[chimerax-users] Problem Installing ChimeraX

[Stephen P. Molnar]

Well, that was a red faced forehead slapper.

Thanks for the solution. All is now well.

Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
https://insilicochemistry.net
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1

On 04/12/2023 01:39 PM, Greg Couch via ChimeraX-users wrote:
>
> It's important to use "apt" instead of "dpkg" to install ChimeraX.  
> "apt" is needed to install the dependencies.
>
> The problem with:
>
>      sudo apt install ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb
>
> is that there is no / in the name, so "apt" thinks it is a package 
> name instead of a file name.  Change it to:
>
>     sudo apt install ./ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb
>
> Or if it is in your Downloads directory, use the example on the 
> ChimeraX download page:
>
>     sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb
>
> HTH,
>
>     Greg
>
> On 4/12/2023 5:20 AM, Rudy Richardson via ChimeraX-users wrote:
>> I think you would need to issue the following command:
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 7:56 AM Stephen P. Molnar via ChimeraX-users 
>> <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>>
>>     I am running an up-to-date installation of Debian Bullseye on my
>>     Linux
>>     platform.
>>
>>     My attempt to install ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb
>>     generated
>>     an interesting error message:
>>
>>          sudo apt install ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb [sudo]
>>     password for comp:
>>          Reading package lists... Done
>>          Building dependency tree... Done
>>          Reading state information... Done
>>          E: Unable to locate package
>>     ucsf-chimerax_1.5ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb
>>
>>     I have managed to install Chimera, both Linux and Windows
>>     versions, many
>>     times without any problems.
>>
>>     Guidance would be much appreciated.
>>
>>     Thanks in advance,
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
>>     https://insilicochemistry.net
>>     (614)312-7528 (c)
>>     Skype:  smolnar1
>>
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