NMRPipe Installation Files from NIST IBBR NMRPipe is an extensive software system for processing, analyzing, and exploiting multidimensional NMR spectroscopic data. This site contains NMRPipe installation files, as well as demo data with example processing and analysis schemes for conventional and Non-Uniformly Sampled (NUS) spectra. The NMRPipe system is provided as-is and without warranties or guarantees of any kind. Certain commercial equipment, instruments, software, or materials are identified in this presentation. Such identification does not imply recommendation or endorsement, nor does it imply that the material, equipment, or software identified is necessarily the best available for the purpose. There is an unofficial NMRPipe Group to share information on use and features of NMRPipe ... you can join and post your own questions and comments: https://groups.io/g/nmrpipe

General Requirements for Installing NMRPipe

The following are GENERAL REQUIREMENTS for installing and using NMRPipe:

• A working knowledge of UNIX, including use of a text editor, and creation of shell scripts.
• A suitable version of Linux, either native (most all PC versions), or via a Virtual Machine (VM). For Mac OS X, development and testing was done using VMware Fusion to install a virtual machine. For Windows, VMware Workstation was used for development and testing.
• A user account with C-shell (/bin/csh or /bin/tcsh) as the default shell.
• X11 Graphics server and the xterm terminal window.
• A three-button scroll-wheel mouse or its equivalent.

Special Note About Virtual Machines: the best and easiest way to use NMRPipe is generally via Virtual Machine. Once VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion is installed, a fully-configured NMRPipe installation can be performed by downloading and unpacking a single large .ova file. See the section below: How to Install a Virtual Machine.

Some Presentations about NMRPipe, Spectral Processing, and Analysis

NMRbox Summer 2020 Workshop: Concepts in Spectral Processing	NMRbox Summer 2020 Workshop: Using NMRPipe	Symposium in Honor of Bill Reynolds: Non-Uniform Sampling (NUS)
ICMRBS Seminar Series: Characterization of Biotherapeutics	IVAN NMR Users Group: NUS for Relaxation Series	IVAN NMR Users Group: Principal Component Analysis

Contents of the NMRPipe Installation

Important Note for Mac Users: The nmrDraw graphical interface will not work directly on Mac OS X. Instead, try a Linux Virtual Machine via VMware Fusion (See section: How to Install a Virtual Machine).

Important Note for Ubuntu 24 Users: Depending on graphics hardware, the nmrDraw graphical interface might not work with the default Ubuntu 24 gnome destop environment. In case of problems, try the MATE X11 desktop (apt install mate-desktop-environment).

Likewise, while some versions of Windows include a Linux environment, the recommended solution for Windows systems is to install a Linux Virtual Machine.

Depending on which installation files are used, the NMRPipe installation procedure provides the following features and versions:

• Applications including nmrPipe (pipeline processing for 1D-4D data), nmrDraw (NMRPipe's primary graphical interface), and nmrWish (NMRPipe's TCL/TK script interpreter).
• Applications DC (residual dipolar coupling calculations), MFR (NMR homology search), and DYNAMO (simple simulated annealing structure calculation and analysis). These require dyn.tZ download.
• Companion chemical shift analysis applications from the Ad Bax Group at the NIH: TALOS-N, TALOS+, SPARTA+, and PROMEGA.
  Download dyn.tZ is also recommended.
• The SMILE Non-Uniform Sampling Reconstruction plugin from the Ad Bax Group at the NIH:
  http://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/plugin.smile.tZ
• Conversion tools for Bruker, Varian, JEOL, and other formats.
• 64-bit Linux Intel versions of NMRPipe (Built on CentOS 6.5, Ubuntu 20, Ubuntu 22, Ubuntu 24)
• 64-bit Linux ARM (Apple Silicon) version of NMRPipe (Built on Ubuntu 22)
• 64-bit Mac OS X versions of NMRPipe: mac11_64 and mac11_arm64. Important Note for Mac Users:The nmrDraw graphical interface will not work directly on Mac OS X. Instead, try a Linux Virtual Machine via VMware Fusion (See section: How to Install a Virtual Machine).
• NMRPipe for Windows XP Pro running SFU 3.5 (version winxp; Legacy version, no longer updated as of NMRPipe Version 8.9).
• NMRPipe for SGI Irix (version sgi6x, built on Irix 6.5 for mips2; Legacy Version, no longer updated, NMRPipe Version 9.2).
• NMRPipe Sparc Solaris (version sol, built on SunOS 5.6; Legacy Version, no longer updated as of NMRPipe Version 7.3).
• C Source Code for programs which read, write, and interpret the NMRPipe data format (directory format in the installation).
• C Source Code for Creating NMRPipe Plug-In Functions for those who wish to develop their own processing functions that can work in the NMRPipe framework (directory nmruser in the installation).
• NMRPipe on a Virtual Machine: Note: Most all development and testing of NMRPipe is performed on Linux Virtual Machines (VM). This is generally the best option for installing and using NMRPipe on Windows PCs and Macs. As an alternative to installing a hardware-specific version of NMRPipe as above, we also provide Linux Virtual Machines (VM) with NMRPipe pre-installed. There are two Linux VMs available, built on Ubuntu 22: one for Intel hardware and one for ARM hardware (Apple Silicon). The Intel VM can be used on Windows Intel PCs via VMware Workstation. The Intel VM can also be used on 64-bit Mac OS Intel systems via VMware Fusion. The ARM VM can be used via VMware Fusion on Mac OS X systems with ARM hardware.

