VMD-L Mailing List

From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 08 2012 - 09:18:17 CDT

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh thanks for pointing out my mistake.
>
> I thought "Command not found" indicates the binary file is not in the $PATH
> folders.

nope. that applies only to /bin/sh (or rather /bin/bash),
which will print "File not found" in case of using an
absolute path (like the VMD startup script does).

the typical VMD startup script uses /bin/csh, however,
and that prints "Command not found" for both cases.

cheers,
     axel.

>
> ___________________________
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
> Duke University
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-5-8, at 上午10:09, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Wang Yi <dexterwy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You need to add the folder where you installed VMD to your $PATH environment
>
> variable.
>
>
> Or, use the absolute path to tell the linux system where the "vmd" command
>
> is.
>
>
> no. if that was the case, then vmd -dispdev text would not have worked.
>
> axel.
>
>
>
> ___________________________
>
>
> Yi (Yves) Wang
>
> Duke University
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-5-8, at 上午6:18, mohammad agha wrote:
>
>
> Dear Dr. Kohlmeyer
>
> I did what you said and After "vmd -dispdev text", was typed:
>
> /usr/local/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUX: Command not found.
>
> May I ask you to help me, Please?
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sara
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
>
> College of Science and Technology
> Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
>
> 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
College of Science and Technology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.