Install UCSF Chimera » History » Version 8
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| 1 | 1 | Neil Voss | h1. Install UCSF Chimera |
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| 3 | 4 | Neil Voss | h2. Versions of UCSF Chimera: |
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| 5 | Chimera has two pages and five sections for downloading the UCSF Chimera program: |
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| 6 | * "The main download page":http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html |
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| 7 | ** Current production releases |
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| 8 | ** Daily builds |
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| 9 | ** Snapshot releases |
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| 10 | ** Unsupported releases |
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| 11 | * "The old downloads page":http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/olddownload.html |
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| 13 | There are two main versions available for linux the normal version and the headless version. |
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| 15 | 4 | Neil Voss | h2. Install UCSF Chimera for a desktop computer |
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| 17 | 8 | Anchi Cheng | If you plan on using the install computer also as a desktop computer (i.e. you want to open MRC files and manipulate them in UCSF Chimera) then you should install version 1.5.3. The known version to work both in desktop mode and background mode for generating images without opening a window. |
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| 19 | 8 | Anchi Cheng | # Go to "the old downloads page":http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/olddownload.html at UCSF |
| 20 | 4 | Neil Voss | # Download the _Linux_ for 32bit machines and _Linux 64-bit_ for 64bit machines |
| 21 | # Save the file to your machine and go to the directory containing the file |
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| 22 | # Make the downloaded file executable:<pre> |
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| 23 | 8 | Anchi Cheng | chmod 755 chimera-1.5.3-linux_x86_64.exe</pre> |
| 24 | 4 | Neil Voss | # Execute the UCSF Chimera installer<pre> |
| 25 | 8 | Anchi Cheng | ./chimera-1.5.3-linux_x86_64.exe</pre> |
| 26 | 1 | Neil Voss | # Choose a location to install the files (e.g., @/usr/local/chimera@) and let it install all of its files |
| 27 | # Install Chimera globally by placing a symbolic link to the executable in /usr/local/bin<pre> |
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| 28 | 4 | Neil Voss | ln -s /usr/local/chimera/bin/chimera /usr/local/bin/chimera</pre> |
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| 30 | If the stable release does not work for background mode and produces snapshots that is badly offset, we know that 1.2509 works. You may try that one. |
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| 31 | # Go to "the old downloads page":http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/olddownload.html at UCSF and search for @1.2509@. |
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| 33 | h2. Install UCSF Chimera for a server |
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| 35 | On May 6, 2010, the UCSF Chimera team released a working version of their headless version of the program. The headless version runs the program but does not allow any interaction from the user. The version is ideal for servers, because it allows UCSF Chimera to create images of your molecule without having to install X windows. |
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| 37 | # Download the latest Daily Build of the headless version (hopefully a working release will be provided soon) |
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| 38 | # Go to "the main download page":http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html |
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| 39 | # Select the _Headless Linux 64-bit_ or _Headless Linux_ version of UCSF Chimera under the *Daily Builds* section |
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| 40 | # Download the executable |
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| 41 | # Make the downloaded file executable:<pre> |
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| 42 | chmod 755 chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64_osmesa.exe</pre> |
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| 43 | # Execute the UCSF Chimera installer<pre> |
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| 44 | ./chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64_osmesa.exe</pre> |
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| 45 | 7 | Neil Voss | # Choose a location to install the files (e.g., @/usr/local/chimera@) and let it install all of its files |
| 46 | 5 | Neil Voss | # Install Chimera globally by placing a symbolic link to the executable in /usr/local/bin<pre> |
| 47 | ln -s /usr/local/chimera/bin/chimera /usr/local/bin/chimera</pre> |
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| 49 | 6 | Neil Voss | h2. Test UCSF Chimera |
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| 51 | The only way to test if UCSF Chimera is working within Appion is to have Appion completely installed. |
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