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- RasMol 2.6
- Molecular Graphics Visualisation tool.
-
- Roger Sayle
- Biomolecular Structures Group
- Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK.
- September 1995
-
-
- This file explains how to transfer, compile and install RasMol v2.6 on
- your system. This version of the RasMol Molecular graphics package will
- run on UNIX, VMS, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows (OS/2 and Windows NT).
-
- [1] Obtaining RasMol v2.6
- =========================
-
- The current version of RasMol may be obtained by anonymous FTP from
- either ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk in the directory /pub/rasmol or from
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk in the directory /packages/rasmol. These sites are
- also mirrored at several other locations around the world. RasMol may
- also be obtained by electronic mail by sending the message "help software"
- to "netserv@embl-heidelberg.de". Follow the instructions provided by
- EMBL for unpacking the software from the e-mail messages.
-
- To transfer by anonymous ftp, type "ftp ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk" on the command
- line. Several seconds later you'll be prompted for a username. Use the
- username "anonymous" and when asked for a password enter your e-mail
- address. Once logged in, type the command "cd pub/rasmol" to change
- the directory to /pub/rasmol and then type "binary" to avoid corrupting
- the files during the transfer. For each file you wish to transfer, type
- "get <filename>" and when you've finished type "quit". If these files
- are subsequently transfered to other machines, please remember to
- transfer them in BINARY mode. The file sizes should be identical before
- and after the transfer.
-
- The problem with rasmac.sit.hqx being reported as a corrupt StuffIt/BinHex
- archive is caused by FTP the end-of-line characters between UNIX and
- Macintosh platforms. The Mac uses the "carriage return" character to
- signify the end of a line, while UNIX machines use a "linefeed". If a
- file is transfered between these two machines in "ASCII" mode all such
- characters are exchanged, thereby corrupting the archive. Please ensure
- that you type the FTP command "binary" before you transfer the file,
- indicating that the file should be transfered without translation.
- Apparently using StuffIt or StuffIt Lite will not work directly. First use
- BinHex to unhex the file rasmac.sit and then use StuffIt to extract and
- uncompress the source files and executable. When using BinHex please
- make sure the "TEXT filter" option on the File Menu is disabled.
- Alternatively, if you are transfering via a local UNIX machine, use the
- command, `tr "\015" "\012" < rasmac.sit.hqx > temp.sit.hqx' to translate
- all the carriage returns to linefeeds thus avoiding the problem.
-
- Depending upon the type of machine, you'll need to transfer one or more
- of the following files:
-
- RasMol2.tar.Z UNIX 'tar'ed 'compress'ed archive containing the
- complete source code and documentation of the
- RasMol molecular graphics package.
-
- RasMol2.tar.gz UNIX 'tar'ed 'gzip'ed archive containing the
- complete source code and documentation of the
- RasMol molecular graphics package.
-
- rasmac.sit.hqx Apple Macintosh 'BinHex' and 'StuffIt' archive
- of the RasMol source code including a 'fat'
- binary for both Macintosh and PowerMac.
-
- raswin.zip MS-DOS PkZip archive of the MS Windows version
- of the RasMol source code including a binary
- for MS Windows v3.1.
-
- rasmenu.zip MS-DOS PkZip archive of the Visual Basic Graphical
- User Interface to RasMol including executable.
-
-
- To unpack the file RasMol2.tar.Z on a UNIX machine type the command
- "uncompress RasMol2.tar.Z" and then the command "tar -xvf RasMol2.tar"
- to extract the files in a subdirectory under the current directory.
- Once the files have been sucessfully extract, you can delete the
- file RasMol2.tar with the command "rm RasMol2.tar".
-
- To unpack the file RasMol2.tar.gz on a UNIX machine, type "gunzip
- RasMol2.tar.gz" to use GNU gunzip to uncompress the files. Then
- follow the instructions above.
-
- To unpack the file rasmac.sit.hqx, start up the application "StuffIt
- Expander" and select the option "Exapnd" from the "File" menu. This
- should create the folder "RasMol2". You can then delete the files
- "rasmac.sit.hqx" and "rasmac.sit" by dragging their file icon and
- dropping them on the "trash can".
-
- To unpack the files raswin.zip and rasmenu.zip, type the command
- "pkunzip -d raswin.zip" and "pkunzip -d rasmenu.zip". You must have
- version 2.04 or later of PKUNZIP.EXE
-
-
- [2] Installing RasMol v2.6
- ==========================
-
- UNIX X11:
- ---------
- [1] Type the command "xmkmf" to generate a "Makefile" for your particular
- system from the distributed Imakefile
-
- Alternatively (or if the first method fails), copy the file Makefile.in
- to Makefile, using the command "cp Makefile.in Makefile", then modify
- the contents of the Makefile to determine your local C compiler,
- compiler and linker options. The default set up is for an 8bit UNIX
- workstation with the X11 shared memory extension, compiled using the
- GNU C Compiler. Changing the line "CC=gcc" to "CC=cc" will use the
- machines native compiler but will require changing "CFLAGS" for your
- platform.
-
- RasMol may be built for E&S workstations using the command "make esv".
