[Pw_forum] Alternative to Xcrysden

[Yue-Wen Fang]

Actually you don't need install Cygwin, its package is so large and I can
guarantee 99% of its functionality won't be used in all of our life.
Alternatively, you just need install Xcrysden in the account of
superconducting center or cluster, and then install a X-windows in your
windows 8.1 (please google it and you will find many tools).

Bests
FANG

2017-07-23 16:58 GMT+08:00 Matic Poberžnik <matic.poberznik at gmail.com>:

> The issue is in the tcl version you should install tcl8.5 but apt-cyg
> installs 8.6 ( that was my mistake sorry). I solved this by going to the
> original cygwin installation executable, running it and then searching for
> tcl string. It should be listed as installed, if you click a few times
> version 8.5 should appear, after i installed this it worked. Again sorry
> for the mistake as for the other machine I don't know where the problem
> lies.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Matic
>
> 2017-07-23 8:43 GMT+02:00 Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Matic
>> I also tried the same procedure on other pc but I am getting error
>> libtcl8.5.dll not found. Installling how can I install libtcl8.5. I have
>> installed tcl-tk8.5 package but no libtcl8.5 file is there in cygwin
>> directory, instead there is libtcl8.6. Where I can find libtcl8.5.dll?
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Matic
>>> I repeated the steps as:
>>> First I removed cygwin fully and installed it again. Then
>>>
>>> 1. installed everything as you mentioned.
>>> 2. Issued the command  XWin :0 -clipboard -multiwindow &  xterm &
>>> 3. Open another cygwin terminal and issued ./xcrysden from xcrysden top
>>> directory.
>>> 4. But no luck. Still giving the same issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Matic Poberžnik <
>>> matic.poberznik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Rajesh,
>>>>
>>>> I just installed it on my system and it seems to work (Windows 7 but I
>>>> think there shouldn't be much difference):
>>>>
>>>> First I installed the dependencies:
>>>>
>>>> apt-cyg install libGL1 libGLU1  xorg-server  bash bc coreutils  gawk
>>>> grep  gzip  ImageMagick  less libgfortran3 xterm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (libgfortran3 is needed to avoid some errors)
>>>> Then I started x by typing (I get similar messages than you but they
>>>> shouldn't be anything to worry about):
>>>>
>>>> XWin :0 -clipboard -multiwindow &
>>>> xterm &
>>>>
>>>> This started the xterm, from which I was then able to run from the top
>>>> install directory xcrysden (~/xcrysden-1.5.60-bin-shared/).
>>>>
>>>> ./xcrysden
>>>>
>>>> So in the end I am unable to reproduce your problem, could you try
>>>> these steps and let me know how it goes?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Matic Poberznik
>>>> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2017-07-22 15:41 GMT+02:00 Rajesh <creativeidleminds at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Matic
>>>>> Its not starting even from xterminal. When I start  startx I get some
>>>>> errors
>>>>> (II) xorg.conf is not supported
>>>>> and LoadPreferences: /home/RAMJI/.XWinrc not found
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Matic Poberznik <
>>>>> matic.poberznik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > But dont get any xcrysden window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure it seems everything should be ok. Are you sure you
>>>>>> started
>>>>>> it from the xterminal?
>>>>>> i.e. after typing startx a new terminal should appear, and xcrysden
>>>>>> should work from there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matic
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Matic Poberznik
>>>>>> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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