A Very Good Graphical User Interface for Computational Chemistry
GABEDIT is free and can be downloaded.
Install Gabedit
Unpack and install under Windows system
download setupGabeditxxx.exe file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gabedit/
Click to setupGabeditxxx.exe file.
Unpack and install under Linux (and UNIX) system using the source files
download GabeditSrcxxx.tar.gz file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gabedit/
Execute the following commands:
gunzip GabeditSrcxxx.tar.gz (xxx is the version number of Gabedit)
tar -xvf GabeditSrcxxx.tar
cd GabeditSrcxxx
make
./gabedit
Unpack and install under Linux system using the binary files
Gtk2+ is installed in your system
download GabeditxxxLinuxI386Glibc23.gz from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gabedit/
Execute the following commands:
gunzip GabeditxxxLinuxI386Glibc23.gz
cp GabeditxxxLinuxI386Glibc23 gabedit
chmod u+x gabedit
./gabedit
Gtk2+ is not installed in your system
download setupGabeditxxxwGTK.sh
Execute the following commands:
chmod u+x setupGabeditxxxwGTK.sh
./setupGabeditxxxwGTK.sh
Unpack and install under MacOSX11 using the source files
Download GabeditSrcxxx.tar.gz file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gabedit/
Install X11 if this is not already installed on your mac (see http://guide.macports.org/#installing.x11)
Install macports (http://www.macports.org/)
Install gtk2 (not gtk) using macports : port install gtk2 (see http://guide.macports.org)
Execute the following commands:
cp platforms/CONFIG.MacPorts CONFIG
make
For instructions on how to visualize complexes, go to Viewing molecules.
To draw a complex and prepare MOPAC2009 input files, go to Drawing Complexes.