Install EMAN2/SPARX¶

It is best to install EMAN2/SPARX from source, so that do not have conflicts with having two different versions of python on your system. Binaries of EMAN2/SPARX all come with their own python pre-installed.

This documentation assumes you are using CentOS 6 (written as of CentOS 6.2)

Install require pre-packages for EMAN2 compiling¶

• Make sure EPEL is install, if not go here: Download additional Software (CentOS Specific)
• Use yum to install devel libraries:
  

  sudo yum install fftw-devel gsl-devel boost-python numpy 
  
  

Download the source¶

1. To download the source code go to the link:
   • http://blake.bcm.edu/emanwiki/EMAN2
2. Click on "Current stable version - direct link"
3. Go under the heading "Source" at bottom of page
4. Click to download the eman-source-2.xx.tar.gz file

Work with the source¶

1. go to the directory with the source code
2. extract the archive:
   

   tar zxvf eman-source-2.06.tar.gz
   

3. go into directory
   

   cd EMAN2/src/eman2/

Documentation¶

• http://blake.bcm.edu/emanwiki/EMAN2/Install
• http://blake.bcm.edu/emanwiki/EMAN2/FAQ/eman2BuildFAQ

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