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From: Micah Watson (micahnwatson007_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2024 - 12:14:41 CDT

It does have a working graphical display. I am using Ubuntu with wsl. Wsl
is a windows subsystem for Linux. I don't know if this information helps
but I also have the windows version of VMD downloaded.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 9:54 AM Giacomo Fiorin <giacomo.fiorin_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Micah, is this on a machine that has a graphical display working?
>
> The missing library that VMD can't find is a standard component of
> graphical software on Linux.
>
> Giacomo
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 4:07 AM Micah Watson <micahnwatson007_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I am having difficulties opening vmd and it says I have
>> successfully downloaded it.
>> I followed this youtube video to complete the process
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNGEWFxbns__;!!DZ3fjg!8dsstVElKMgPJ26dZluLu8s-9osr0pHr5GntIXBfkwG2dhl5Ztvt1VtXkdZV5fNReP6P4ThL6HmENHOtIJTp-jIRB6g$
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNGEWFxbns__;!!DZ3fjg!7J_NLhOVY6aIcQ365fTrKTI1wwqr5yDAvQZX-DlscUjwrMtrkaJg5fGc8w8f-MDsxzgqLnzV1_N7m8gIh6jVRp6vSl4$>
>>
>> *Here is the code and steps I take:*
>> # I am trying to install the linux version of vmd vmd_LINUXAMD64
>> make install
>> Info: /bin/csh shell not found, installing Bourne shell startup script
>> instead
>> Make sure /usr/local/bin/vmd is in your path.
>> VMD installation complete. Enjoy!
>> #Then I type
>> vmd
>> #The output is this
>> /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUXAMD64: error while loading shared libraries:
>> libXinerama.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any solutions.
>> Thank you,
>> Micah Watson
>>
>