Problems installing Chimera for command line use on Centos
Hi All,
I am trying to move our viewmotions.bc.edu http://viewmotions.bc.edu/ server to a new server running Centos 9. I downloaded the most recent chimera (chimera-1.17.3-linux_x86_64.bin https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/cgi-bin/secure/chimera-get.py?file=linux_x86_64/chimera-1.17.3-linux_x86_64.bin). Followed the install procedure with no issues.
When I ran chimera I got these errors, both in commandline mode or regular. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
kantrow@localhost ~/vm_test]$ chimera --preferences /data/viewmotions/lib/chimeraVMPreferences --script chimera_script.py
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/progs/share/__main__.py", line 73, in <module> value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv) File "/progs/share/chimeraInit.py", line 680, in init import chimera File "/progs/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 2782, in <module> from SimpleSession import BEGIN_RESTORE_SESSION, END_RESTORE_SESSION File "/progs/share/SimpleSession/__init__.py", line 14, in <module> from save import saveSession, sessionID, noAutoRestore, autoRestorable, \ File "/progs/share/SimpleSession/save.py", line 13, in <module> from chimera import replyobj, selection, SessionPDBio, version File "/progs/share/chimera/replyobj.py", line 24, in <module> import Tkinter File "/progs/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module> import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk ImportError: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evan R. Kantrowitz, Ph.D evan.kantrowitz@bc.edu mailto:evan.kantrowitz@bc.edu Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Cell: 617-775-9915 Boston College www2.bc.edu/evan-kantrowitz http://www2.bc.edu/~kantrow -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"dnf search libxss" shows that the missing package on RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/Alma 9 is the libXScrnSaver package. So someone needs to install that package. If you are a system administrator for that computer, run "sudo dnf install libXScrnSaver".
And remember, Chimera is no longer being developed or supported (except for easy things like this). If you can, you should switch to ChimeraX.
HTH,
Greg
On 3/23/2024 12:48 PM, Evan Kantrowitz via Chimera-users wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to move our viewmotions.bc.edu http://viewmotions.bc.edu server to a new server running Centos 9. I downloaded the most recent chimera (chimera-1.17.3-linux_x86_64.bin https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/cgi-bin/secure/chimera-get.py?file=linux_x86_64/chimera-1.17.3-linux_x86_64.bin). Followed the install procedure with no issues.
When I ran chimera I got these errors, both in commandline mode or regular. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
kantrow@localhost ~/vm_test]$ chimera --preferences /data/viewmotions/lib/chimeraVMPreferences --script chimera_script.py
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/progs/share/__main__.py", line 73, in <module> value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv) File "/progs/share/chimeraInit.py", line 680, in init import chimera File "/progs/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 2782, in <module> from SimpleSession import BEGIN_RESTORE_SESSION, END_RESTORE_SESSION File "/progs/share/SimpleSession/__init__.py", line 14, in <module> from save import saveSession, sessionID, noAutoRestore, autoRestorable, \ File "/progs/share/SimpleSession/save.py", line 13, in <module> from chimera import replyobj, selection, SessionPDBio, version File "/progs/share/chimera/replyobj.py", line 24, in <module> import Tkinter File "/progs/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module> import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk ImportError: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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