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From: Strahs, Dr. Daniel Bernard (dstrahs_at_pace.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2013 - 22:03:56 CDT

Your error is that it can't find the plugins directory, which should be installed during the plugin build steps in the top level VMD directory.

I usually do an explicit "mkdir $PLUGINDIR" before running "make distrib".

Have you checked the path for the PLUGINDIR is set up correctly; did you test it?

Dan Strahs
Pace University

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From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] on behalf of Cook, Rich [cook47_at_llnl.gov]
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 9:15 PM
To: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Subject: vmd-l: compiling VMD -- confused failure

Hi, I am trying to build VMD from source.
I'm following the instructions (I think) from
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/doxygen/compiling.html#compiling

Here is what I do, and what happens. I'd appreciate some guidance…

    tar -xzf $SRC_DIR/vmd-${_vers}.src.tar.gz

    # http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/doxygen/compiling.html
    pushd plugins
    make LINUXAMD64
    export PLUGINDIR=$1${prefix}/plugins
    make distrib # <----------- SUCCEEDS
    popd

    # http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/doxygen/compiling.html#compiling
    pushd vmd-${_vers}
    export VMDINSTALLBINDIR=$1${prefix}/bin
    export VMDINSTALLLIBRARYDIR=$1${prefix}
    make linux.cuda64.opengl

At this point, I get this:

+ make linux.cuda64.opengl
./configure LINUXAMD64 OPENGL FLTK TK IMD VRPN SILENT LIBSBALL XINPUT TCL PTHREADS ACTC LIBTACHYON NETCDF PYTHON NUMPY CUDA
Halting configuration until VMD plugins are built.

VMD plugin directory not found.
Please compile the VMD plugins and do 'make distrib' to copy them
into a 'plugins' directory linked or located in this directory.
Be sure your PLUGINDIR environment variable is set before running
'make distrib' in the plugin build area.


What gives? I have set PLUGINDIR as you can see in the commands above, but it is being ignored.
Thanks for any help…

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