Signature [1] is a particle data analysis system for molecular electron microscopy written by James Chen (jzchen@brandeis.edu).
This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
Executables for various platforms are available:
| Platform |
Package |
Installation Instructions |
| Linux 32bit (Redhat 9) |
install.Linux32.tar |
tar xvf install.Linux32.tar |
| Linux 32bit (Fedora) |
install.Linux32F.tar |
tar xvf install.Linux32F.tar |
| Linux 64bit |
install.Linux64.tar |
tar xvf install.Linux64.tar |
| Linux 64bit (patched using patch below) |
install.Linux64_patched.tar |
tar xvf install.Linux64_patched.tar |
| Mac OS X |
install.MacOS_X.tar |
tar xvf install.MacOS_X.tar
cd Signature
/Developer/Tools/Rez -t APPL -o signature mac.r
In case that the TIFF library is not available on your system:
mv libtiff.dylib /usr/local/lib |
| Mac OS X (for OS 10.5 and up) |
install.MacOS_10.5.tar |
tar xvf install.MacOS_10.5.tar |
| Windows |
install.Windows.tar |
Unpack install.Windows.tar (e.g., using WinZip). If the FFTW library is not installed on your system, save the file "fftw3.dll" to
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ (Windows XP), or
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ (Windows 2000) |
The installation package with source code can be downloaded here. Installation instructions are included as a README file, and are also reproduced here. To compile Signature on a Mac with more recent OS and/or hardware, please also download Signature_Install_Mac.tar.gz and follow the additional instructions in the README file.
A patch adding command line and OpenMP support was added by Justus Loerke (justus.loerke@charite.de).
Support
If you encounter any problems using Signature, or have questions, please use the Signature forum.
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