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Joint Research Group Macromolecular Crystallography

Installation instructions

Installation of XDSAPP

After downloading the file xdsapp2.0.tgz in the directory of your choice, run the command
   tar -zxf xdsapp2.0.tgz
A new directory will be created, containing 11 files:

  • generate_XDS.INP
  • logo_hzb.gif
  • main.py
  • messages.py
  • myutils.py
  • qrc_images.py
  • readme
  • ui_xdsapp_gui_4.py
  • xdsapp2.0.py
  • xdsenv.py
  • xdsit.py

Create an alias "xdsapp" pointing to the file xdsapp2.0.py for easy use of the program.

Installation of the GUI components

General instructions: First install Qt4, then sip, PyQt4 and Qwt5.
The instructions below are provided for x86_64 architecture and have been tested by us with the specified operating systems. They may not work with different or older systems. Please note that we can not provide solutions for all operating systems.
Before starting the installation, ensure that your OS and package management software are up to date.
You can check the installation of packages by using the search command of your package manager (e.g. yum search pyqt4). The packages for your architecture will be listed.

Scientific Linux 6.3

Qt4 and sip are already provided in the distribution. Proceed as root user for the rest:
   yum install PyQt4.x86_64
   yum install PyQt4-devel.x86_64
   yum install yum-conf-epel.noarch
   yum --enablerepo=epel install PyQwt PyQwt-devel