[gmx-users] Gromacs 4.0.6 installation error

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Dian Jiao wrote:
> Actually, I tried 4.0.7 first from this link,
> http://www.gromacs.org/index.php?title=Download_%26_Installation
> 
> It didn't work (same error). That's why I downloaded 4.0.6 from the same 
> webpage.
> 

Well, downgrading is usually not the answer, especially if you're downgrading to 
a broken distribution.  Maybe this should be removed from the downloads page...

In any case, if a Makefile wasn't generated, then the configuration can't be OK. 
  Some error must have come up.  Check the screen output and config.log, if 
necessary.  Once you have an actual error message, you stand to get better 
advice on how to fix it.

-Justin

> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu 
> <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     Dian Jiao wrote:
> 
>         I was following the instruction to install gromacs 4.0.6 on my
>         machine.
> 
>         ./configure --enable-threads --enable-float --|enable-sse
>         --prefix=[mypath]|
>         make
>         make install
>         The configure looks ok but no Makefile is generated. When I do
>         make or make install, it gives me the error:
> 
>         make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> 
>         There are couple makefiles in the directory though, Makefile.in
>         and Makefile.am, do I need to rename one of them to Makefile to
>         make it work?
> 
> 
>     Per the warning on the Gromacs homepage, version 4.0.6 is a broken
>     distribution.  Use version 4.0.7 instead.
> 
>     -Justin
> 
>         Dian
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     ========================================
> 
>     Justin A. Lemkul
>     Ph.D. Candidate
>     ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
>     MILES-IGERT Trainee
>     Department of Biochemistry
>     Virginia Tech
>     Blacksburg, VA
>     jalemkul[at]vt.edu <http://vt.edu> | (540) 231-9080
>     http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin
> 
>     ========================================
>     -- 
>     gmx-users mailing list    gmx-users at gromacs.org
>     <mailto:gmx-users at gromacs.org>
>     http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users
>     Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/search before
>     posting!
>     Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www
>     interface or send it to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org
>     <mailto:gmx-users-request at gromacs.org>.
>     Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php
> 
> 

-- 
========================================

Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin

========================================