[chimerax-users] ChimeraX linux binary problems

[Greg Couch]

If the generic linux version does not work, it usually means that some 
system library is missing or too new.  Another possibilities are that 
you have a buggy graphics driver, like the open-source Nvidia nouveau 
one.  Or you're trying to run it on a version of Linux that is too old 
-- it must be running Linux kernel 3.11 or newer.

For the system library problems, the solution depends on what the 
problem is.  If it is missing, then the system package needs to be 
installed.  For example, libGLU.so might be missing, so the mesa-libGLU 
package would need to be installed.  If there is a newer version of the 
library on the system, it might suffice to create a symbolic link of the 
old name to the new name (in the ChimeraX lib directory).  Or you might 
need to find an old version of the package to install.

For our next ChimeraX release, we hope to switch to flatpak for the 
generic linux version.

     -- Greg

On 12/19/22 14:46, Tom Goddard via ChimeraX-users wrote:
> Hi Dobromir,
>
>   Did you try the "Generic Linux" ChimeraX distribution which is a 
> *.tar.gz file on the download page?  It is supposed to have all 
> dependencies.
>
> Tom
>
>
>> On Dec 19, 2022, at 5:52 AM, Добромир Калчевски via ChimeraX-users 
>> <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have installed Chimera linux from binary and everything was OK from 
>> the get-go. ChimeraX however, fails to start for library 
>> dependencies. As I understand the source depends on around 50 
>> packages. I don't know (and I can find no indication on internet) how 
>> many libraries am I missing, but I'm also kind of limited in terms of 
>> disk space / linux size and my distro does not have a very nice 
>> package manager - Clear Linux (it installs entire bundles of similar 
>> packages, instead of single packages and once removed the disk size 
>> does not go down). Is it possible to make a ChimeraX linux binary 
>> which is as easy to run as the Chimera linux binary - universal for 
>> all distributions and including all necessary dependencies ?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Dobromir
>>
>>
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