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Hi, has anyone got the program Avogadro to work on Linux? I know there's a Linux version of the program, but there's so many problem compiling the Linux version, I was hoping crossover can run the Windows version. I tried to install the program, and the installation works OK. But opening the program results in program error.

EDIT: Ooops, sorry wrong forum. Can an admin please move the post to the appropriate forum.

What are your OS details please?

CentOS 6.5 (kernel 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64, gnome 2.28.2, gcc 4.4.7)
I'm using crossover ver 16.2.0

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Hi, has anyone got the program Avogadro to work on Linux? I know
there's a Linux version of the program, but there's so many problem
compiling the Linux version, I was hoping crossover can run the
Windows version. I tried to install the program, and the
installation works OK. But opening the program results in program
error.

No problem on Manjaro Linux (Arch Linux derivative).

There is a package for version 1.2.0-1 in the Debian repos. This version number may be unique to the Debian package, I didn't check that.

I don't know if it will meet your requirements, but you may have success converting it to RPM with Alien (see link below, it should be in Red Hat repos though). I realise that it doesn't address the Crossover issue but it may be at least a temporary solution while you are getting a more current version to work (if one exists).

I tried compiling the source on Debian stable and it was well outside my limited scope, with listed dependancies met to the best of my ability. Not saying I did it correctly either.

I list the links below in case they are of any use to you, but please do some research before you try anything.
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/avogadro
https://joeyh.name/code/alien/

Version 1.2.0-1 .debs for Ubuntu are here https://pkgs.org/download/avogadro

Thank you for all the replies. I tried all the suggestions, with a few others I could think off, but unfortunately it won't install on CentOS 6.5, with all the typical dependencies problem.

I you really need that app I can suggest this:

Install VirtualBox on your centos box
Download a Manjaro release from manjaro.org (pick the xfce edition)
Install Manjaro in VirtualBox
Start the VM with Manjaro
Inside launch the Add/Remove Software App
Goto Settings in the Software App
Select the Tab marked AUR
Enable installation from AUR
Close the Settings window
Type in avogadro and select the version you want to install
When the task is finished you can launch Avogadro within the VM

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Thank you for all the replies. I tried all the suggestions, with a
few others I could think off, but unfortunately it won't install on
CentOS 6.5, with all the typical dependencies problem.

Ill see if I can get a package for EL6/7 made up. This week is going to be a bit hectic, but I will post what I can get done when I have the time.

EDIT
Rebuilding the Fedora SRPM did not work. Looks like I will have to spend the time to edit the SPEC. Doesn't look terrible, but I thought that about Mumble, and ... well I am using Nux's packages for that :D

Thank you for your suggestions. I have used this method (using Win 7), but lately VBox is acting weird, thus I'm looking for alternatives. Besides, having VBox taking resources is something I want to avoid. I actually purchased COLinux to have MS Office 2010. It's OK if avogadro wouldn't run with COLinux, but it's a bonus if it would.

Frede Hundewadt wrote:

I you really need that app I can suggest this:

Install VirtualBox on your centos box
Download a Manjaro release from manjaro.org (pick the xfce edition)

Install Manjaro in VirtualBox
Start the VM with Manjaro
Inside launch the Add/Remove Software App
Goto Settings in the Software App
Select the Tab marked AUR
Enable installation from AUR
Close the Settings window
Type in avogadro and select the version you want to install
When the task is finished you can launch Avogadro within the VM

Thank you thank you thank you.

Andrew Schott wrote:

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Thank you for all the replies. I tried all the
suggestions, with a few others I could think off, but
unfortunately
it won't install on CentOS 6.5, with all the typical dependencies
problem.

Ill see if I can get a package for EL6/7 made up. This week is
going to be a bit hectic, but I will post what I can get done when I
have the time.

EDIT
Rebuilding the Fedora SRPM did not work. Looks like I will have to
spend the time to edit the SPEC. Doesn't look terrible, but I
thought that about Mumble, and ... well I am using Nux's packages
for that :D

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Thank you thank you thank you.

Andrew Schott wrote:

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Thank you for all the replies. I tried

all the suggestions, with a few others I could think off, but
unfortunately it won't install on CentOS 6.5, with all the
typical
dependencies problem.

Ill see if I can get a package for EL6/7 made up. This week is
going to be a bit hectic, but I will post what I can get done when
I
have the time.

EDIT
Rebuilding the Fedora SRPM did not work. Looks like I will have
to
spend the time to edit the SPEC. Doesn't look terrible, but I
thought that about Mumble, and ... well I am using Nux's packages
for that :D

Haven't forgot, just having a less than pleasant time with some of these missing dependencies. I see why you were having alot of issues compiling. A bit surprised that the deps are this insane. I run RHEL7 on most of my machines (do have a few RHEL6 installs on 32bit hardware), and have yet to have this big a nightmare dealing with packing/compiling/running anything.

Ah well. I understand if you stop trying. I believe from looking at mailing lists, many others also tried to compile on RHEL-based systems but eventually gave up. I think the developers use Debian-based distros and thus the crazy looking deps from rpm-based distros side. Thank you for trying though.

Andrew Schott wrote:

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Thank you thank you thank you.

Andrew Schott wrote:

Mohd Farid Ismail wrote:

Thank you for all the replies. I tried

all the suggestions, with a few others I could think off, but
unfortunately it won't install on CentOS 6.5, with all the
typical
dependencies problem.

Ill see if I can get a package for EL6/7 made up. This week is
going to be a bit hectic, but I will post what I can get done
when
I
have the time.

EDIT
Rebuilding the Fedora SRPM did not work. Looks like I will have
to
spend the time to edit the SPEC. Doesn't look terrible, but I
thought that about Mumble, and ... well I am using Nux's packages
for that :D

Haven't forgot, just having a less than pleasant time with some of
these missing dependencies. I see why you were having alot of
issues compiling. A bit surprised that the deps are this insane. I
run RHEL7 on most of my machines (do have a few RHEL6 installs on
32bit hardware), and have yet to have this big a nightmare dealing
with packing/compiling/running anything.

OK, putting a pause on the inane amount of packages needed. Instead I am taking this as a learning opportunity for flatpak. This will work on EL7 if I can make this work out ok. Was going to go AppImage, but that looks like it would need native libs anyhow at build, which is the crux of the problem here. I am hoping that I can figure out flatpak well enough that this works out. I see there are qt5 runtimes now.