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From: Giacomo Fiorin (giacomo.fiorin_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2024 - 12:42:25 CDT

Can you run the "gedit" program from the Ubuntu virtual machine, and more
specifically from the same terminal where you would like to launch VMD from?

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 1:14 PM Micah Watson <micahnwatson007_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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!6SN1oDhqusy_ik2Uc2bh36CubIg7TVMjyNM-nc0XfuHekXkMWN7h8Kfj8Z1AutrJb4UhtvBpGDu4N8zlpeh6FhN5iw$
>>> <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
>>>
>>