Download for Linux

OpenStructure is released under the LGPL Version 3 license

Each of these archives contains a stand-alone self-contained version of OpenStructure supporting various Linux distributions.

To run it, follow this simple instructions:

Run it

Unpack the archive. If you are using a graphical desktop manager (like Gnome or KDE), this can be done by clicking on the file and selecting the appropriate option in the archiving tool application. If you are using a command line terminal, type:
```
	  tar xvfz <archive-name>
	  
```
Open a terminal, move to the package directory and then to the 'bin' subdirectory:
```
          cd <directory name>
          cd bin
```
Launch the graphical front end DNG:
```
          ./dng
```
Or the OpenStructure console 'ost'
```
          ./ost
```

The package has been created on a 32bit machine (but should work also on 64 bit machines, provided that the correct 32-bit compatibility libraries are installed).

Supported Distributions

Although the file archives have been created using the Ubuntu linux distribution, they have also been tested on other systems. The Karmic file archive has been tested on the following Linux distributions:

Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 8.10
Fedora Core 12
Fedora Core 11
Fedora Core 10
CentOS 5.5

The Lucid file archive has been tested on the following Linux distributions:

Ubuntu 10.04
Fedora Core 13

The archives do not contain drivers for the graphic card on your machine. In order to fully appreciate the OpenStructure experience, you have to install the graphic drivers yourself and activate 3D acceleration. This procedure in distribution and architecture specific, so it can not be described in details here.

Financial Support

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Biozentrum, University of Basel