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

Mac OS X

• 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

cd Desktop/
tar -xvf clustalw1.83.UNIX.tar.gz
cd clustalw1.83/
make
./clustalw
sudo sudo cp clustalw /usr/bin/

Windows

• 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.

C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32

• 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).

C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32; C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Desktop\clustalw