====== Installation of TM4 Spotfinder 3.2.1 ======

===== Additional libraries ===== 

None with this procedure. If you decide to start from source code, you will need an old version of the Qt library (no more than 3.3.8) as well as ''libtiff4-dev'' and ''libgsl0-dev'' (already installed for [[phylobayes|PhyloBayes]]).

<code bash>
apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev libtiff4-dev libgsl0-dev
</code>

===== Procedure =====

Our old debate lurks its head again: pre-compiled binary or source code? Source code allows for optimal compilation but in this case, it depends on a rather old version of Qt and some mods of the source code. In addition, the binary distribution has documentation and demo material to help a newbie user; therefore, the binary path was chosen. However, I'll put together a small compilation how-to using my notes for anyone that might be interested :-) 

Here is the procedure to install Spotfinder:

  * The archive with the executable binary was downloaded from its web location in ''/home/bioubuntu'', decompressed and the resulting folder moved in ''/opt/bio/sources''.

  * This folder should belong to ''root'' and its permissions set to ''755''.

<code bash>
% sudo chown -R root:root /opt/bio/sources/Spotfinder321Linux
% sudo chmod 755 /opt/bio/sources/Spotfinder321Linux
</code>

  * You only need to make Spotfinder available to all:

<code bash>
% sudo ln -s /opt/bio/sources/Spotfinder321Linux/Spotfinder /usr/local/bin/spotfinder
</code>

  * To add Spotfinder in the Impilo application menu, you have to edit the Xfce4 configuration file:

<code>
% sudo xfce4-menueditor /etc/xdg/xfce4/desktop/menu.xml
</code>

  * The three items to add are :
    * Item: Launcher
    * Name: TM4 Spotfinder
    * Command: spotfinder