How to compile MacPyMOL?

By Short Katz at Sat, Jun 19 2010 7:10am |

After some trial and error I found out its easy to build your own PyMOL via MacPorts. But this is a X11 application. It would be nice to also build MacPyMOL by your own, but how can I do that? I only find the source code for PyMOL, not for MacPyMOL. Or isn't it possible to build your own version of MacPyMOL?

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Mon, 2010-06-21 11:37 — LeninWTigger

I don't think you can

I don't think you can compile a MacPyMOL as such. But then again, I am satisfied with the X11 version. What do you really need from the Mac-ified version?

Mon, 2010-06-21 16:57 — Short Katz

Thanks for your reply. I

Thanks for your reply. I think its more a matter of my attitude. I like the Mac-ified version much more than the X11 version. The user experience is more Mac-like. :)

Tue, 2010-06-22 22:41 — LeninWTigger

I see. For me, the only

I see. For me, the only thing that the "official" version (Mac-ified, if you will) has that the X11 doesn't is support for 3D mice. For a long time I preferred the X11 version due to scripting support. I just downloaded the source code straight from pymol website and the documentation seem to imply that the X11 version is what you can get from that code.

Fri, 2010-06-25 16:48 — Short Katz

So it is, if you compile the

So it is, if you compile the source code you get the X11 version. I've also tried that.

Tue, 2010-10-12 05:45 — mg2917

MacPyMol is considered to be

MacPyMol is considered to be an incentive product to encourage users to purchase a license/subscription. Thus, the code required to compile MacPyMol is not publicly available. The X11 version is the only one which can be complied using the available source code.

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