[gmx-users] dssp install problems

[KS Rotondi]

Many thanks to Mr. Lemkul and Mr. Rodrigues, their solution was, as  
they say, the ticket.

Ken

On Apr 3, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Justin A. Lemkul wrote:

>
>
> KS Rotondi wrote:
>> All, I've looked at the site and cannot figure this out, so  
>> apologies if this is a painful often seen question. I'm trying to  
>> install dssp for use with do_dssp on an OSX.5 PPC system with the  
>> following steps, in the dssp folder:
>> ./DsspCompileCC
>> cd..
>> sudo mv dssp /usr/local
>> cd /usr/local/bin
>> sudo ln -s /usr/local/dssp/dsspcmbi
>> Having done that I can type dsspcmbi in a terminal and run the dssp  
>> program. However, running do_dssp returns
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Program do_dssp, VERSION 4.0.4
>> Source code file: do_dssp.c, line: 422
>> Fatal error:
>> DSSP executable (/usr/local/bin/dssp) does not exist (use setenv  
>> DSSP)
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> My problem is compiling the dssp source does not return a 'dssp'  
>> file, rather the 'dsspcmbi' executable, as advertised. I feel I'm  
>> missing a minor last step and would appreciate any help.
>
> Right, so rename the dsspcmbi executable dssp and move it /usr/local/ 
> bin, nothing fancy.  The other option is to export DSSP=/path/to/ 
> your/dssp
>
> -Justin
>
>> Thanks, Ken
>> Dr. K.S. Rotondi
>> Departments of Chemistry, BIochemistry and Molecular Biology
>> 914G LGRT
>> The University of Massachusetts - Amherst
>> Amherst, MA 01003
>> "If there's a solution, why worry?, If there's no solution, why  
>> worry?"
>> His Holiness, the Dalai Llama
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