NMRPipe Installation Files

When downloading software from this web site, you are agreeing to our Terms of Use, including the terms that there is no right to privacy on this system, and that the the software from this web site is not to be redistributed without permission from the author.

Note also that it is usually easier to use command-line tools such as wget or curl to download files rather than downloading via web browser. See the notes below for examples.

Use care when downloading; depending on settings, certain web browsers may try to unpack a given file, convert it to a different text format, or display it as a web page rather than saving it as a file. If you experience such problems, try different methods for downloading and saving the files, or use a different web browser if possible.

Note well that if the file contents or names are changed in any way during download, the install procedure will not work:

• When downloading, be sure to retain the exact file name shown here, renaming if needed!
• When downloading, check that the final file size matches the size shown here exactly!

Windows Internet Explorer: Right-Click, "Save Target As"
Linux Mozilla: Right-Click, "Save Link As" ... if a .com file is displayed as a web page, use "File/Save As".
Mac OS X Safari: Right-Click, "Download Linked File (As)"

As an alternative to downloading via a web browser, on linux systems with the command wget available, you can download install files as needed. The wget command will not overwrite existing files, so be sure to delete any previous downloads first, for example:

   /bin/rm install.com binval.com *.tZ

   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/install.com
   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/binval.com
   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipeX.tZ
   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/s.tZ
   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/dyn.tZ

   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/talos_nmrPipe.tZ
   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/plugin.smile.tZ

   wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipe_Ubuntu22_64.ova

On Mac OS X systems, you can download install files with the curl command. The curl command will overwrite any existing files:

   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/install.com
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/binval.com
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipeX.tZ
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/s.tZ
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/dyn.tZ

   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/talos_nmrPipe.tZ
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/plugin.smile.tZ

   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipe_Ubuntu22_64.ova

A Quick Example: NMRPipe Installation on Ubuntu 22

    sudo apt-get install tcsh
    sudo apt-get install xterm
    sudo apt-get install libx11-6:i386
    sudo apt-get install libxext6:i386
    sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
    sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

    cd
    mkdir pipe
    cd pipe

    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/install.com
    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/binval.com
    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipeX.tZ
    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/s.tZ
    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/dyn.tZ
    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/talos_nmrPipe.tZ
    wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/plugin.smile.tZ

    chmod a+rx *.com

    ./install.com

After the install procedure is complete:

• Edit ~/.cshrc if needed to insert NMRPipe initialization commands. See README_NMRPIPE_USERS in the installation directory for details.
• If desired, delete the *.tZ installation files.
• If desired, delete the unneeded versions of nmrbin.* binary directories.
• Log out and log in again before using the software.

Citation Information

NMRPipe

NMRPipe: a multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
   Frank Delaglio, Stephan Grzesiek, Geerten. W. Vuister, Guang Zhu, John. Pfeifer, and Ad Bax, J. Biomol. NMR. 6, 277-293 (1995).

SMILE

Sparse multidimensional iterative lineshape-enhanced (SMILE) reconstruction of both non-uniformly sampled and conventional NMR data
   Jinfa Ying, Frank Delaglio, Dennis A. Torchia, and Ad Bax. J Biomol. NMR. 68, 101–118 (2017).

