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Versions available for different operating systems

UPDATED VERSIONS

gOpenMol version 3.00

• gOpenMol for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP (Intel) (Date: 23.09.2005)
  About 27 Mbytes.

• gOpenMol for GNU/Linux x86 (Date: 23.09.2005)
  About 26 Mbytes.
  • GNU C Library version 2.1.3 or newer required if system OpenGL libraries can be used (libraries exist and work properly).
  • GNU C Library version 2.2.0 or newer required if packages MESA 3D Graphics Library must be used.
  • Contains GCC libraries (source here).

• gOpenMol for SunOS 5.9 Sparc (Date: 23.09.2005)
  About 26 Mbytes.

• gOpenMol for IBM AIX 5.2 PowerPC (Date: 23.09.2005)
  About 26 Mbytes.

Plugins

gOpenMol accepts plugins that are implemented through a dll file (Windows) or sharable object (Unix/Linux). Following a list of available plugins.

• Module: VRML, outputs ball-and-stick, CPK, and licorice views. Simple stick can be selected, which is a variation of licorice and trajectories with start/stop animation.
  Author: Kevin Boyd, University of New Orleans
  Link:
  Status: Included with the program.
• Module: Filters, are input coordinate filters for binary Chem3D and Spartan data files.
  Author: Kevin Boyd, University of New Orleans
  Link:
  Status: Included with the program.
• Module: Ball, is a demo on how to implement a plugin that displays a sphere in the gOpenMol graphics window.
  Author: Eero Häkkinen, CSC
  Link: The source code is in the src/plugins/ball directory.
  Status: Included with the program.

Installation of gOpenMol

NB: Make sure that the name of the directory where you install gOpenMol does not have spaces!

Windows version

1. Create a directory, for example, gopenmol.
2. Download the zip file to your temp directory.
3. Unzip the files into the gopenmol directory.
4. Go into the directory gopenmol and click the icon install.bat
5. Run program by clicking the icon rungOpenMol.bat in the directory ..\gopenmol\bin

• You can make a short cut from the file rungOpenMol.bat to your Desktop the way you usually make short cuts in Windows.

Other versions

1. Download and uncompress the tar file.
2. Untar the file (creates gopenmol/..)
3. Go into the directory gopenmol and type: ./install
4. Run program through the script 'your_directory_structure/gopenmol/bin/rungOpenMol'

   If you have an 8 bit display, define:
   setenv MESA_RGB_VISUAL "PseudoColor 8"