VMD-L Mailing List

From: Chang Hu (changhu_at_cs.umd.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 30 2006 - 22:42:34 CDT

I am pretty sure there's no such file (or even the directory) in the
tar.gz version of the source code. Does it mean that I should get one
from the CVS? If so, I am requesting an account. Thank you.

Chang

John Stone wrote:

>Use the one in the msvc/winvmd directory...
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 02:07:52AM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
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>>I just want to try experimenting. So which dsw file should I use to
>>compile VMD? I found some under the 'plugins' directory of the source
>>code but I doubt if they are what I am looking for.
>>
>>Chang
>>
>>John Stone wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>VMD is compiled on Windows using the MSVC tools rather than
>>>with straight makefiles. The win32 plugins are compiled using
>>>makefiles however. Compiling VMD itself on Windows is actually
>>>quite easy, but getting all of the other libraries built can be
>>>a serious pain. Unless you're up to the daunting task of
>>>compiling all of the libraries VMD needs with the right runtime
>>>library linkage etc, I'd suggest building on one of the other
>>>platforms if you're just modifying the code for your own
>>>experiments.
>>>
>>>John Stone
>>>vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>>
>>>On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:12:23PM -0400, Chang Hu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>A quick question: is there any way to build VMD in Windows? I saw a
>>>>"WIN32" option in make_distribut but not in Makefile.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Chang
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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