TALOS-N

TALOS+

SPARTA+

Hardware Versions, Applications, and Features of NMRPipe

Hardware and OS:

• linux212_64: ¹ Linux Intel PC 64-bit (Built on CentOS 6.5).
• linux231_64: Linux Intel PC 64-bit (Built on Ubuntu 20).
• linux235_64: Linux Intel PC 64-bit (Built on Ubuntu 22).
• linux239_64:² Linux Intel PC 64-bit (Built on Ubuntu 24, Requires Mate X11 Desktop).
• linux235_arm64: Linux Intel PC 64-bit (Built on Ubuntu 22 Virtual Machine on Mac ARM Hardware).
• mac11_64:³ Mac OS 12.6.6 Intel 64-bit (No nmrDraw!)
• mac_arm64³ Mac OS 13.3.1 M1 64-bit (No nmrDraw!).

Depricated Versions:

• linux9: Linux Intel PC 32-bit (glibc 2.9).
• linux: Linux Intel PC 32-bit (glibc 2.3).
• mac11: Mac OS X Intel 32-bit (Mac OS X 10.11.2, gcc 4.2.1, XQuartz 2.7.8).
• mac: Mac OS X PPC and Intel (Mac OS X 10.5.8, gcc 4.0.1, XQuartz 2.6.3).
• winxp: Windows XP Pro (Requires Microsoft SFU 3.5 and X11 Server).
• sgi6x: SGI Irix (IRIX 6.5).
• sol: Sparc Solaris (Sparc SunOS 5.6, Legacy NMRPipe Version 7.3).

Applications and features:

• NMRPipe: comprehensive NMR conversion and processing, 1D-4D, with options for Non-Uniformly Sampled data (NUS).
• NMRDraw: interactive phasing, display, 1D-4D peak detection.
• NMRWish: TCL/Tk scripting for custom display and analysis. Many applications are built from nmrWish scripts, including:
  
  
  • autoFit: Spectral lineshape fitting for 1D-4D data and spectral series.
  • scroll: Interactive strip viewing for related 3D spectra.
  • specView: 1D and 2D Spectral Series Display with Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
  • titrView: 2D Chemical Shift Titration Analysis.
  • MFR: NMR Parameter Fragment Homology Search (Molecular Fragment Replacement).
  • ACME: COSY proton-proton coupling measurement.
• DC: Dipolar Coupling Calculations.
• DYNAMO: molecular structure analysis, including:
  
  
  • Add protons to a protein PDB structure.
  • Analyze and report secondary structure.
  • Simulated Annealing structure calculation.
  • Simulation of dipolar couplings and protein backbone chemical shifts, estimation of alignment tensor parameters from measured couplings.
  • List, manipulate, and display structure parameters such as backbone angles.

Related Applications from the Ad Bax group at the NIH:

• TALOS+: prediction of protein phi/psi backbone angles from chemical shifts.
• TALOS-N: prediction of protein phi/psi backbone angles and chi sidechain orientations from chemical shifts.
• SPARTA+: prediction of protein chemical shifts from structure.

Introduction to Installation of NMRPipe

If you are re-intalling NMRPipe, do a clean re-installation. This means renaming or deleting the existing installation, removing all NMRPipe initialization commands from the .cshrc file in your home directory, then deleting the .cshrc file if it has no other contents (it will be re-created by the install procedure). Be sure to log out and log in again before continuing with the new installation.

   ./install.com

Use the +type install a specific version of NMRPipe, for example:

   ./install.com +type mac11

Use the +src option to install NMRPipe using *.tZ installation files that are stored in another directory, such as on a USB key. For example, if the *.tZ files are in a directory /media/USB16/pipefiles:

   ./install.com +src /media/USB16/pipefiles

If there are any problems installing NMRPipe, please review the install instructions carefully, including the section about Installation Problems below.

This text describes both the general and system-specific details for installation of NMRPipe. Please review both the general and system-specific details carefully before installing the software -- this will help us to use our resources in the most effective way as we continue to develop and distribute NMRPipe.

NMRPipe is a UNIX-based system, and so it will require a familiarity of UNIX to install and use the software. This means that an NMRPipe user must be familiar with the UNIX command-line and environment, and know how to create and edit UNIX shell-scripts using a text editor. This is true for all versions of NMRPipe, including the Mac OS X and Windows XP versions.

Some web browsers, especially those used on Windows and Mac OS X, may change the extensions of downloaded files, or attempt to decompress any downloaded files which have been previously compressed. Therefore, when downloading NMRPipe files, take care to retain the exact original file names, and disable any automatic decompression or adjustment of downloaded files. The size of the downloaded files should exactly match the posted sizes.

