Installation of RMAExpress 1.0.4

• libwxgtk2.8-dev

% sudo apt-get -y install libwxgtk2.8-dev

Here is the procedure to install RMAExpress from its source code:

• The archive with the source code is downloaded from its web site in /home/bioubuntu, decompressed and the created folder is moved into /opt/bio/sources.

% sudo mv /home/bioubuntu/RMAExpress_1.0.4_src /opt/bio/sources

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

% sudo chown -R root:root /opt/bio/sources/RMAExpress_1.0.4_src
% sudo chmod 755 /opt/bio/sources/RMAExpress_1.0.4_src

• Once you are in RMAExpress_1.0.4_src, compilation is easily done:

% sudo cp Makefile.unx Makefile 
% sudo make all

• To make RMAexpress available to all:

% sudo ln -s /opt/bio/sources/RMAExpress_1.0.4_src/RMAExpress /usr/local/bin/rmaexpress
% sudo ln -s /opt/bio/sources/RMAExpress_1.0.4_src/RMAExpressConsole /usr/local/bin/rmaexpressconsole
% sudo ln -s /opt/bio/sources/RMAExpress_1.0.4_src/RMADataConv /usr/local/bin/rmadataconv

• To add RMAExpress in the Impilo application menu, you need to edit the Xfce4 configuration file:

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

• The three items to add are:
  • Item: Launcher
  • Name: RMAExpress
  • Command: rmaexpress