Compiling and installing EMAN

Most users, even 'advanced' users should select a binary install. If the binaries don't work for you for some reason (please [mailto:sludtke@bcm.edu let us know], or if you need to write new low-level image processing functions, then you can resort to a source-based installation.)

EMAN2 uses an increasingly popular approach of writing all of the main compute-intensive image processing operations in C++, but writing all of the user programs, including those with GUIs (graphical user interfaces) in a scripting language called [http://www.python.org Python]. All of these Python level programs can be edited by the end-user WITHOUT requiring a C++ development environment. Note that most users won't want or need even this level of customization.

Binary Installation

• [:EMAN2/Install/BinaryInstall:Installing EMAN2 binaries]

Compiling from source and setting up a C++ development environment

• [http://blake.bcm.tmc.edu/eman/eman2/INSTALL EMAN2's non-wiki installation instructions] (Linux)

• [:COMPILE EMAN2 WINDOWS:Compile EMAN2 with Visual Studio .NET 2005 on Windows XP]

• [:COMPILE EMAN2 MAC OS X:Compile EMAN2 on OS X]
• [:COMPILE EMAN2 Fedora 9:Compile EMAN2 on Fedora 9]

FAQ

• [:eman2BuildFAQ:EMAN2 compilation frequent asked questions]
• [:EMAN2 unittest:How do I know my EMAN2 installation or compilation is successful?]

• [:Py initModule4 64:I try to run eman2 script, got error like "ImportError: ....libboost....: undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4_64", what does that mean?]