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| Downloading and Installing Cn3D on Unix |
The latest version of Cn3D may be downloaded via anonymous ftp from the NCBI file
server. Cn3D is supplied as a compressed tar archive. You may use your
WWW-browser to obtain Cn3D here, or use the FTP instructions
below from a command-line prompt.
WWW Downloading
- Download the correct version of Cn3D for your operating system:
Sun Solaris,
SGI Irix 6.x,
SGI Irix5.3,
Linux, or
DEC Alpha
OSF1.
- If this is your first time using Cn3D, make a directory for Cn3D
using the unix shell,
e.g.
mkdir Cn3D
- Change directory, e.g.
cd Cn3D, to your Cn3D directory.
- Remove old files from any existing Cn3D directory.
For example, remove any old Cn3D or netentcf applications,and
"asnload" or "data"
directories and contents.
- Move the downloaded file into the Cn3D directory.
- In the Cn3D directory, type
uncompress
*.tar.Z
- Type
tar -xvf *.tar This will extract into the
"data" directory and the Cn3D executable.
- If you are not already, run an X window manager. Note that your system must be configured
for the appropriate version of the X Window System (X11R4, X11R5 or
X11R6).
- Type "./Cn3D" to run Cn3D.
- Set up Cn3D as a Helper Application
FTP Downloading
- Type
ftp ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Enter
anonymous as the user name.
- Enter your Internet e-mail address as the password.
- Type
bin to set the binary transfer mode.
- Type
cd cn3d
- Type
ls to get a list of tar archives. You will recognize a file named "*.tar.Z"
where the * is either "sun", "solaris", "sgi", sgi5.3", "linux", or "alphaOSF1".
- Type
get followed by name of the tar archive for your system,
e.g. "get sun.tar.Z".
- Type
quit
- Continue with the WWW Download instructions above, starting on the
second line.
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