Leginon

h1. What is in this Chapter

Leginon runs under both the Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating systems. However, the

current php-mrctool can not be installed on Windows which means mrc images can not be viewed

on the web. See the section on Possible Computer Set-up Configurations for details.

The many components for the Leginon system are divided into packages and need to be

installed separately. It has been integrated with several third party software packages that

are necessary for its operation. The installation documentation will describe how to set-up

Leginon and give hints as to how to install and set-up the necessary third-party software.

This documentation is not intended to support the additional, but necessary third-party

software.

There has been interest in installing Leginon under Mac OS X. While this is possible in

theory, we have not been successful in installing a fully functional system. The two main

problems are (1) compilation of php-mrctool from the pre-installed php and (2) wxPython on Mac

is unable to hide bitmap objects which makes Leginon graphical user interface difficult to

use.

See <link linkend="InstT_install">Installation Troubleshooting</link> and  "Leginon Bulletin Board":http://emg.nysbc.org/bb/viewforum.php?f=2  searching

for "install" if you run into problems.

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