From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 14 2011 - 10:09:16 CDT

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Manish <manish.datt_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I’m trying to run interactive essential dynamics (IED) within VMD1.8.7
> (pre-compiled). Following the instruction on IED page I downloaded the
> python library from http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/pythonlib/
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> PYTHONHOME variable was set to lib_LINUXAMD64 dir.
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> Now when I type gopython within vmd it gives an error:
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> invalid command name "gopython"

that happens, when the VMD binary itself was compiled
without python support. you can verify it by typing on the
vmd console:

vmdinfo options

if there is no PYTHON flag listed, then you don't have it.
you probably want to install the 32-bit version of VMD
instead.

axel.

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> Could you please let me know what is the solution to this problem.
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> Regards,
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> Manish
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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
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Institute for Computational Molecular Science
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.