From: mohammad agha (mra_bu_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed May 09 2012 - 11:07:23 CDT

Dear John, Hi, Thank you very much from your response. After perl--version it was written: This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi (with 53 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. and I get this output after uname -a: Linux linux-P41T-D3 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Best Regards Sara ________________________________ From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com> Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:00 PM Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD Hi,   Installing perl is specific to your particular system.  What happens if you type this command:   perl --version What output do you get from this command:   uname -a If you can tell me what you get from those commands, I should be able to help you solve your immediate problems. Cheers,   John Stone   vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 08:26:50AM -0700, mohammad agha wrote: >    Dear John, >    Hi, >    Thank you very much from your response, may I ask you to say me how can >    I install perl, Please? >    I run configure script with ./configure command. >    >    Best Regards >    Sara >    From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> >    To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com> >    Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> >    Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:41 PM >    Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD > >    Hi, >      Unless you have a PowerPC processor, there is no way that is going to >    work. >    Also, the errors you're getting with the configure script seem to indicate >    that you may not have Perl installed?  How are you running the configure >    script >    when you run it?  I've never seen the kind of errors you're getting so it >    would be useful to know exactly what command you are typing when you run >    the configure script. > >    Cheers, >      John Stone >      johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu > >    On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 08:00:54AM -0700, mohammad agha wrote: >    >    Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer >    >  >    >    I changed the version of VMD to LINUX PPC64 Text-mode (Linux PowerPC >    >    (64-bit) Text-mode) and I installed this one before true and without >    >    warning but now, it give me this warning: >    >    ./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}) {' >    >    Idon't know cause of it, may I ask you to help me, Please? >    >  >    >    Best Regards >    >    Sara >    >  >    >    From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> >    >    To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com> >    >    Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> >    >    Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 1:56 AM >    >    Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD >    >    On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:52 PM, mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com> >    wrote: >    >    > Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer >    >    > >    >    > Thank you very much from your help. >    >    > My system is 64bit and I am trying to install a 64bit version of >    VMD. >    > >    >    but did you download the correct 64-bit version? >    >    since you seem to make your life needlessly >    >    miserable by installing an obsolete version of >    >    VMD, you have to consider that at this time, >    >    VMD would ship in two 64-bit variants, one for >    >    Itanium processors (may they rest in peace) >    >    and one for it x86_64 processors. >    > >    >    my appraisal of the situation remains, that >    >    you most likely are trying to install a package >    >    for the wrong CPU architecture. >    > >    >    axel. >    > >    >    > Best Regards >    >    > Sara >    > >    >    -- >    >    Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer >    >    akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0 >    > >    >    College of Science and Technology >    >    Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA. > >    -- >    NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics >    Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology >    University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 >    http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/          Phone: 217-244-3349 >    http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/      Fax: 217-244-6078 -- NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/          Phone: 217-244-3349 http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/      Fax: 217-244-6078