From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2007 - 12:36:44 CDT

Hi,
  If you have a libstdc++.so.6 already, you shouldn't need to move it, you
can just add the directory where it is located to your personal
LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, and linux should find it.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 12:31:54PM -0500, Hu Zhonghan wrote:
> thanks, John.
> I read the release notes and run the following
> vmd -dispdev text
>
> it shows:
> /homes/zhonghan/install/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUXAMD64: error while loading
> shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No
> such file or directory
>
> then I search the file system and get the location of libstdc++.so.6 :
> /lib64/ssa/libstdc++.so
> /lib64/ssa/libstdc++.so.6
> /lib64/ssa/libstdc++.so.6.0.0
>
> I tried to modify the generated Makefile but it still fails. Is there
> a simple way to solve this problem instead of installing a new library
> in the default directory with root permission ?
>
> >
> >Hi,
> > Please see the VMD Linux release notes, you undoubtably have one
> >of the distributions that needs adjustment in terms of installing
> >a missing libstdc++.so.5 library or something similar:
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/linuxrelnotes.html
> >
> >Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 10:05:15AM -0500, Hu Zhonghan wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >> I just installed vmd.1.8.6 following the README file. The
> >>installation was complete. But vmd does not actually work now. When I
> >>type the command vmd, the console window starts but then it
> >>immediately closes by itself without giving any error messages ( or
> >>the error messages are too fast to be seen ). Can some one help me
> >>figure out the problem ?
> >>
> >>the sourcecode I downloaded is
> >>vmd-1.8.6.bin.LINUXAMD64.opengl.tar
> >>
> >>and here is part of the hardware information:
> >>
> >>============================================
> >>processor : 0
> >>vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> >>model name : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 250
> >>clflush size : 64
> >>address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> >>power management: ts fid vid ttp
> >>============================================
> >>
> >>the operation system is LINUX redhat
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>Zhonghan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
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> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Hu Zhonghan
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Chemistry
> University of Iowa
> Iowa City, IA 52242
> Phone: 319-335-1872
>

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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