Common NMRPipe Installation Problems

Important Note for Mac Users:The nmrDraw graphical interface will not work directly on Mac OS X. Instead, try a Linux Virtual Machine via VMware Fusion (See section: How to Install a Virtual Machine).

Important Note for Ubuntu 24 Users:The nmrDraw graphical interface might not work with the default Ubuntu 24 gnome destop environment. In case of problems, try the MATE X11 desktop (apt install mate-desktop-environment).

The most common installation problems involve one of these issues:

• The user's default shell must be set to the C-Shell (/bin/csh); this is often done with the UNIX "chsh" command, or by system-specific methods described below. Alternatively, you can simply start the C-shell by typing csh to start a C-shell before using any NMRPipe facilities.
• The user must have a .cshrc file in their home directory, which includes the appropriate commands for establishing the UNIX environment variables required by NMRPipe. The necessary initialization commands can be found in the file README_NMRPIPE_USERS which is created during installation. If these initialization commands are not executed properly, or if the initialization settings are changed by settings for other software, error messages like the following will result:

  nmrPipe: Command not found.
  cannot find manpage for 'nmrPipe'
  NMRTXT: Undefined variable
  Error in startup script: can't read "env(TCLPATH)": no such variable
  Application initialization failed: Can't find a usable init.tcl
  error while loading shared libraries:libxview.so
  error while loading shared libraries:libtcl8.4.so
  error while loading shared libraries:libtk8.4.so
  error while loading shared libraries:libBLT24.so
  Can't find a usable init.tcl
  XView error: Cannot open connection to window server
  

  
  As noted elsewhere, it is important to LOG OUT and LOG IN AGAIN after changing the .cshrc file in order for the NMRPipe initialization to become active. Since other configuration changes might require restarting the computer, it is best to perform a complete restart if possible.
  
  If the NMRPipe initialization is performed properly, several NMRPipe-related environment variables will be defined. Use the UNIX command printenv to list the current environment variables, in order to check that the NMRPipe-related ones are defined. for example:

      % printenv | fgrep -i nmr 
  
      TCL_LIBRARY=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtcl/tcl8.4
      BLT_LIBRARY=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtcl/blt2.4z
      NMRBIN=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrbin.linux9
      NMR_IO_SELECT=0
      NMRPIPE_TCL_LIB=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtcl/tcl8.4
      NMRPIPE_BLT_LIB=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtcl/blt2.4z
      NMRCHECK=ALL
      NMRTXT=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtxt
      NMR_AUTOSWAP=1
      NMRPATHSET=TRUE
      NMR_IO_TIMEOUT=0
      NMRLIB=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrbin.linux9/lib
      NMRBINTYPE=linux9
      NMRPIPE_TK_LIB=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtcl/tk8.4
      TK_LIBRARY=/u/delaglio/nmr/nmrtcl/tk8.4
      NMR_TCLTK8=TRUE
      NMRBASE=/u/delaglio/nmr
  

• Many NMRPipe applications make use of output from C-shell scripts, many of which may execute a user's .cshrc file when invoked. So, it is important that the commands in .cshrc do not produce any text output when the .cshrc file is executed, or some NMRPipe applications may fail. You can test for this by counting the characters produced when the .cshrc file is executed directly, which should produce the output 0:

     csh ~/.cshrc | wc -c
  

• Many recent 64-bit versions of Linux do not install the 32-bit libraries required by NMRPipe. In this case, all of the programs of NMRPipe will fail to run, often generating the error message Command not found. See the notes on Linux Platform installation below for more information.
• In some cases, especially on SGI systems and many Linux environments, the fonts required by the nmrDraw application are not present or not loaded properly. If the required fonts are not available, the nmrDraw program may fail and generate an error message such as:

  XView error: Cannot open connection to window server
  

  The NMRPipe installation includes fonts suitable for most systems; in most cases, this kind of problem can be fixed by executing an NMRPipe font.com initialization script from within the user's .cshrc file. In other cases, such as Linux Fedora Core 12, the fonts required by nmrDraw are not available by default, but can be downloaded and installed with a command like the following:

       yum install xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi 
       yum install xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi  xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi 
       yum install xorg-x11-fonts-misc
  

