[xcrysden] cannot start XCRYSDEN

[Tone Kokalj]

On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 15:25 -0300, Elie Albert Moujaes wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have uninstalled a previous version of XCRYSDEN and now I am re installing 
> the XCRYSDEN -1.5.24-src version on my laptop. the "untarring" of the tarred 
> package goes fine. When I type ./xcConfigure, the program automatically 
> assigns the $XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR and $XCRYSDN_SCRATCH to:
> 
> XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR=/XcrySDen-1.5.24-src
> XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH=/Elie-molecules/xcrys_tmp.
> PATH="$XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR:$PATH:$XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR/scripts:$XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR/util"
> 
> The problem here is in XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH where Elie-molecules folder does not 
> exist. I deleted it when I deleted the previous version. Somehow XCRYSDEN 
> still retains this "path". This is giving an error once I run ./xcrysden :
> 
> ./xcrysden: line 165:/Elie-molecules/XcrySDen-1.5.23-src-all/scripts/xcLib.sh: 
> no such file or directory.

Which means that you did not update the definition of XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR
variable in your profile (e.g., $HOME/.bashrc). Either correct that
manually or simply unset the XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR variable (preferred).

Regards, Tone

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