Visualizing Molecular Structures with VMD: Setup

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Install software

WINDOWS USERS.

1. Install MobaXterm
2. Install TigerVNC viewer (vncviewer64-1.13.1.exe or vncviewer-1.13.1.exe)
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   Direct download link 32-bit
3. Install VMD

MAC USERS:

1. Install TigerVNC viewer (TigerVNC-1.13.1.dmg)
   Direct download link
2. Install VMD

LINUX USERS:

1. Install TigerVNC viewer
   • Ubuntu: sudo apt update && sudo apt install vncviewer
   • CentOS: sudo yum install tigervnc
2. Install VMD.
   • RTX RTRT build is recommended for Linux users with Nvidia GPUs because it provides real-time ray tracing display mode.

If you don’t already have a source code editor, install one. VSCode, Atom, and Notepad++ are good choices.

For encoding movies install FFMPEG. Here are the links to the installation instructions for Windows, Linux, MacOS