This weekend was supposed to be a time to relax, but I have many things to rant about!
I was trying to install a 2-D molecule drawing program. It is called
XDrawChem. There were several system requirements:
- Qt by Nokia - website
- OpenBabel - website
- C++ Compiler - website
- BUILD3D - found under XDrawChem Sourceforge site.
I didn't read the introduction page about XDrawChem carefully. In the first paragraph there is a link saying 'Windows'. That link would allow a 5-min download for
WinDrawChem.
What I did download were:
- The UNIX version, which does't run on my operating system;
- Qt, a 1.6 GB download that finished my bandwidth quota for the month;
- OpenBabel at dial up speed;
- C++ compiler at snail's pace;
- BUILD3D way after my bed time :'(
Just now I downloaded and installed WinDrawChem. It crashed when I input SMILES or try to open an example. I wish I know more about computers.
Half an hour of hair pulling later...
I can use it now. The import function has some bugs but a partially working application is better than none. Yay!
