154429 – IMD functionality is not enabled in sci-chemistry/vmd ebuilds

Bug 154429 - IMD functionality is not enabled in sci-chemistry/vmd ebuilds

Summary: IMD functionality is not enabled in sci-chemistry/vmd ebuilds

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Markus Dittrich (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2006-11-07 23:43 UTC by Stephane Gagne
Modified:	2006-11-09 06:09 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Stephane Gagne 2006-11-07 23:43:52 UTC

IMD functionality is not enabled in current VMD ebuilds ( vmd-1.8.4 | vmd-1.8.4-r1 | vmd-1.8.5 ). It should be enabled. I do not believe it involves additional dependencies.

It is an important feature of VMD for those who do molecular dynamics (MD). IMD allows for interactive MD simulations (if one also installs NAMD).

To enable IMD, simply replace the following line in the ebuild:

local myconfig="LINUX OPENGL FLTK TK TCL PTHREADS PYTHON"

by

local myconfig="LINUX OPENGL FLTK TK TCL PTHREADS PYTHON IMD"

It compiles fine on x86 (with or without namd installed)

Comment 1 Markus Dittrich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-08 06:07:30 UTC

Hi Stephane,

Thanks for your email and great to hear that people are using
VMD! IMD is a pretty cool tool, particularly if you have a haptic device
to provide you with real time force feed-back. I've used it many times.
You are absolutely correct in the fact the IMD can be enabled
"for free" and I'll change the ebuild correspondingly as soon as I get
to it.

best,
Markus

Comment 2 Markus Dittrich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-09 06:09:46 UTC

IMD is now enabled in vmd-1.8.5.

Thanks,
Markus