Re: [ccp4bb] CNS installation

[Fulvio Saccoccia]

Dear ccp4 users,
    I succeeded to install and use CNS 1.3 on 64bit Debain-based Linux distributions. Here my report:

1. install CNS and edit cns_solve_env as described by http://cns-online.org/v1.3/;

2. no other modifications of cns_solve_env or .cns_solve_ens_sh were required; use only the first script;

3. in a shell, move to the directory you want to work in and type /CNS_intsallation_dir/cns_solve_1.3/cns_solve_env: this will set all environment variables for that shell (remember to work only on it -   csh or tcsh is required, if not present, install one);

4. in the same shell, type cns_solve;

5. the CNS prompt will appear;

6. now, it is possible to run any .inp just typing @command (i.e. CNSsolve>@cross_rotation.inp).

cns_solve_env and cns_solve_env_sh do not run if I stay in the installation directory; that is, running them in ~/xtal/CNS/cns_solve_1.3 I still receive the message "Word too long". I don't know why

That's all. So far, CNS runs both under Ubuntu 12.04 and Debian 6.0.4.

Thanks to all for precedent replies.

Best regards

Fulvio Saccoccia
Dept. of Biochemical Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy