Description

From Molden Documentation: Molden is a package for displaying Molecular Density from the Ab Initio packages GAMESS-UK , GAMESS-US and GAUSSIAN and the Semi-Empirical packages Mopac/Ampac

Version

• 4.9

Authorized Users

• CIRCE account holders
• RRA account holders
• SC account holders

Platforms

• CIRCE cluster
• RRA cluster
• SC cluster

Modules

Molden requires the following module file to run:

• apps/molden/4.9

• See Modules for more information.

Running Molden on CIRCE

The Molden user guide is essential to understanding the application and making the most of it. The guide and this page should help you to get started with your simulations. Please refer to the Documentation section for a link to the guide.

• Note on CIRCE: Make sure to run your jobs from your $WORK directory!

Starting the Application

Establishing a GUI connection to CIRCE/SC

To use Molden, you will need to connect to CIRCE/SC with GUI redirection, either using:

• CIRCE/SC Desktop Environment
• SSH with X11 redirection
  • If connecting from OSX or Linux via SSH, please ensure that you use one of the following commands to properly redirect X11:

    • [user@localhost ~]$ ssh -X circe.rc.usf.edu

      or

    • [user@localhost ~]$ ssh -X sc.rc.usf.edu

Once connected to CIRCE, you can open Molden using the steps below:

[user@login0 ~]$ module add apps/molden/4.9
[user@login0 ~]$ gmolden

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs with Molden to the IT Help Desk: rc-help@usf.edu