babel : cannot read input format (any of them!)

Hi everybody,

I've just been trying to install the latest version of openbabel (2.2.3)
on my Mac (10.5.8), using the installer package provided on
http://openbabel.org/wiki/Get_Open_Babel.
The installation goes to the end and tells me it's been installed.

But when trying to convert any type of file, I get this error : "babel:
cannot read input format!"

babel -H returns :
_______
....
The following file formats are recognized:
formats is not a recognized plugin type. Those with instances of
sub-types loaded are:
descriptors
fingerprints
forcefields
loaders
ops

See further specific info and options using -H<format-type>, e.g. -Hcml
_________

Does this mean that the plugin format was not properly installed? What
should I do?
I tried to install an older version of openbabel (2.1.1) that works for
my colleague but the installer detects the newer version and prevents me
from installing the older one...
Also, I noticed that babel -V returns :"Open Babel 2.2.1 -- Mar  1 2009
-- 19:20:41" instead of 2.2.3....

Thanks a lot for your help!

Elodie Salager
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> Also, I noticed that babel -V returns :"Open Babel 2.2.1 -- Mar  1  
> 2009
> -- 19:20:41" instead of 2.2.3....

Please run the following commands:
uname -a
which babel
ls -l /usr/local/bin/babel

I'm obviously surprised that you had problems with the Mac package,  
since I compile it the same way for myself. :-) But I'll see if I can  
figure out what's happening.

Thanks,
-Geoff

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Hello Geoff,

I ran the commands in Terminal and here is what I got:
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dhcp-75-236:~ esalager$ uname -a
Darwin dhcp-75-236.crmn.ens-lyon.fr 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0:
Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

dhcp-75-236:~ esalager$ which babel
/usr/local/bin/babel

dhcp-75-236:~ esalager$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/babel
-rwxr-xr-x  1 esalager  wheel  73776 31 jul 20:28 /usr/local/bin/babel*
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Thanks for trying to help me with this (weird) problem !

Elodie


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