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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 |
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| -molecular design and engineering, originally written by Prof. Michael J. |
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| -Schnieders, now in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University |
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| -of Iowa. In addition to a variety of general molecular modeling and |
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| -visualization capabilities, Tinker-FFE enables launch and control of Tinker calculations from an easy-to-use graphical interface. Molecular and |
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| -biomolecular structures can be downloaded from the PubChem, NCBI and PDB |
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| -databases. The Tinker-FFE package runs on Linux, Macintosh and Windows |
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| 5 | +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. |
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14 | 7 | <H2><B>Installation Kits</B></H2>
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| -Pre-built installation kits for the Tinker-FFE package can be found at |
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| -https://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/, and are available for Linux, Macintosh and |
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| -Windows computers. Tinker-FFE contains an embedded version of the full Tinker |
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| -software package, modified to provide for socket communication between Tinker |
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| -and the Tinker-FFE GUI via Java sockets. Unless you wish to develop Tinker-FFE, |
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| -we recommend use of these kits since the build process is rather involved. |
| 9 | +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. |
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23 | 11 | <H2><B>Build Process</B></H2>
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| -The Tinker-FFE project builds installer kits using the |
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| -<A HREF="https://www.ej-technologies.com/products/install4j/overview.html"> |
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| -Install4j Multi-Platform Java Installer Builder</A>. Other requirements |
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| -include a Java 8 JRE to embed with the installer, Ant, and C/C++/Fortran |
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| -compilers (the GNU compiler suite is recommended). The graphics engine for |
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| -FFE uses Java3D and the FFE console requires groovy; both packages are |
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| -see the 0README file in the /build directory of the repository. |
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| 13 | +The Tinker-FFE project builds installer kits using the Install4j multi-platform Java installer builder. 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. |
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