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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 05 2010 - 15:12:10 CST

Hi Seth,
  You need to use one of the new test versions of VMD 1.8.8
available by following the instructions on this page:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 01:09:06PM -0800, A D wrote:
> Hello,
> I downloaded VMD 1.8.7 for Mac OS X and tried to access the MDFF plugin
> via 'package require mdff' but this results in an error message: "can't
> find package mdff". The plugin binary files are listed in the directory
> "/Applications/VMD 1.8.7.app/Contents/vmd/plugins/MACOSXX86/molfile".
> There is a mdfplugin.so in this directory. Is this the file I should be
> looking for? Do I need to run pkg_mkIndex for automatic recognition of
> this package? I tried but it did not really help.
> I know that this is a relatively new plugin but still, any help is greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Seth 

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