From: adil mughal (adil.m.mughal.2_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2010 - 11:38:37 CDT

Dear John,

Many thanks for your response. It turns out that the problem simply goes
away if I log out and then log back in as root!

Thanks

Adil

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:32 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> You didn't indicate whether you were superuser when you tried the
> install or not? Also, where did you unpack the VMD distribution tar
> file prior to the install? It would seem to me that you've got permissions
> problems in either the working directory you're in, or as a result of
> not being superuser, or the like. (and some machines have root quashing
> for certain directories, so it could be the other way around too)
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 04:37:09PM +0100, adil mughal wrote:
> > Dear VMD community,
> >
> > I am running Scientific Linux SL release 5.4 (Boron). I am trying to
> > install VMD but I am having some problems. I have run the
> "./configure"
> > command, and get:
> >
> > using configure.options: LINUXAMD64 OPENGL FLTK TK ACTC CUDA IMD
> LIBSBALL
> > XINPUT LIBTACHYON VRPN NETCDF TCL PYTHON PTHREADS NUMPY SILENT
> >
> > then I run "make install" and I get the following:
> >
> > /bin/sh: line 9: run_vmd_tmp: Permission denied
> > /bin/sh: line 10: run_vmd_tmp: Permission denied
> > /bin/sh: line 11: run_vmd_tmp: Permission denied
> > /bin/sh: line 12: run_vmd_tmp: Permission denied
> > chmod: cannot access `run_vmd_tmp': No such file or directory
> > cp: cannot stat `run_vmd_tmp': No such file or directory
> > Make sure /usr/local/bin/vmd is in your path.
> > VMD installation complete. Enjoy!
> >
> > In fact there is no file vmd under /usr/local/bin/. Any idea what is
> going
> > on??
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Adil Mughal
>
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