[xcrysden] Trouble installing, running

[Michael Smith]

Gavin, 

I appreciate all your help so far. Seem like your suggestions aren't working for fedora. I can however instal a virtual machine using fedora boxes. What OS would you suggest to install Xcrysden on with less errors? 

Michael Goytia 
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Brigham Young University-Idaho
goy11002 at byui.edu



> On Mar 11, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Gavin Abo <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yes, the recent binary packages on the xcrysden website were compiled against 8.5, such that they only support 8.5.
> 
> Have you tried the Semishared binary (xcrysden-1.5.60-linux_x86_64-semishared.tar.gz if your Fedora is 64 bit or xc-1.5.24-linux_x86-semishared.tar.gz if your Fedora is 32 bit) [ http://www.xcrysden.org/Download.html ]?  The semishared package is statically linked and includes the tk8.5 library files; so you shouldn't need to install tk8.5 unlike the shared package that it looks like you were trying to use.
> 
>> On 3/11/2015 9:19 AM, Michael Goytia wrote:
>> Gavin,
>> 
>> All I can seem to do is install 1:8.6 using the command:
>> 
>> "sudo yum install tk tk-devel tcl tcl-devel"
>> 
>> I tried to search for 8.5 using
>> 
>> "sudo yum search tk8.5"
>> 
>> but that doesn't work or leads me to downloading 8.6. Does xcrysden only support 8.5?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have tried the source code route in which I have to go through and debug header files that lead me to a dead end as well
>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:19 AM, Gavin Abo <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu> wrote:
>>> You can try [ http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=203254 ]:
>>> 
>>> yum install tk-devel
>>> 
>>> However, the version of tk that it installs might change depending on
>>> what version of Fedora you have.  So if it installs a version other than
>>> 8.5, the fedora forum is likely the best place to search or ask on how
>>> to install the 8.5 version.  An alternative to using 8.5 would be to try
>>> to compile xcrysden for the tk version that it installs, and the
>>> information at the following links might be helpful:
>>> 
>>> http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/xcrysden/2013-February/001331.html
>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/installing-xcrysden-4175449852/
>>> 
>>> On 3/11/2015 1:01 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
>>> > I'm using a fedora.
>>> >
>>> > Michael Goytia
>>> > Undergraduate Research Assistant
>>> > Brigham Young University-Idaho
>>> > goy11002 at byui.edu
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> On Mar 10, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Gavin Abo <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> It looks like you need to install libtk8.5.so.
>>> >>
>>> >> For example, for Ubuntu, you can see that libtk8.5.so is part of the
>>> >> tk8.5 development package [
>>> >> http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/amd64/tk8.5-dev/filelist ] and would be
>>> >> installed with "sudo apt-get install tk8.5-dev".
>>> >>
>>> >> Since we do not know what unix you are using, you will have to consult
>>> >> your operating system documentation. Or you might have to look at the Tk
>>> >> documentation [ http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.5.html ] depending on
>>> >> how you need to install for your system.
>>> >>
>>> >>> On 3/10/2015 10:35 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
>>> >>> When I type: ./xcrysden
>>> >>> I get
>>> >>>
>>> >>> "/home/michael/xc/xcrysden-1.5.60-bin-shared/bin/xcrys: error while loading shared libraries: libtk8.5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Michael Goytia
>>> >>> Undergraduate Research Assistant
>>> >>> Brigham Young University-Idaho
>>> >>> goy11002 at byui.edu
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