How to obtain EMAN2/sparx

EMAN2/sparx and distributed under a GPL license. Anyone can download and install free of charge. Please visit the EMAN2 page to download EMAN2/sparx:

• http://ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu/ncmi/software/counter_222/software_86/

Where you can find links to the source code and the binary distributions for Linux, Mac OS and Windows.

How to install EMAN2/sparx

The easiest way is install the binary distribution. If you are interested in the detail, you can also build EMAN2/sparx from the source code.

Install the binary distribution

It is suggested to install EMAN2/sparx under your home directory.

If you are using linux:

Download the file which fits your platform, the file name should be eman2.nightly.xxx.tar.bz2. xxx could either be linux or linux64, save it at the home directory.

then do

    cd $HOME
    bunzip2 eman2.nightly.xxx.tar.bz2
    tar -xvf eman2.nightly.xxx.tar
    cd EMAN2
    ./eman2-installer

The installer will ask you about the version of python your are using. Then it will generate a file named eman2.bashrc. By running source eman2.bashrc the environmental variables will be set correctly.

After that please following the instruction of MPI-installation to install the MPI-python binding and enable the MPI version of sparx.

Install from the source code

Detailed step-by-step instructions can by found in SourceCodeInstallation.