EMEN2 Dependencies

EMEN2 is dependent on several other packages. With the exception of Python, which is generally up to date and well-packaged on most systems, I recommend downloading the latest version from the project's site and installing it, or using easy_install for the package if possible. (Linux/Mac package management systems often have out of date software.)

If I have specified a version, it is the minimum version I have tested EMEN2 with. I cannot guarantee success with versions earlier than noted.

• Python 2.5+
  • (note: do not use Python 3.0+)

  • http://www.python.org

• Berkeley DB 4.8.24+
  • BDB is the storage and transactional backend for EMEN2
  • Note: Berkeley DB 5.x has not been tested

  • http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html

• bsddb3 4.8.4+ (latest)
  • Python bindings for Berkeley DB
  • Note: Berkeley DB 5.x has not been tested

  • http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm

  • "easy_install bsddb3"
• Mako Templates (latest)
  • A simple, fast templating system for Python

  • http://www.makotemplates.org/

  • "easy_install mako"
• demjson (latest)
  • A fast, compliant JSON module

  • http://deron.meranda.us/python/demjson/

  • "easy_install demjson"
  • note: EMEN2 may use the Python json standard library in the future
• Twisted 10.x+
  • An event-driven networking engine written in Python

  • http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/

  • "easy_install twisted"
• PyYAML (latest)
  • Requires YAML (libyaml, libyaml-devel) to be installed
  • Configuration file is YAML-based
  • "easy_install PyYAML"
• pyOpenSSL
  • Network encryption
  • "easy_install pyOpenSSL"
• EMAN2
  • EMAN2 is optionally used to generate browsable micrograph previews.

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