[gmx-users] How to install a new Forcefield in Gromacs 4.5.3

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Qin Qiao wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I would like to try a new forcefield in Gromacs 4.5.3. What should I do 
> after I copied the ff to /share/gromacs/top directory? It seems the 
> original FF.dat doesn't exist in 4.5.3.. Could you give me some help?
> 

pdb2gmx detects forcefield directories by searching for names that end in .ff, 
then looking in that directory for a "forcefield.doc" file that contains a brief 
description of the force field.

-Justin

> Best,
> 
> Qin
> 

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Justin A. Lemkul
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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