Install Debian package

If you are using a Debian-based Linux we suggest to use the deb-package provided by us in our archive. To ensure the tool functionality please add the OPENMS_DATA_PATH variable to your environment as follows:

export OPENMS_DATA_PATH=/usr/share/OpenMS

Executables for THIRDPARTY applications can be found in:

/usr/share/OpenMS/THIRDPARTY

Add the folders inside to your PATH for a convenient use of our adapters.

Install via package managers

Currently there are also packaged versions of OpenMS provided for Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debian, and Ubuntu available in the corresponding package managers of these distributions (they might require a lookup in thirdparty "science" repositories). For other GNU/Linux distributions or to obtain the most recent version of the library you need to build your own OpenMS.

Note: Please note that these packages are not directly maintained by us and we can not guarantee the same behaviour as when building it on your own. Also their availability is subject to change and support might be limited (due to unforeseen or untested behaviour). We also suggest not to install them parallel to our Debian package.

Build it on your own

Please check OpenMS.de for details on how to obtain the source code and Building OpenMS on GNU/Linux on how to build OpenMS.

Note: Some thirdparty software used via adapter tools in OpenMS might also require an installed JavaVM.

Run a (Bio)Docker image

We are also constantly updating our Docker support. Images can be obtained via <a href="https://hub.docker.com/u/openms/>Dockerhub</a> and <a href="http://biocontainers.pro/">Biocontainers repositories. Depending on what you want to do, images can be pulled via one of the following commands

docker pull biocontainers/openms
docker pull openms/library
docker pull openms/executables
docker pull openms/pyopenms

once you have successfully installed docker (see Docker documentation).