Re: [PyMOL] Pymol license not found on cluster

[Jarrett J. <jar...@sc...>]

Hi Nikhil,

Does the issue still persist with the latest PyMOL version (3.1.6.1)? If
so, can you also provide the precise commands you're using to generate the
image?

Jarrett J

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM Nambiar, Nikhil via PyMOL-users <
pym...@li...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a remote cluster and using pymol without GUI and am
> currently getting the license not found error. I installed pymol in a
> virtual conda environment. The version of pymol I am running is pymol
> 3.1.4.1. I downloaded an educational license and renamed it to license.lic
> and placed them in 2 folder after finding a similar issue from  earlier on
> the board (
> https://sourceforge.net/p/pymol/mailman/pymol-users/thread/694...@sc.../
> )
>
> /lustre/isaac24/scratch/nnambia1/envs/pymol3env/share/pymol/license.lic
> $HOME/.pymol/license.lic
>
> I amstill getting the license not found watermark on my saved images. I
> checked the pymol path using the following code too:
>
> import pymol2
> p1 = pymol2.PyMOL()
> p1.start()
> print(os.environ['PYMOL_PATH'])
>
> which printed
> out /lustre/isaac24/scratch/nnambia1/envs/pymol3env/share/pymol
> For reference I activate the conda env by
> conda activate /lustre/isaac24/scratch/nnambia1/envs/pymol3env
>
> Is there a way to direct pymol to the license file and get rid of the
> watermark?
>
> Best
> Nikhil Nambiar
>
>
>
>
>
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