Re: [modeller_usage] Downloads in an Intel core i7 system

[Modeller Caretaker <>]

On 04/27/2011 12:08 PM, davidmanas wrote:
> I am trying to download Modeller to an Intel core i7 system for use with
> multiple CPUs.
> I am using the command suggested at the installation website: "rpm -Uvh
> modeller-9.9-1.x86_64.rpm".
> Then I get the following:
> ===========================
> rpm: RPM should not be used directly install RPM packages, use Alien
> instead!

This suggests that you are using a Debian-based system, such as Ubuntu 
(Alien is a package which tries to convert RPM packages into Debian 
packages). I suggest you use the Debian package (on the Modeller 
download page) instead.

> glib2 >= 2.2.0 is needed by modeller-9.9-1.ia64

I see two problems here:

1. It looks like you have downloaded the IA64 Modeller package. This is
   for IA64 (Itanium) systems. That's not what you want for an i7 - you
   want the x86_64 package.

2. RPM assumes that every *other* package on your system was also
   installed by RPM. Since your system looks like it is Debian-based,
   this won't be the case, and so RPM won't be able to find any of the
   dependencies in its database. Use the Debian package instead.

	Ben Webb, Modeller Caretaker
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