• Certain Linux environments, such as Ubuntu, don't have "Helvetica" and some other common fonts. This can affect the appearance of NMRWish-based graphical applications, such as the varian and bruker commands. Installing the following font packages might help:

       apt-get install xfonts-75dpi 
       apt-get install msttcorefonts 
  

• Certain graphics environments may not be suitable, depending on the window manager (the program that manages the graphical desktop of the computer) and the color settings (such as 8-bit color or 24-bit color). For example, certain versions of the Linux Gnome Desktop graphics environment using 32-bit color might cause nmrDraw to run slowly or not at all, or cause problems in other graphical applications like TALOS+. Such problems can be often be fixed by adjusting the color settings (24-bit color is recommended) or using a different window manager (such as Linux KDE instead of Gnome).
• In order to run the nmrDraw program, Mac OS X users might have to install updated versions of Mac's X11 graphics server. They might also need to adjust X11 mouse focus settings. More details are given in the Mac OS X installation notes below.

How to Install NMRPipe: an Overview

(For installing a Virtual Machine pre-configured with NMRPipe, see the section below.)

The specific steps needed to install NMRPipe will differ depending on the hardware and operating system, and also on how a given computer or its network is configured. The installation will require that you are familiar with UNIX and the UNIX command line, and that you already know how to create and edit UNIX shell scripts.

Some of the NMRPipe directories contain demo data and scripts which require read-write access. For this reason, it is often useful to install "personal" copies of NMRPipe rather than install the software via the "root" account.

The specific details for installing NMRPipe on particular operating systems are given in the sections below. In general, the steps for installing NMRPipe will involve:

1. Set up a system with UNIX, an X11 graphics server, a user account with the C-shell as the default shell, and with the xterm terminal window available from the UNIX command-line. The system should have a three-button scroll-wheel mouse or its equivalent.
2. Create a directory for the NMRPipe installation, where you have complete permissions to create, read, write, and execute files.
3. Put the NMRPipe install files into the selected install directory. The usual files are as follows, although you may be provided with additional files for extra features or updates:
   
   
   • install.com (required, the install script)
   • binval.com (required, an auxiliary script which determines system type)
   • NMRPipeX.tZ (required, all current versions of NMRPipe)
   • s.tZ (required, script updated for NMRPipe)
   • talos_nmrPipe.tZ (optional, files required for TALOS+ and SPARTA+)
   • plugin.smile.tZ (optional, files required for SMILE NUS Reconstruction)
   • dyn.tZ (optional, files required for DYNAMO and MFR)
   
   
4. Depending on how the NMRPipe install files are obtained, it will be necessary adjust the file permissions so that it is possible to read all of the install files and to execute the install scripts. This will generally be performed via the UNIX command chmod, for example:

       chmod a+r  *.tZ *.Z *.tar
       chmod a+rx *.com
   

5. From an xterm terminal window, execute the install.com script; in most cases, no arguments will be required; it will be sufficient to make the install scripts executable, then run the install.com script. Note: Use the command ./install.com +help to generate a list of install command-line options. If a specific version of NMRPipe is desired use the +type option. For example to use the legacy Linux version:

      ./install.com +type linux
   

6. During the install procedure, one or more initialization script files will be created. These initialization scripts must be executed from within the .cshrc file in the user's home directory. They will establish the environment variables and executable path which are needed to run the components of NMRPipe. The details about the initialization scripts and how to use them in .cshrc will be listed in the file README_NMRPIPE_USERS which is also created during installation:
   
   
   • com/nmrInit.*.com (where * is linux9, mac, winxp, etc.)
   • dynamo/com/dynInit.com (if DYNAMO is installed)
   • com/font.com (font initialization, only needed for some systems).
7. Once NMRPipe is installed, and the user's .cshrc file has been adjusted appropriately, log out and log in again. Note that it is important to LOG OUT and LOG IN AGAIN after changing the .cshrc file in order for the NMRPipe initialization to become active.

   After logging in again, activate an xterm terminal window; it should then be possible to use the components of NMRPipe from the xterm command-line.

   (Use methods as needed to set default shell to C-shell)
   (Activate the X11 Graphics server if needed)
   (Create an "xterm" window which has a C-shell command-line)
   cd /Users/frank
   mkdir pipe
   cd pipe 
   (Get files install.com binval.com NMRPipeX.tZ s.tZ talos_nmrPipe.tZ dyn.tZ etc.)
   chmod a+r  *.tZ *.Z *.tar
   chmod a+rx *.com
   ./install.com
   cd /Users/frank
   (Edit .cshrc to insert NMRPipe initialize commands if needed)
   (Log out, log in again)
   (Start an "xterm" window, test the software)
   (Adjust the software settings if needed)
   (Remove .tZ files if desired)

NOTE well that in some cases, the install procedure may generate informational warning message or error messages, but still complete correctly. So, after the installation procedure, you should try TESTING THE INSTALLATION as below. After testing, you may want to make OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, also below.

