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3 | 3 | <H2><B>Introduction</B></H2>
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| -The Tinker-FFE ("Force Field Explorer") software is a Java-based GUI for molecular design and engineering, originally written by Prof. Michael J. Schnieders, now in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa. In addition to a variety of general molecular modeling and visualization capabilities, Tinker-FFE enables launch and control of Tinker calculations from an easy-to-use graphical interface. Molecular and biomolecular structures can be downloaded from the PubChem, NCBI and PDB databases. The Tinker-FFE package runs on Linux, Macintosh and Windows systems. |
| 5 | +The Tinker-FFE ("Force Field Explorer") software is a Java-based GUI for |
| 6 | +molecular design and engineering, originally written by Prof. Michael J. |
| 7 | +Schnieders, now in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University |
| 8 | +of Iowa. In addition to a variety of general molecular modeling and |
| 9 | +visualization capabilities, Tinker-FFE enables launch and control of Tinker calculations from an easy-to-use graphical interface. Molecular and |
| 10 | +biomolecular structures can be downloaded from the PubChem, NCBI and PDB |
| 11 | +databases. The Tinker-FFE package runs on Linux, Macintosh and Windows |
| 12 | +systems. |
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7 | 14 | <H2><B>Installation Kits</B></H2>
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| -Pre-built installation kits for the Tinker-FFE package can be found at https://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/, and are available for Linux, Macintosh and Windows computers. Tinker-FFE contains an embedded version of the full Tinker software package, modified to provide for socket communication between Tinker and the Tinker-FFE GUI via Java sockets. Unless you wish to develop Tinker-FFE, we recommend use of these kits since the build process is rather involved. |
| 16 | +Pre-built installation kits for the Tinker-FFE package can be found at |
| 17 | +https://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/, and are available for Linux, Macintosh and |
| 18 | +Windows computers. Tinker-FFE contains an embedded version of the full Tinker |
| 19 | +software package, modified to provide for socket communication between Tinker |
| 20 | +and the Tinker-FFE GUI via Java sockets. Unless you wish to develop Tinker-FFE, |
| 21 | +we recommend use of these kits since the build process is rather involved. |
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11 | 23 | <H2><B>Build Process</B></H2>
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| -The Tinker-FFE project builds installer kits using the <A HREF="https://www.ej-technologies.com/products/install4j/overview.html">Install4j Multi-Platform Java Installer Builder</A>. Other requirements include a Java 8 JRE to embed with the installer, Ant, and C/C++/Fortran compilers (the GNU compiler suite is recommended). The graphics engine for FFE uses Java3D and the FFE console requires groovy; both packages are provided with this development repository. To begin the build procedure, see the 0README file in the /build directory of the repository. |
| 25 | +The Tinker-FFE project builds installer kits using the |
| 26 | +<A HREF="https://www.ej-technologies.com/products/install4j/overview.html"> |
| 27 | +Install4j Multi-Platform Java Installer Builder</A>. Other requirements |
| 28 | +include a Java 8 JRE to embed with the installer, Ant, and C/C++/Fortran |
| 29 | +compilers (the GNU compiler suite is recommended). The graphics engine for |
| 30 | +FFE uses Java3D and the FFE console requires groovy; both packages are |
| 31 | +provided with this development repository. To begin the build procedure, |
| 32 | +see the 0README file in the /build directory of the repository. |
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