Talk:Harvard:Biophysics 101/2007/02/13/install-clustalw

Mac OS X
cd Desktop/ tar -xvf clustalw1.83.UNIX.tar.gz cd clustalw1.83/ make ./clustalw sudo sudo cp clustalw /usr/bin/
 * Download source
 * Open a terminal window and do the following
 * cd to Desktop
 * extract the file (add z switch to tar if Safari didn't automatically gunzip)
 * enter the directory
 * compile clustalw
 * try running clustalw to make sure you comiled it successfully
 * copy clustalw to a place where python can find it (e.g. /usr/bin)
 * Example terminal commands

Windows
C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32 C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32; C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Desktop\clustalw
 * Download clustalw executable for Windows.
 * From the desktop, right click My Computer and click properties.
 * In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab.
 * In the Advanced section, click the Environment Variables button.
 * Finally, in the Environment Variables window, highlight the path variable in the Systems Variable section and click edit.
 * Add or modify the path lines with the paths you wish the computer to access. Each different directory is separated with a semicolon.
 * Add the directory containing clustalw to your path.
 * Your final environmental variable would look like the following if you had extracted clustalw to C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Desktop\clustalw (your desktop).