As a convenience, the install.com procedure above can be adjusted to read the installation files from some other source location, for example from a USB flash drive. This is done by the install.com +src option. In such a case, only the files "install.com" and "binval.com" need to be in the current directory. For example, if all of the install files are stored together on the USB drive mounted as /media/USB16 and the home directory is /Users/frank:

   
   (Use methods as needed to set default shell to C-shell)
   (Activate the X11 Graphics server if needed)
   (Create an "xterm" window which has a C-shell command-line)
   cd /Users/frank
   mkdir pipe
   cd pipe 
   cp /media/USB16/install.com .
   cp /media/USB16/binval.com .
   chmod a+rx *.com
   ./install.com +src /media/USB16
   cd /Users/frank
   (Edit .cshrc to insert NMRPipe initialize commands if needed)
   (Log out, log in again)
   (Start an "xterm" window, test the software)
   (Adjust the software settings if needed)
   (Remove .tZ files if desired)

The installation procedure performs several software and graphics tests to check the status of the installation. In some cases, these tests might issue warning messages even though the installation completes properly. In some cases, these tests may fail in a way which interrupts the installation. If this happens, you can suppress the post-installation software tests with the +nopost option, for example:

   ./install.com +src /home/frank/tar +nopost

Clean Re-Install: How to Remove an Existing Installation of NMRPipe

If you have an existing installation of NMRPipe, it must be removed or disabled before performing a new installation. This means you must remove any existing initialization commands in the .cshrc file in your home directory, and log out before continuing.

1. Rename or delete the existing NMRPipe files. These are in the directory defined by the environment variable $NMRBASE.
2. Remove any existing NMRPipe initialization commands from the .cshrc file in your home directory. If the .cshrc contains only NMRPipe initializations, you can rename it or delete it; when new versions of NMRPipe are installed, the install procedure will automatically create a suitable .cshrc file if one doesn't exist. The initialization commands in the .cshrc will look something like this:

      if (-e /Users/nmruser/pipe/com/nmrInit.mac11_64.com) then
         source /Users/nmruser/pipe/com/nmrInit.mac11_64.com
      endif
   
      if (-e /Users/nmruser/pipe/dynamo/com/dynInit.com) then
         source /Users/nmruser/pipe/dynamo/com/dynInit.com
      endif
   
      if (-e /Users/nmruser/pipe/com/font.com) then
         source /Users/nmruser/pipe/com/font.com
      endif
   

3. Log out and log in again. This step is important, to insure that none of the old NMRPipe environment variable settings still exist, and that any previous NMRPipe font settings for graphics display are no longer active.

How to Install a Virtual Machine Pre-Configured with NMRPipe

At the time of this writing, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion are available for personal use at no cost via Broadcom. Downloading the software will generally require making an account on the Broadcom website:

• VMware Workstation Pro
• VMware Fusion Pro

The steps for installing the VM are as follows:

1. On Windows PCs, install VMware Workstation. On Mac OS Intel and ARM systems, install VMware Fusion.
2. Download the appropriate virtual machine from this site:
   For Windows PCs and Mac OS Intel systems: NMRPipe_Ubuntu22_64.ova
   For Mac OS ARM systems (Apple Silicon): NMRPipe_Ubuntu22_arm.ova
3. Use the VMware application to unpack the NMRPipe_*.ova file. When VMware is already installed, double-clicking on the .ova file will automatically start VMware and unpack the .ova file. The virtual machine is large (more than 5-10Gb) and will grow larger with use, so choose a suitable location, and keep in mind any automated backup procedures that might be in use on your computer.

4. Once the VM is installed, the .ova file is no longer needed and can be deleted.
5. Run the NMRPipe Virtual Machine. Running the virtual machine is like turning on a PC – an operating system will start in the usual way, but in its own window.

6. First Time Configuration. When you start the virtual machine for the first time, you might see messages about VM settings and virtualization options or BIOS settings. Consult VMware documentation and adjust settings as needed.

