votca-tools(7)

💅 votca-tools(7) — bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Miscellaneous Information Manual (yes that's the actual manual section, we love a chaotic filing system) and it's all about votca-tools, the basic tools library of the VOTCA package. buckle up, it's short but it's iconic 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

votca-tools — the basic tools library of the VOTCA package, no cap 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

votca-tools provides the basic functions used by all parts of the VOTCA package. like, every single part. it's the foundation, the blueprint, the main character that lets everybody else show up and slay 🫶

please visit the program site at http://www.votca.org — literally just go look, the site is right there 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

so here's the situation: if VOTCA was installed in a non-default location, you can use the VOTCARC file to set the important environment variables — namely PATH, MANPATH, and CSGSHARE. that's the whole vibe check: VOTCARC sets those three, and then your shell actually knows where stuff lives ✨

in bash shell:

source VOTCARC.bash

in tcsh shell:

source VOTCARC.csh

in sh shell:

. VOTCARC.bash

⚠️ note that sh uses the . form with VOTCARC.bash — that's not a typo, that's just how it is, bestie. copy it exactly, don't get creative 😭

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

written and maintained by the VOTCA Development Team <devs@votca.org> — absolute legends, fr fr 💜

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

this next part is the legal bit so I'm keeping every word exactly as written — read it, don't skim it, it matters 🫡

Copyright 2009-2021 The VOTCA Development Team (http://www.votca.org)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and legally binding 🌈

signing off: brought to you by the VOTCA Development Team, dated 2026/02/08, filed under votca-tools(7). mwah 💋 🎀