Re: [AMBER-Developers] auto-tools

From: Robert Konecny <rok.ucsd.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:40:20 -0700

Hi Jason,

I can get rid of this dependence in sander.APBS, that should not be a
problem.

Thanks,

Robert

On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 10:20:11AM -0400, Jason Swails wrote:
> 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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