Thanks a lot Robert. The GUI opens now but with the following error given below. I can load a molecule and perform basic operations though. Do I need to install anything more or do anything else to get rid of the error?
Regards, Arvind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pmg_tk/PMGApp.py", line 109, in initialize_plugins __builtin__.__import__(mod_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pmg_tk/startup/apbs_tools.py", line 41, in ? import distutils.spawn # used for find_executable ImportError: No module named distutils.spawn Error: unable to initialize plugin 'apbs_tools'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Arvind, > > * Arvind Marathe <arv...@mbu.iisc.ernet.in> [2006-06-09 00:14] wrote: >> Hi all, >> my system is a newly installed debian-3.1 linux. 'pymol' seems to be part >> of the installed package. But when I try to open pymol, I get the following error: >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ pymol >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pymol/__init__.py", line 329, >> in ? >> import _cmd >> ImportError: libglut.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or >> directory >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can somebody please point out the cause and the remedy? I have never used >> pymol before and this was my first try. > > You need to install the freeglut3 package: > > apt-get install freeglut3 > > should take care of it for you. > > Cheers, > Rob > -- > Robert L. Campbell, Ph.D. > Senior Research Associate/Adjunct Assistant Professor > Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University > Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada > <r...@post.queensu.ca> http://adelie.biochem.queensu.ca/~rlc phone: 613-533-6821 fax: 613-533-2497 > PGP Fingerprint: 9B49 3D3F A489 05DC B35C 8E33 F238 A8F5 F635 C0E2 > > > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >