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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 10:58:40 CDT

Hi,
  If you've installed the "IA64" version of VMD on a machine with a
Core 2 Duo, you need to delete that and start over. You should be
installing the AMD64 version. IA64 is Itanium, not x86...
Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 06:55:54PM +0530, Neelanjana Sengupta wrote:
> Dear VMD experts,
>
> I am attempting to install VMD on my Linux machine (Fedora v8, installed on
> Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo). I downloaded the LINUX IA64
> OpenGL<http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/Download/download.cgi?UserID=&AccessCode=&ArchiveID=921>version
> from the VMD website. I followed the instructions in the README file
> (./configure, then 'make install' in the /src directory). The directory vmd/
> was succesfully created. However, when I type 'vmd' (I go into the vmd/
> directory), the program does not run.
>
> Interestingly, the vmd/ directory DOES NOT have any executable called
> 'vmd'!! This is the list of things created in the vmd/ directory:
> {Announcement plugins scripts surf_LINUXIA64
> doc README shaders tachyon_LINUXIA64
> LICENSE run_vmd_tmp stride_LINUXIA64 vmd_LINUXIA64}
>
> I even tried ./run_vmd_tmp, which does not work..
> Does vmd run on the bash shell (which I am using)? Your suggestions are
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Neelanjana
>
> -- 

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