Bug 154429 - IMD functionality is not enabled in sci-chemistry/vmd ebuilds
Bug#: 154429 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: 2006.1 Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: markusle@gentoo.org Reported By: sgagne@rsvs.ulaval.ca
Component: Ebuilds
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Summary: IMD functionality is not enabled in sci-chemistry/vmd ebuilds
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Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2006-11-07 23:43 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-11-07 23:43 0000 
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 From Markus Dittrich 2006-11-08 06:07:30 0000 ------- 
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 From Markus Dittrich 2006-11-09 06:09:46 0000 ------- 
IMD is now enabled in vmd-1.8.5.

Thanks,
Markus