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If a new OS type or machine architecture is to be supported, follow these
steps:
- Select a string name for it, upper-case if possible and specifying
the OS version number, i.e., ``IRIX5''.
- Add this string as a configuration option in the OSTYPE category in
the configure script.
- When the Makefile is created, a section of settings are written out
for the particular OS type selected which specify the compiler name, compiler
options, and names of utility programs needed to do things such as file copy,
etc. A new section must be entered into the configure script for the new
architecture, and this section should be written to the Makefile when the
respective OS type is selected for configuration.
- The startup script used to run VMD must check for this OS type in
order to run the proper executable when VMD is launched. Edit the file
vmd in the bin directory (this script is entered into the RCS
system) to check for the OS type.
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