VMD-L Mailing List

From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2012 - 10:49:11 CDT

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, as Dr. Kohlmeyer pointed out, your Perl has some issues.
>
> What's the first line of your "configure" file look like? It should look
> like something like this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env perl
>
> Run command "which perl". Replace the first line in "configure" file with
> the path that "which perl" gives you. But keep the "#!" symbol.
>
> Run "./configure" again. If unsuccessful, try "perl ./configure LINUXAMD64"

noooo! for the binary distributions, you should not set any options
but have the configure script pick up the ones matching the binary
from the configure.options file. so:

perl configure

it is and nothing else.

axel.
> to see if it runs normally. If still no luck. You need to reinstall your
> Perl.
>
> Good luck.
>
> ___________________________
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
> Duke University
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> On 2012-5-10, at 上午3:00, mohammad agha wrote:
>
> Dear Wang,
>
> line 13: $install_name = "vmd";
> line 16: $install_bin_dir="/usr/local/bin";
> line 19: $install_library_dir="/usr/local/lib/$install_name";
> line 23: if ($ENV{VMDINSTALLNAME}) {
> line 23: if ($ENV{VMDINSTALLNAME}) {
>
> Best Regards
> Sara
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com>
> To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
>
> what are the lines on "./configure" that give you those error messages?
>
> It seems you have line number information. I don't have linux version so I
> can't look into it for you.
>
>
>
> ___________________________
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
> Duke University
>
>
>
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>
> On 2012-5-9, at 下午1:26, mohammad agha wrote:
>
> Dear Wang,
>
> Thank you very much but my problem wasn't solved.
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sara
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com>
>
> To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9:29 PM
>
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
>
>
> Well then. I think the latest reply from John Stone will solve your problem.
> They are so nice, arent' they?
>
>
>
> Good luck~
>
>
> ___________________________
>
>
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
>
> Duke University
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> On 2012-5-9, at 下午12:16, mohammad agha wrote:
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> Dear Wang,
>
>
>
> Thank you very much from your help, but I have no one to help me.
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sara
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
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> From: Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com>
>
> To: mohammad agha <mra_bu_at_yahoo.com>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:37 PM
>
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: flashing the VMD
>
>
>
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> To be honest, I think the best way to get help is to find someone around you
> that is an expert in Linux, or at least have decent experience with the
> Linux system. It is quite obvious your experience with the Linux system is
> insufficient. The issues you have are more related to basic uses of the
> linux system, than to specific VMD uses. So someone around you that really
> knows how to work with Linux or Mac OS can help you.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> ___________________________
>
>
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
>
> Duke University
>
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> On 2012-5-9, at 上午11:07, mohammad agha wrote:
>
>
> Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer
>
>
>
> I changed the version of VMD to LINUX PPC64 Text-mode (Linux PowerPC
> (64-bit) Text-mode) (VERSION1.9.1)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
>
>
>
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> 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
>
>
>
>
> --
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> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
>
> akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
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> College of Science and Technology
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> Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.