7. When the virtual machine starts, you can log in via the “nmruser” user account. The password for the "nmruser" account is “nmrpipe” and the root password is also "nmrpipe" (all lower case). Additional accounts can be created as desired via the usual Linux options. Note also that the Virtual Machine can be configured so that it is possible to drag and drop files and folders between the Virtual Machine window and the Desktop of the host operating system. Consult VMware documentation for more info.

8. Use NMRPipe. Once you log in as “nmruser”, you can open a terminal window from the command panel. All the usual facilities of NMRPipe will be available.

9. Configure the Virtual Machine environment and Linux. Consult the virtual application (VMWware or VirtualBox) documentation for details on configuring the virtual player for options such as use of removable devices, shared folders, printing, networking and software updates. You can configure the virtual Linux operating system as you would any other Linux installation. The root password for the virtual machine is “nmrpipe”.

10. Important: Exit the Virtual Machine. When you are done with a session, don’t exit the virtual machine by closing the window via the usual "X" icon; this is the equivalent of unplugging a PC while it is running, and might make the virtual machine unusable. We also recommend that you do not suspend the virtual machine. Instead, when exiting the virtual machine, be sure to shut it down via the system menus for Shutdown, just as you would for an actual PC.

What Users Should Do to Run NMRPipe

The tools and scripts of the NMRPipe system require use of the C-shell (/bin/csh) or the related T C-Shell (/bin/tcsh) as the user's default shell. Other shells, such as the Bourne Shell "sh", or the "bash" shell, will not be suitable. So, in order to use NMRPipe, users may have to reset their default shell accordingly. The UNIX command "chsh" is commonly used to set the default shell; see the UNIX "man chsh" help text for information on how to use this command on your system.

If the automated installation succeeded, users need only execute the initialization scripts that were created, by adding lines such as the following to their .cshrc file. These commands should preferably be added at the very end of the .cshrc file that the NMRPipe environment variables do not get reset accidentally by other application initialization commands.

The details about these initialization scripts and how to use them in .cshrc will be listed in the file README_NMRPIPE_USERS which is also created during installation.

As noted above, it is important to LOG OUT and LOG IN AGAIN after changing the .cshrc file in order for the NMRPipe initialization to become active.

Also, regarding fonts: only use the "font.com" script if the "install.com" procedure or README_NMRPIPE_USERS file indicates that it is needed for your system (mostly SGI/IRIX systems, and some versions of Linux):

        if (-e /u/frank/pipe/com/nmrInit.linux9.com) then
           source /u/frank/pipe/com/nmrInit.linux9.com
        endif

        if (-e /u/frank/pipe/dynamo/com/dynInit.com) then
           source /u/frank/pipe/dynamo/com/dynInit.com
        endif

        if (-e /u/frank/pipe/com/font.com) then
           source /u/frank/pipe/com/font.com
        endif

Testing the Installation

In order to confirm that you can access the software correctly, try logging out first, then logging in and using these commands:

           which nmrPipe          (Check that programs can be found)
           nmrPipe  -help         (Run program in help mode)
           man nmrPipe            (Check manual pages)
           bruker (varian delta)  (Run the graphical conversion interface)
           nmrDraw                (Run the graphical interface)

When using graphical programs in the NMRPipe system, note that all versions of the software expect use of a three-button scroll-wheel mouse or its equivalent.

Other Adjustments

NMRDRAW: after testing, you may wish to edit the script called "nmrDraw". The font size argument called "-scale" can be adjusted to suit user preferences for text in buttons, menus, etc. The font arguments "-type1" (regular font) and "-type2" (large font) will affect the size of text used for axes and labels, and for text editing windows. Possible values for "-scale", "-type1" and "-type2" include "small", "medium", "large", and "extraLarge".

You can also adjust the nmrDraw window size to compensate for space on the screen used by window manager command panels, etc. Add the options "-xAdj" or "-yAdj" followed by a pixel count to reduce the nmrDraw window size by the given number of pixels (for example " -xAdj 20").

Many NMRPipe applications are actually NMRWish TCL/TK scripts. These use a small number of common font definitions, which can be adjusted by setting environment variables. Examples are listed in the com/nmrInit.*.com file, and look like this:

 setenv NMRPIPE_SMALLFONT  "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 setenv NMRPIPE_BIGFONT    "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 setenv NMRPIPE_STDFONT    "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 setenv NMRPIPE_BOLDFONT   "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 setenv NMRPIPE_FIXEDFONT  "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 setenv NMRPIPE_TYPINGFONT "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 setenv NMRPIPE_AXISFONT   "-*-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Installation Problems

If there are install problems, besides reviewing the notes here, see also the next sections for system-specific installation details.

