Error while loading dictionary mmcif_pdbx.dic

[soumya-dutt]

I followed the instructions on the github to build mkdssp. Now I am facing this particular error while running mkdssp.

Error while loading dictionary mmcif_pdbx.dic

Dictionary not found or defined (mmcif_pdbx.dic)

please help

[mhekkel]

The problem is the simplified installation, not everything is installed correctly yet. You can do several things:

• install mrc first and reconfigure/rebuild dssp. Works only if you do not have macOS
• build and install libcifpp. This will install the dictionary files
• Download the file mmcif_pdbx.dic and place it in /var/cache/libcifpp

For more information see https://pdb-redo.github.io/libcifpp/resources.html

[soumya-dutt]

Thank you so much.
I installed libcifpp and that worked.