These are common instructions for my VMD plugins.
Before you begin. Download the latest release and extract it in a directory of your choice.
If the package has a load.tcl
file, just source load.tcl
it in VMD console.
If you are using VMD 1.9.2's new preference manager, .vmdrc
can
not be edited by hand. Please refer to the following figure,
adjusting the plugin name, location and script.
lappend auto_path /WHERE/YOU/EXTRACTED/THE/TOOL
Note: this method is not suitable to replace plugins distributed
with VMD by newer versions. Also, some plugins may require a
second line like package require plugin_name_gui
to register
them in VMD's menus.
Alternatively, if the plugin has a load.tcl
file, use the line
source /WHERE/YOU/EXTRACTED/THE/TOOL/load.tcl
This is suitable e.g. if you use modulefiles. Note that, unlike other Unix paths, multiple path components should be space-separated.
export TCLLIBPATH="/PATH/TO/EXTRACTED/VMD_PLUMED $TCLLIBPATH"
You may download and extract the plugin in any directory. Then add the
following lines to your .vmdrc
startup file. Note that name and location
differ under Windows !
lappend auto_path /PATH/TO/EXTRACTED/PLUGIN
menu main on
Finally figured it out
Apparently for Windows 10 this works - Just simply download the plugin, extract, and copy the vmd_density_profile-master folder to C:\Program Files (x86)\University of Illinois\VMD\plugins\noarch\tcl
Then start VMD and you will see the Density Profile Tool in Extension>Analysis
Hope this helps anyone else who encounters the problems I did!