From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 12 2009 - 23:20:18 CST

Hi,
  The error message about vmd_LINUX not found indicates that
you installed a 64-bit version of VMD onto a 32-bit Linux.
You need to download a 32-bit VMD for this computer, then the
errors should go away.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:15:31AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> Temporarily renamed the working version 1.8.6 with a uma-type
> multi-cpu dual-opteron machine, driven by debian linux amd64 lenny, I
> have installed vmd1.8.7 in default locations from
>
> vmd1.8.7.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar.gz
>
> When launching <vmd> the error message apperas
> "/usr/local/vmd/vmd_LINUX: command not found", as if I had installed a
> wrong version for the above hardware/OS. If so, I would appreciate
> which version should I choose.
>
> The reason for instaling the new version is that I could not find in
> my installation of 1.8.6 the .top and .par files mentioned in "VMD
> provides a sample RBCG topology file, rbcg-2007.top, in the cgtools
> directory in your plugin path ...............VMD provides a sample
> RBCG topology file, rbcg-2007.top, in the cgtools directory in your
> plugin path" at
> <http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/cgtools/>. I could only
> find the PSF Builder and CG Builder.
>
> thanks
> francesco pietra

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