Re: [AMBER-Developers] auto-tools

From: Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:20:11 -0400

I now remember why I was suggesting it for Amber (having read it on my Wiki
as I was changing things). sander.APBS (in particular, the iAPBS part)
relies on it (I don't think that has changed since the last time I tried
building it).

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:10 AM, David A Case <case.biomaps.rutgers.edu>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012, Jason Swails wrote:
>>
>> > The SUSE package manager is zypper. You will need to run a command
>> like:
>> >
>> > sudo zypper install patch
>> >
>> > Note this is not the only package you will need to install. You will
>> also
>> > need the packages gcc, gcc-c++, gcc-fortran, libtool, xorg-x11-devel,
>> > xorg-x11-libXt-devel, libbz2-devel, autoconf, and automake if you don't
>> > already have those packages installed.
>>
>> Do we (or should we) be requiring autoconf and automake for end users? My
>> understanding was the developers would run such programs, and provide the
>> resulting configure script and Makefile for end-users.
>>
>
> I don't think it should be required, but since part of AmberTools we
> develop and release is managed via autotools, I figured it's not a bad
> thing to suggest to those users whose added cost is just typing the word
> "autoconf" and "automake" to their apt-get/yum/zypper command. Since these
> platforms have 'just worked' without needing to modify any parts of the
> MTK++ build process, though, it's probably best to omit these from the list
> of required programs for Amber... I'll update my Wiki accordingly
>
> All the best,
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason M. Swails
> Quantum Theory Project,
> University of Florida
> Ph.D. Candidate
> 352-392-4032
>



-- 
Jason M. Swails
Quantum Theory Project,
University of Florida
Ph.D. Candidate
352-392-4032
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