-
- A common problem is that SUN OpenWindows keeps its include files in the
- directory /usr/openwin/include/X11, hence the compiler directive
- -I/usr/openwin/include must be added to CFLAGS.
-
- A common problem on IBM RS6000s running AIX is that the MIT shared
- memory extensions to X windows are in the library -lXextSam, hence
- this must be added to the LIBS lines in either the Makefile or Imakefile.
-
- [2] Modify the #defines in the file rasmol.h (see below)
- Note: IBMPC should not be defined.
- [3] Compile the program using the UNIX make utility. (i.e. type "make")
- [4] Place the 'rasmol' executable on the execution PATH, i.e. /usr/local/bin
- [5] Install rasmol.hlp as /usr/local/lib/rasmol/rasmol.hlp (or at a loctaion
- indicated by the environment variable RASMOLPATH).
- [6] If you have the UNIX utilities "uncompress" or "gunzip" ensure they are
- on the user's default PATH.
- [7] Set the environment variable RASMOLPDBPATH to the directory containing
- the Broohaven PDB database, if one exits.
- [8] Place any system wide initialisation parameters into the file "rasmolrc"
- in the directory pointed to by RASMOLPATH.
- [9] It is possible to set-up RASMOLPATH and RASMOLPDBPATH each time the
- program is running by renaming rasmol to rasmol.exe, and using a script
- similar to the one in "rasmol.sh" of the standard distribution.
- [10] If appropriate place "rasmol.1" or "rasmol.0" in the appropriate place
- for UNIX man pages, and optionally place "rasmol.html" somewhere in
- your WWW hierarchy (if available at your site).
-
-
- MS Windows v3.1:
- ----------------
- [1] Copy both the executable RASWIN.EXE, RASMOL.HLP and RASWIN.HLP to an
- appropriate directory.
- [2] Install the program in MS Windows using the New option of the Program
- Manager's File Menu. Set the Description of the Program to "RasWin v2.6"
- and the Current Directory, to the directory containing the files.
- [3] Install the RasMol Help file using the New option of the Program
- Manager's File Menu. Set the Description to "RasWin Manual", the
- command to "C:\WINDOWS\WINHELP RASWIN.HLP" and the working directory
- to the appropriate directory.
-
- MS Windows NT, Windows 95 and Win32S:
- ------------------------------------
- [1] Copy both the executable RASWIN32.EXE, RASMOL.HLP and RASWIN.HLP to an
- appropriate directory.
- [2] Install the program in MS Windows using the New option of the Program
- Manager's File Menu. Set the Description of the Program to "RasWin32 v2.6"
- and the Current Directory, to the directory containing the files.
- [3] Install the RasMol Help file using the New option of the Program
- Manager's File Menu. Set the Description to "RasWin Manual", the
- command to "C:\WINDOWS\WINHELP RASWIN.HLP" and the working directory
- to the appropriate directory.
-
-
- Macintosh and PowerMac
- -----------------------
- [1] Place both "RasMac v2.6" and "rasmol.hlp" in the same Macintosh folder
-
- VAX/VMS
- -------
- [1] Modify the #defines in the file rasmol.h (see below)
- Note: IBMPC, MITSHM and TERMIOS should not be defined.
- [2] Copy all the files from the "vms" directory to the source directory.
- [2] If your VAX site has an MMS license type the command "MMS",
- otherwise use the DCL build script by typing "@build.com"
- [3] The program may be run by typing "RUN RASMOL.EXE", the X Windows
- server is specified by a VMS command of the form:
- SET DISPLAY/CREATE/TRANSPORT=TCPIP/NODE=<hostname>
- [4] The symbol should be defined the the path of RASMOL.EXE using :==
- [5] The file rasmol.vms contains a ascii VMS help file that can
- be compiled in to the VMS on-line help system.
-
-
- [3] Recompiling RasMol v2.6
- ===========================
-
- MS Windows v3.1:
- ----------------
- [1] Use Makefile.pc instead of Makefile, by copying it to MAKEFILE.
- [2] Modify the contents of the Makefile to determine your local C compiler,
- compiler and linker options.
- [3] Modify the #defines in the file rasmol.h (see below)
- Note: EIGHTBIT and IBMPC should all be defined
- APPLEMAC, DIALBOX, MITSHM and TERMIOS should not be defined.
- [4] Compile the program using the Microsoft Optimizing C Compiler Version
- 7's (or Microsoft Visual C++'s) NMAKE program under MS-DOS.
-
- MS Windows NT
- -------------
- [1] Using Microsoft Visual C++, create a new project adding all the
- "*.c" source files except "rasmol.c", "x11win.c", "rasmac.c" and
- "applemac.c". Add the Windows resource source file "raswin.rc".
- or alternatively use Makefile.nt by copying it to MAKEFILE.
- [2] Follow the instructions from [2] onwards as for MS Windows v3.1.
-
- Apple Macintosh and PowerMac
- ----------------------------
- [1] Create a project in either the Symmantec C/C++, Think C or Metrowerks
- C compiler environments and add all the C source files ("*.c") to
- the project. On 68k development systems all C files should be placed
- in separate segments [however rasmac.c and applemac.c can share a
- segment and abstree.c and command.c can share a segment].
