[gmx-users] Re: Unable to install Mac OS X package

[David van der Spoel]

Phil Wenzel wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
>      I have failed about five times in my attempts to install gromacs.
> 
> I did the following:
> 
> http://www.gromacs.org/content/view/32/57/
> 
> I clicked on:
> Mac OS X 10.4
> 
>     * gromacs-3.3.2.pkg.tgz
> 
> The gromacs-3.3.2.pkg.tgz converted to gromacs-3.3.2.pkg on my mac.
> 
> Double clicking the
> 
> gromacs-3.3.2.pkg
> 
> invoked an installer that seemed to  work.  Except that it indicated I was
> upgrading the package (this is the first time I have tried to install)
> 
> The installer indicated that everything had been installed.
> However, gromacs cannot be found on my computer (save for the
> gromacs-3.3.2.pkg file)
> 
> Where do I find the original gromacs binary?
> Will the gromacs-3.3.2.pkg upgrade the "original" gromacs?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Phil Wenzel
> Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
> University of California, Santa Cruz
> 			ph (831) 331-6207
> 
> 
> 
I reproduced the problem. Do the following from the terminal:

gunzip ~/Desktop/gromacs-3.3.2.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz
cd /usr/local
sudo pax -r -f  ~/Desktop/gromacs-3.3.2.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax

Please ask further questions on the gmx-users mailing list.
-- 
David.
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David van der Spoel, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Molecular Biophysics group,
Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University.
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