Signature
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.