Obtaining gRINN

gRINN is free and open to all users.

Dependencies

gRINN is designed to work with NAMD or GROMACS-generated MD simulation trajectories, hence topology, structure and trajectory files are required.

Moreover, the tool interoperates with NAMD or GROMACS, so you will need to provide the location of the NAMD or GROMACS(gmx) executable you’ve used for your MD simulation before using gRINN.

Since you’re interested in using this tool, you’re probably already a user of either NAMD or GROMACS; however, if the executable is for some reason not installed/located on your system, gRINN would not work. You should obtain and install them from the respective developers as we can’t distribute them ourselves.

Obtaining NAMD

Please use a non-CUDA multicore version.

Please note that downloading NAMD requires registration.

gRINN was tested against and confirmed to work fine with the following NAMD versions in Linux:

  • NAMD 2.12b1, NAMD 2.12, NAMD 2.11, NAMD 2.10 and NAMD 2.9.

gRINN was tested against and confirmed to work fine with the following NAMD versions in Mac OSX High Sierra:

  • NAMD 2.11 and 2.10.

WARNING: NAMD 2.12 and NAMD 2.12b1 MacOSX versions lead to hang ups during gRINN operation. Please don’t use these versions.

Download NAMD here.

Obtaining GROMACS

gRINN was tested against and confirmed to work fine with the following GROMACS versions in Linux:

  • gromacs 2016.1, 2016.2, 2016.3, 2016.4, 5.1.2, 5.1.4.

gRINN will surely not work with gromacs versions below 5.x and it may not be compatible with versions other than those listed above.

Download GROMACS here.

Download gRINN

Please read the EULA first. By downloading and using gRINN, you agree to the terms and conditions contained therein.

gRINN is available for both Linux (x64) and Mac OSX operating systems.

Download gRINN v.1.1.0 for Linux x64

Download gRINN v.1.1.0 for Mac OSX

Windows support is currently a work-in-progress. Stay tuned and visit back for a Windows compatible executable.

Starting the application

No installation is required.

Extract the archive you downloaded to a folder of your choice. Start a terminal in this folder and start the executable by typing:

$ ./grinn

Please be patient for the application to start for the first time.

If you see the gRINN Main Window as shown below, you can continue with the Tutorial.

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