Re: [ccp4bb] problem with Coot:findwaters in ccp4i

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Subject: Re: problem with Coot:findwaters in ccp4i
From: Tim Gruene tg {- at -} SHELX {- dot -} UNI-AC {- dot -} GWDG {- dot -} DE
Date: 2010-01-20

Hi Paula,

did you check if Coot/bin is in the PATH variable when you start ccp4i?
Maybe the coot executable you run is a wrapper that sets the path which is
not done as you start ccp4i.

Try to type 'findwaters' from the same terminal you start ccp4i from. Does
that yield a 'command not found'?

Tim

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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Paula Salgado wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> I just downloaded and installed the newest ccp4i release, including Coot
> 0.6.0. It all seemed fine, except when I try to run refmac from ccp4i,
> using the "Run Coot:findwaters", process fails with error message;
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> The program run with command: findwaters --pdbin
> "/tmp/psalgado/test_pdb_1.tmp" --hklin "/tmp/psalgado/test_mtz_1.tmp" --f
> DELFWT --phi PHDELWT --pdbout "/tmp/psalgado/test_1.tmp" --sigma 2.0
>
> has failed with error message
>
> couldn't execute "findwaters": no such file or directory
>
> ***************************************************************************
>
>
> #CCP4I TERMINATION STATUS 0 "couldn't execute "findwaters": no such file
> or directory"
>
> #CCP4I TERMINATION TIME 19 Jan 2010 12:39:26
>
> #CCP4I MESSAGE Task failed
>
>
>
> I checked and the Coot/bin directory exists and it contains a
> "findwaters" executable file.
>
> I should add that doing "find waters" within Coot works fine.
>
>
> Any ideas? All help welcomed.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paula
>
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