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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 16 2009 - 22:04:35 CDT

Jim,
  What happens if you run this command from the VMD text console?:
package require solvate

And this:
  ls -al [file join $env(VMDDIR) plugins noarch tcl ]

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 09:44:31PM -0500, Jim Parker wrote:
> Hello,
> I recently installed both VMD and NAMD on an Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit system
> from binaries. Both programs work fine separately. However, I would
> like to use the VMD GUI extensions menu to interface between VMD and
> NAMD, but when I select "Extensions" the menu is blank.
>
> I found a similar thread on the archives
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/12227.html
>
> but the solution provided was to ensure the plugin tree was available to
> the user. My plugin tree does exist (as provided by the binary) under
> directory <root-vmd-dir>/plugins and <root-vmd-dir>/plugins/noarch/tcl
> lists the several directories (or upgrades from them) that are listed on
> the archived message.
>
> I did modify the ./configure script to put my install_bin and
> install_library_dir in appropriate positions, and my PATH variable lists
> both directories (I wasn't sure if I needed both, but have tried with
> and without the install_library_path to no avail)
>
> The namd2 executable directory is also in the PATH variable.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> --Jim Parker
> UTSA Physics and Astronomy 

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