(Modified 2009 Aug 01)

SPIDER is an image-processing package from the Wadsworth Center, used for analysis of data from electron microscopy and related fields. SPIDER itself is a command-line program with an internal scripting language. It is accompanied by the JWEB display program and the SPIRE reconstruction engine.

Installation instructions for SPIDER (the command-line software):

• Change shells to C-shell, if necessary:

  chsh -s /bin/tcsh

The default for me was bash, in which I don't know much how to set variables. You may need to install csh/tcsh.
• Go to the SPIDER download page, fill out the form, and download SPIDER. The form is helpful to to the developers to demonstrate usage of the program.
• Unpackage the tarball:

  tar -zxf spiderweb.(VERSION).tar.gz

• I added the following to my .cshrc file. Adjust names accordingly.

	setenv SPMAN_DIR  "/home/tapu/local/spider/man/"
	setenv SPPROC_DIR "/home/tapu/local/spider/proc/"
	alias  spider      /home/tapu/local/spider/bin/spider_linux
        setenv SPBIN_DIR  "/home/tapu/local/spider/bin/"
		

Installation of JWEB:

• I needed to install xorg-libs. You may also.
• Change to the directory web/jweb/linux/, relative to the directory where you unpackaged the tarball.

• ./j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.bin

  If you get a tail error, see issue #2 at the link below.

• cd j2re1.4.2_06/

• ../jai-1_1_2_01-lib-linux-i586-jre.bin

• Insert the contents of jweb.cshrc to your .cshrc file.

More information can be found at the JWEB installation page.

Installation of SPIRE:

• Download the tarball from the SPIRE download page labeled Full install.
• Unpackage the tarball:

  tar -zxf spire_linux-1.5.3.tar.gz

• Change to the SPIRE directory:

  cd spire_linux-1.5.3/

• Run the installation script:

  ./install.sh

• The default answers to questions should be fine.
• Follow the instructions to add to your .cshrc file.

More information can be found at the SPIRE installation page.

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