Re: [PyMOL] How to install APBS on PyMol

[Norbert S. <st...@bb...>]

Hi Luigi,

I assume you are running Open source PyMOL 2.X and tried to install the 
apbsplugin.py file via the Plugin manager. I just tried this and got the 
same error from the Plugin manager. I am no expert here, but I assume 
this is related to the fact that this plugin uses the Tkinter GUI and 
python2. This will not work with PyMOL 2.X, which is based on Qt5 and 
python3. One possibility is to try to install an older PyMOL version 
1.X. Very likely the heavily used apbs plugin will work. Alternatively, 
use the Schrödinger PyMOL version. Even after the license has expired, 
many options will still work, probably also the APBS plugin.

I do not know if anybody works on adapting important plugins such as 
abps to open source PyMOL 2.X. Without such tools open source PyMOL is 
limited and many users might switch to ChimeraX which has developed a lot.

Best,

Norbert

Am 25.11.2023 um 09:02 schrieb Luigi Marongiu, PhD via PyMOL-users:
> Hello,
> I tried to install APBS by launching Plugin manager and giving the URL 
> of the app:
> http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/apbsplugin
> The file has been written in ~/.pymol/startup but I got the error:
>
> Plugin "apbsplugin" has been installed but initialization failed.
>
> How do I properly launch this app? Please note I relaunched PyMol 
> several times.
> Thank you.
>
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