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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 08 2012 - 16:22:57 CDT

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:32 PM, mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Gianluca,
>
> Thank you very much from your help, but I don't know how do I change the
> configure file and when I type ./configure , I see these:
> linux_at_linux-P41T-D3:~/vmd-1.8.6$ ./configure

vmd 1.8.6 ???

this version is over 5 (five!!) years old.
nobody will want to help you with that.

> ./configure: line 13: =: command not found
> ./configure: line 16: =/usr/local/bin: No such file or directory
> ./configure: line 19: =/usr/local/lib/: No such file or directory
> ./configure: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `{'
> ./configure: line 23: `if ($ENV{VMDINSTALLNAME}) {'
> Please help me.

all of these mean, that you changed the configure file incorrectly.

axel.

>
> Best Regards
> Sara
>
> ________________________________
> From: Gianluca Interlandi <gianluca_at_u.washington.edu>
> To: Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com>
> Cc: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>; "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu"
> <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 8:53 PM
>
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
> Sara,
>
> My guess is that VMD is not correctly installed. You should read the
> instructions in the README file. You need to edit the file "configure" and
> modify "$install_bin_dir" "$install_library_dir" to point to the directory
> where these are installed, then you have to run "./configure", cd to the src
> directory and run "make install". It's better if you delete the VMD
> installation and start over following the instructions:
>
> For quick installation of the binary distribution for Unix do the following:
>   1) Uncompress and untar the distribution into a working directory.
>     In this working directory, there are several subdirectories such
>     as bin, src, doc, data, as well as this README and a configure script.
>     Change to this working directory after the unpacking is complete.
>
>   2) Edit the file 'configure'; change the values for
>     the $install_library_dir and $install_bin_dir to a directory in
>     which vmd data files and executables should be installed, be sure
>     that you installing into a clean target directory and not overwriting
>     an existing version of VMD (which would otherwise give problems):
>
>     $install_bin_dir is the location of the startup script 'vmd'.
>     It should be located in the path of users interested in running VMD.
>
>     $install_library_dir is the location of all other VMD files.
>     This included the binary and helper scripts.  It should not be
>     in the path.
>
>   3) A Makefile must be generated based on these configuration variables
>     by running "./configure".
>
>   4) After configuration is complete, cd to the src directory,
>     and type "make install".  This will install VMD in the two
>     directories listed above.  Note that running "make install"
>     twice will print error messages because you are attempting to
>     overwrite some read-only files.  Similarly, if you have incorrectly
>     specified the target installation directories or attempt to overwrite
>     an existing VMD installation, you will get error messages.
>
>   5) When installed, type 'vmd' to start (make sure the
>     $install_bin_dir directory is in your path).
>
>
>
> Gianluca
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2012-5-8, at ??6:18, mohammad agha wrote:
>>
>>      Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer
>> I did what you said and After "vmd -dispdev text", was typed:
>> /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX: Command not found.
>> May I ask you to help me, Please?
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Sara
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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>
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> 

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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
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College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.