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h1. Instructions for installing CentOS on your computer If you have a new computer(s) for your Leginon/Appion installation, we recommend installing CentOS because it is considered to be more stable than other varieties of Linux. h3. CentOS vs. RHEL CentOS _CentOS is the exact same as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), except that it is free and supported by the community. community_ The reason I mention CentOS is because I wanted to keep the guide really simple. Another student and I run appion on Fedora 10 and we've run appion on SuSe in the past. I know we gotten most bits working on MacOSX, but some of the python libraries contain ancient Fortran code that does not compile easily on a Mac. But CentOS is certainly not a requirement in general, it is just that the first iteration of the guide is written for CentOS. We provide the following instructions for CentOS Installation: h3. Download the ISO disk of CentOS 5.3 # ISO files are available at ## http://wiki.centos.org/Download # Click on i386 for 32bit machines or x86_64 for 64bit machines # Pick a mirror and download 'CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso' file h3. Burn ISO file to DVD disk Use dvdrecord in Linux to burn disk <pre> $ dvdrecord -v -dao gracetime=10 dev=/dev/dvd speed=16 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso </pre> h3. Install CentOS 5.3 with default packages * Only "Desktop - GNOME" is assumed to be installed * More information available at [http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation CentOS Documentation] h3. Add yourself to the sudoers file Make sure you have root permission. Open the file in an editor. ex. vi /etc/sudoers Look for the line: root ALL=(ALL) ALL. Add this line below the root version: <pre> $ username ALL=(ALL) ALL </pre> Logout and log back in with your username. The CentOS installation is complete. ______ Continue with the [[Start_with_existing_CentOS_installation|Appion installation instructions]].