PyMOL Release 0.99

  

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Vintage PyMOL, circa 2006 -- see installed LICENSE file for usage terms.

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Windows Macintosh Linux IRIX Solaris Other

    Microsoft Windows

Standalone Executable. This build is easy to install and recommended for most users.

  1. Download and unzip pymol-0_99rc6-bin-win32.zip.
  2. Install by double-clicking on "SETUP.EXE".
  3. Launch PyMOL via the Start Menu.
  4. If you encounter problems with Win XP SP 2, please see this link.

    Mac OS X

NOTE: A 3-button wheel or mighty mouse is required to use PyMOL on the Macintosh. Be sure to reconfigure your mighty-mouse to use the secondary button (right-click) and button 3 (middle-click). Tiger (OS X 10.4) is required, although some users have reported success with the final release of Panther (10.3.9).

Option 1: MacPyMOL. MacPyMOL is an Aqua-based PyMOL with a more Mac-like user interface. In addition to supporting native OpenGL rendering, its unique features include Copy-and-Paste of images and direct output of QuickTime movies.

  1. Download and uncompress macpymol-0_99rc6.tar.gz. A Universal Binary!
  2. Install by copying MacPyMOL into your Applications folder (or any suitable location).
  3. Launch PyMOL by double-clicking on the MacPyMOL icon.

Option 2: PyMOLX11Hybrid. MacPyMOL now includes a hybrid X11 mode. Assuming that X11 is already installed, simply duplicate and rename the application bundle to "PyMOLX11Hybrid" and then launch (requires Tiger).

Option 3: PyMOL for Mac OS X / X11. This is the Mac equivalent of the standard Linux, IRIX, and Solaris builds of cross-platform PyMOL. It accesses OpenGL and Tcl/Tk entirely through X11 and is thus completely compatible with the standard version. Requires Mac OS X Tiger with X11 installed.

  1. Download the version appropriate for your system:
     
        pymol-0_99rc6-bin-macosx-ppc-x11.tgz
        pymol-0_99rc6-bin-macosx-x86-x11.tgz
     
  2. Extract the archive 
    tar -zxf pymol-0_99rc6-bin-macosx-ppc-x11.tgz
    to create a "pymol" directory
     
  3. Run the setup script from within the new directory
    cd pymol
./setup.sh
    to create the "./pymol" launch script.
     
  4. Then test-launch PyMOL as 
    ./pymol
  5. Optional: copy or link "./pymol" to an appropriate location in your path. 
    ln -s $PWD/pymol $HOME/bin/pymol
  6. Optional: to avoid having to click twice when moving the mouse between windows, issue
    defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_click_through -bool true
    and then restart the X-server.

    Linux

Option 1: Standalone Executables. These builds are easy to install (do not require "root" privileges) and are broadly compatible.

  1. Download the version appropriate for your system:
     
           pymol-0_99rc6-bin-linux-x86-glibc23.tgz
     
  2. Extract the archive 
    tar -zxf pymol-0_99rc1-bin-linux-x86-glibc23.tgz
    to create a "pymol" directory
     
  3. Run the setup script from within the new directory
    cd pymol
./setup.sh
  4. Then test-launch PyMOL as 
    ./pymol
  5. Optional: copy or link "./pymol" to an appropriate location in your path. 
    ln -s $PWD/pymol $HOME/bin/pymol

Option 2: RPM Packages These require "root" privileges to install and should generally be avoided with PyMOL because they prevent you from being able to run multiple versions on a single machine. However, if you absolutely need PyMOL integrated with your system Python interpreter, then current PyMOL Support-level Subscribers may request such builds by emailing help@schrodinger.com. Please specify what Linux distribution you would like the RPM for. If we receive multiple independent requests, and if we have access to that flavor of Linux, then we will provide a suitable RPM build. Otherwise, in such cases, we recommend that you compile and install PyMOL from source code via Python distutils.

IRIX and Solaris

  1. Download the proper executable for your system:
     
            pymol-0_99rc6-bin-irix65-r10k.tgz
        pymol-0_99rc6-bin-solaris-sun4u.tgz
     
  2. Extract the archive into a location of your choice
    gunzip < pymol-0_99rc1-bin-irix65-r10k.tgz | tar -xf -
    to create a "pymol" directory
     
  3. Run the setup script from within the new directory
    cd pymol
./setup.sh
  4. Then test-launch PyMOL as 
    ./pymol
  5. Optional: copy or link "./pymol" to an appropriate location in your path. 
    ln -s $PWD/pymol $HOME/bin/pymol

NOTE: PyMOL on IRIX 6.5.18-6.5.21 requires patch 5316, which can be obtained from SGI.

Other Unix (Compiling From Source)

  1. Download the source: pymol-0_99rc6-src.tgz
  2. Either configure PyMOL to use your existing external dependencies, or download and compile the dependencies from source:
        ext-0_99rc1-src.tgz
    • python-2_4_2
    • numeric-24_2
    • tcl-8_4_11
    • tk-8_4_11
    • pmw-1_2
    • libpng-1_2_8
    • zlib-1_2_3
    • freeglut-2_4_0
    • freetype-2_1_10
  3. Compile pymol (see INSTALL file for details).

The previous release, PyMOL 0.98, can still be found here.

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