp: cannot stat `../lib/surf/surf_LINUXPPC64': No such file or directory
> Make sure /usr/local/bin/vmd is in your path.
> VMD installation complete. Enjoy!
>
> And VMD is not installed!
>
> What I'm doing wrong?
>
> What should I do?
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> How can I get a good installation? 

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