VMD-L Mailing List

From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 25 2012 - 16:15:48 CDT

Hi,
  Axel covered the details, but the short description is that the normal
VMD builds require a full X-windows installation, working OpenGL drivers,
and C++ libraries etc. If your cluster installation doesn't contain X-windows
libraries, then the normal VMD builds will not run. Your options in such a
case are either to compile VMD to run purely in text mode (no graphics,
no graphical interfaces), and use it purely through the scripting interfaces.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:04:08AM -0700, oguz gurbulak wrote:
> Dear John,
> Thanks for your reply and interest. I did a lot of trial. I think there
> are some shortcomings related to the installation. Could you please share
> the name of libraries which are essential and suitable for VMD 1.9.1 and
> your installation procedure for VMD ? I will again try to install VMD to
> Centos linux cluster. So your information will be very useful for me.
> Best regards.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> To: oguz gurbulak <gurbulakoguz_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: vmd 1.9.1 Centos
>
> Hi,
> There should be no special procedure for CentOS. VMD should work
> fine out of the box assuming you have the normal libraries installed
> on your CentOS machine. I run CentOS 6 on my laptop and VMD ran
> immediately
> with no special installation when I had first installed it.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 02:12:29AM -0700, oguz gurbulak wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I want to install vmd-1.9.1.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar version to
> Centos
> > linux 64 bit cluster. I searched for any installation procedure that
> is
> > for centos linux , but I couldn't find any document or installation
> guide.
> > What should I do respectively when I install vmd for centos ? Could
> you
> > please help me to install vmd 1.9.1 into centos 64 bit ?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
>
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> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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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