- [2] Add the "rasmac.rsrc" resource file to the project.
- [3] For the Symantec/Think C environment add the "ANSI" or "ANSI-small"
- library from "Standard Libraries" folder and the "MacTraps" library
- from the "Mac Libraries" folder. The choice of "ANSI" or "ANSI-small"
- is dependent upon the size of integer by the compiler. See dialog
- 'Edit'->'Options'->'Think C..'->'Compiler Settings'. 2-byte integers
- require "ANSI-small" and 4-byte integers require "ANSI".
- [4] For the Metrowerks 68K Compiler add the libraries "MacOS.lib" and
- "ANSI (2i) C.68K.Lib" to the project. [Note: If compiling for 4byte
- integer size and/or 68881 maths instructions select the approriate
- ANSI C Library].
- [5] For the Metrowerks PPC Compiler add the libraries "MWCRuntime.Lib",
- "InterfaceLib", "MathLib" and "ANSI C.PPC.Lib". This should work
- fine for Metrowerks C++ v1.1. Apparently, Metrowerks C++ v1.2 also
- requires "console.stubs.c". [Thanks to Graham Palmer]
- [6] In Metrowerk's "Edit" "Preferences" "Project" or Symmantec's "Project"
- "Set Project Type", set the project type to Application (Type 'APPL'),
- Creator 'RSML', and the SIZE flags to include "is32bitCompatible",
- "isHighLevelEventAware", "localAndRemoteHLEvents".
- [7] Modify the #defines in the file "rasmol.h" (see below).
- Note: APPLEMAC should all be defined
- IBMPC, DIALBOX, MITSHM and TERMIOS should not be defined.
- [8] Compile RasMol using the "Build Application..." Menu Item.
- [9] To create a `fat' binary, use Apple's ResEdit to copy and paste the
- CODE, DATA and XREF resources from the Metrowerks 68K executable
- into the resource fork of the Metrowerks PPC executable.
- [10] The Installed Application's name should be "RasMac v2.6"
-
-
- COMPILATION DIRECTIVES
- ======================
-
- The file rasmol.h contains a number of #define directives that control
- the runtime behaviour of the program. The following directives may be
- defined or undefined to suite the local site.
-
- THIRTYTWOBIT
- EIGHTBIT This determines whether RasMol will display and produce
- 8bit or 32(24) bit output. By default this symbol is defined
- producing images with up to 256 colours. This symbol must
- be defined if IBMPC is defined.
-
- DIALBOX This enables the use of a dials box, that is connected
- using the X Window System XInput extension. This option
- requires that the program be compiled with the Xi and
- Xext libraries. Note: libXi is called libXinput on some old
- machines, so requires the compiler option -lXinput!
-
- MITSHM This option enables the use of the X Window System MIT shared
- memory extension. This enables images to be displayed faster
- when RasMol and the X11 server are running on the same host.
- This option requires the program be compiled with the Xext
- library. On IBM RS6000s runnning AIX, MITSHM also requires
- the XextSam library (which requires changing the Makefile or
- Imakefile). This is now enabled by default. This should be
- disabled on E&S ESV workstations as MITSHM support is not
- provided as standard.
-
- TERMIOS This directive enables the command line processing on UNIXs
- that support the termios terminal handling routines. By
- leaving this symbol undefined, RasMol omits the interactive
- command line interface. Undefining is not recommended!
-
- APPLEMAC This determines whether the program is to run on an Apple
- Macintosh or PowerMac. By default, this option is disabled.
- The Macintosh code may be compiled to be either EIGHTTBIT
- or THIRTYTWOBIT and will generate images effectively.
-
- IBMPC This determines whether the program is intended to run on an
- IBM PC or compatible under MS Windows. By default, this
- option is disabled. If this option is defined the options
- EIGHTBIT and INVERT must be defined, and TERMIOS undefined.
-
- To summarise;
- A typical UNIX build:
- /* define IBMPC */
- /* define APPLEMAC */
- /* define DIALBOX */
- #define TERMIOS
- #define MITSHM
- #define EIGHTBIT
-
- A typical Windows build:
- #define IBMPC
- /* define APPLEMAC */
- /* define DIALBOX */
- /* define TERMIOS */
- /* define MITSHM */
- #define EIGHTBIT
-
- A typical Macintosh build:
- /* define IBMPC */
- #define APPLEMAC
- /* define APPLEMAC */
- /* define DIALBOX */
- /* define TERMIOS */
- /* define MITSHM */
- #define EIGHTBIT
-
- A typical VMS build:
- /* define IBMPC */
- /* define APPLEMAC */
- /* define DIALBOX */
- /* define TERMIOS */
- /* define MITSHM */
- #define EIGHTBIT
-
- Roger
- --
- Roger Sayle INTERNET: ras32425@ggr.co.uk
- Glaxo Wellcome Medicines Research Centre, rasmol@ggr.co.uk
- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Tel: +44 (0)1438 763246 (direct line)
- Hertfordshire, SG1 2NY, U.K. Fax: +44 (0)1438 763082
-