Install
Instructions for installing Force Field X on Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows are given below.
For all operating systems, the Java Runtime Environment must be present.
Linux
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In a shell execute:
If JAVA_HOME is not set or the JDK version is less than 17,
then follow the instructions above to install Java and/or set the
JAVA_HOME environment variable.
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Commands to unpack the three distribution formats are:
tar -xzf ffx-1.0.0-beta-bin.tar.gz
tar -xjf ffx-1.0.0-beta-bin.tar.bz2
unzip ffx-1.0.0-beta-bin.zip
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Add the directory
ffx/bin to your path. For example,
if ffx is unpacked into
/Users/shared/ffx , then
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Within a BASH shell:
export PATH="/Users/shared/ffx/bin:$PATH"
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Within a CSH shell:
setenv PATH "/Users/shared/ffx/bin:$PATH"
To check please execute:
and
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MacOS
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Type "echo $JAVA_HOME " in a shell. The result should resemble this:
echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-17.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
If the version is less than 17, then please follow the instructions above
to install Java and/or set the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
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Commands to unpack the distributions are:
tar -xzf ffx-1.0.0-beta-bin.tar.gz
tar -xjf ffx-1.0.0-beta-bin.tar.bz2
unzip ffx-1.0.0-beta-bin.zip
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Add the directory ffx/bin to your path.
For example, if ffx is unpacked into /Users/shared/ffx , then
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Within a BASH shell:
export PATH="/Users/shared/ffx/bin:$PATH"
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Within a CSH shell:
setenv PATH "/Users/shared/ffx/bin:$PATH"
To check please execute:
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Microsoft Windows
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Type "
echo %JAVA_HOME% " at a Shell prompt.
If
JAVA_HOME is not set or the version is less than 17,
then please follow the Java installation instructions above.
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