AMBER Archive (2007)

Subject: Re: AMBER: Installing on windows

From: Colby C (colbychiauzzi_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2007 - 09:42:40 CDT

Everything worked except for the last part

colby_at_Drco ~/amber9/src
$ make serial
Starting installation of Amber9 (serial) at Mon Jun 11 10:40:35 EST 2007.
cd lib; make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/colby/amber9/src/lib'
cpp -traditional -P -xassembler-with-cpp new2oldparm.f > _new2oldparm.f
g95 -c -O0 -fno-second-underscore -o new2oldparm.o _new2oldparm.f
make[1]: g95: Command not found
make[1]: *** [new2oldparm.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/colby/amber9/src/lib'
make: *** [serial] Error 2

On 6/11/07, Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, let's go by parts...
>
> Colby C wrote:
> > By extracting the file I just opened up the tgz like it was a .zip
> > file and I placed it in the usr directory in the correct sub folders.
> >
> > I tried to do what you said
> >
> > I am in the home folder
> >
> > colby_at_Drco /home
> > $ tar -xvfz g95-x86-cygwin.tgz
> > tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> The problem here is that the order in which the tar options come is
> important: whatever comes after the 'f' is being taken by Cygwin as a
> file name.
>
> Also, note in the download webpage that you should extract this file in
> the root directory, not home.
>
> So, try the following:
> 1. put the file in the root directory. In Cygwin, you can do:
> $mv g95-x86-cygwin.tgz /
>
> 2. Go to the root dir:
> $cd /
>
> 3. Extract the file:
> $tar zxvf g95-x86-cygwin.tgz
>
> > then I tried this
> >
> > colby_at_Drco /usr/local/bin
> > $ configure -cygwin g95
> > bash: configure: command not found
> This isn't going to work. You need to run Amber's configure program,
> which is located in the Amber src directory. Did you read the "INSTALL"
> file in the Amber directory? There are some details on how to install
> amber there.
> > Finally I tried this
> >
> > colby_at_Drco ~/amber9/src
> > $ make install
> > Error: ./configure must be executed before make !
> > make: *** [configured] Error 2
> Assuming all the above steps for the g95 installation worked well, you
> can now start the Amber installation:
>
> 1. Set the AMBERHOME varable:
> $ export AMBERHOME=~/amber9
> $ export PATH=$AMBERHOME/exe:$PATH
>
> 2. Move to the directory where the amber source is located
> $cd $AMBERHOME/src
>
> 3. Run ./configure:
> $./configure -cygwin g95
>
> 4. Finally, if all goes well, you can install Amber:
> $make serial
>
> Again, take your time to read the instructions in the $AMBERHOME/INSTALL
> file. Also, as Prof. Case pointed out,
> > On 6/10/07, *David A. Case* <case_at_scripps.edu
> > <mailto:case_at_scripps.edu>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Be sure to be patient and careful -- as the Amber web site
> > indicates, the
> > cygwin/windows version is primarily for those who already know
> > Unix/Linux,
> > and for some reason need to run on Windows: " Building the Windows
> > version is
> > thus somewhat more complex (not simpler) than building under other
> > operating
> > systems."
> >
> Note that this will *not* give you a "WinAmber" version. You should
> still use it as you would use a regular Unix Amber installation, from
> within Cygwin. Under Cygwin, Amber will be considerably slower than
> under real Unix systems, but it can be convenient for small calculations.
>
> Gustavo.
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