[gmx-users] Problem executing do_dssp in gromacs

[Justin Lemkul]

On 2/13/15 4:41 AM, Aarti rana wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to gromacs and using gromacs 4.6.5 and dssp-2.0.4. To study the
> secondary structure, when I am running these commands:
>
> export DSSP=/usr/local/bin/dssp do_dssp -s md_0_1.tpr -f md_0_1_noPBC.xtc
> -o dssp.xvg -ver 2
>
> I am getting this error:
>
> dssp cmd='/usr/local/bin/dssp -na dd31ZWbc ddI6at3a > /dev/null 2>
> /dev/null' Reading frame 0 time 0.000 Back Off! I just backed up dd31ZWbc
> to ./#dd31ZWbc.1#
>
> -------------------------------------------------------Program do_dssp,
> VERSION 4.6.5 Source code file:
> /build/buildd/gromacs-4.6.5/src/tools/gmx_do_dssp.c, line: 669
>
> Fatal error: Failed to execute command: Try specifying your dssp version
> with the -ver option.
>
> I have already checked many helping sites but couldn't solve it. I have
> also checked the earlier comments posted here.
>
> I don't know how to fix it. Please help me?
>

Is your DSSP environment variable the correct location of the dssp binary and is 
the dssp binary executable?

-Justin

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