Re: [AMBER] AMBERHOME is not recognized by ./configure

From: Genzo Tanaka <gmastanaka.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:04:21 -0400

Ben & Jason,
Thank you for your advice for my problems. Following your instructions, I could successfully install AmberTools12 on Mac OS X 10.7.3. All tests were passed without error.
Thanks again.
Genzo

> From: jason.swails.gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 00:11:19 -0400
> To: amber.ambermd.org
> Subject: Re: [AMBER] AMBERHOME is not recognized by ./configure
>
> Hello,
>
> I will echo Ben's suggestion to avoid sudo (no pun intended). Even programs that use cmake or autotools can ruin a system when run with root on occasion (google "bumblebee usr" if you want an example).
>
> As a general rule, I try to limit all sudo commands that actually install new software to commands involving a package manager (like MacPorts for the Mac).
>
> Furthermore, it appears like you are trying to install in your home directory, which you should own already. Try again, but without the sudo.
>
> HTH,
> Jason
>
> On Apr 4, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Genzo Tanaka <gmastanaka.msn.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> > I tried to install AmberTools12 on Mac OS X 10.7.3, and got an error of setting "AMBERHOME" in the tcsh shell. However, "echo" returned the correct directory as attached below. What is wrong with my setting?
> > I had the same message for AmberTools 1.5. In that case, the config.h file was created, and AMBERHOME was temporarily assigned to the correct directory during the compilation.
> > I would appreciate your help.
> > Thanks
> > Genzo
> > ..................
> > % echo $AMBERHOME/Users/genzotanaka/Downloads/amber12
> > % sudo ./configure -macAccelerate gnuPassword:Checking for updates...Fatal Error: AMBERHOME is not set!Check for updates failed.
> > Your AMBERHOME environment variable is not set! It should be set to/Users/genzotanaka/Downloads/amber12 NOT doing so may cause errors when you compile.Configure failed due to the errors above!
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