Environment Variable Problems

The most common problem when first using the installation concerns the proper setting of environment variables. As described above, the environment variables needed by NMRPipe are established by the script "com/nmrInit.*.com" created during the install procedure. This script sets environment variables and executable path for the C-Shell; it WILL NOT work for "bash" or "sh" shells.

The necessary initialization commands can be found in the file README_NMRPIPE_USERS which is created during installation.

If the various NMRPipe environment variables are not defined properly, "Undefined variable" or "library" error messages will be generated, for example:

NMRTXT: Undefined variable
Error in startup script: can't read "env(TCLPATH)": no such variable
Can't find a usable init.tcl
error while loading shared libraries:libxview.so
error while loading shared libraries:libtcl8.4.so
error while loading shared libraries:libtk8.4.so
error while loading shared libraries:libBLT24.so

Font Problems in NMRDraw and NMRWish Applications

The "nmrDraw" program uses certain "lucida" and "open look" fonts which are not available on all systems by default. The NMRPipe install procedure will attempt to test whether or not these fonts are available, and provide them if needed. The script "com/font.com" is used to provide the fonts on systems which do not have them. This file is usually executed from a user's .cshrc file.

If the fonts cannot be found, "nmrDraw" will issue error messages like this one:

    XView warning: Cannot load font
    XView error: Cannot open connection to window server

If this happens, check the definitions in file "com/font.com", and adjust them if needed.

Alternatively, on some Linux systems, such as Fedora Core 12, fonts needed by NMRDraw are not available by default, but can be downloaded and installed with the following command:

     yum install xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi 
     yum install xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi  xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi 
     yum install xorg-x11-fonts-misc 

Certain Linux environments, such as Ubuntu, don't have "Helvetica" and some other common fonts. This can affect the appearance of NMRWish-based graphical applications, such as the varian and bruker commands. Installing the following font package might help:

    apt-get install msttcorefonts

NMRDraw XView Notifier Errors

In some cases, "nmrDraw" may display "XView Notifier Error" or similar messages; this will generally not cause a problem in the actual use of the software. However, in many cases, these error messages can be suppressed by editing the "nmrDraw" script to add or remove a font specification "-fn", for example,

      ... " -fn Courier " ...

Use the unix command "which nmrDraw" to find the script on your installation.

NMRDraw Runs Slowly, or Not At All
Graphics Applications Such as TALOS+ Have Distorted Displays

Certain graphics environments may be problematic for nmrDraw and other graphical applications, such as the TALOS+ Ranachandran display. This can sometimes depend on the window manager (the program that manages the graphical desktop of the computer) or the color settings (such as 8-bit color or 24-bit color). For example, certain versions of the Linux Gnome Desktop graphics environment using 32-bit color might cause nmrDraw to run slowly or not at all. Such problems can be often be fixed by adjusting the color settings (24-bit color is most common), by using a different window manager (such as Linux KDE instead of Gnome), or by updating the display drivers. In the most difficult cases, we have sometimes resorted to changing graphics hardware ... in the experience of NMRPipe's author, NVidia graphics hardware (rather than Radeon or Intel) seems to be the best choice for NMRPipe.

Recently, some versions of Linux include special tools for entering Asian language text, such as SCIM. Some of these "Input Method" tools may cause problems with NMRDraw and other graphical programs. If you have problems on Linux systems entering text into graphics programs or using graphical menus, etc, find and disable any special input methods such as SCIM that might be running.

The nmrDraw graphical interface will not work directly on Mac OS X. Instead, try a Linux Virtual Machine via VMware Fusion (See section: How to Install a Virtual Machine).

All of the NMRPipe Programs Fail to Run

A particular installation of NMRPipe might not be compatible with all versions of a given operating system. For example, the current Mac OS X version of NMRPipe will generally require a system with Mac OS X version 10.4 or higher. In these cases, none of the programs in the NMRPipe system will work unless the operating system is upgraded appropriately.

In the case of current Linux versions, NMRPipe requires 32-bit compatibility libraries when run on 64-bit hardware. If these libraries are not installed, every NMRPipe program will issue an error messages such as Command not found even though the program is available on the executable path and the NMRPipe environment variables are set properly. In these cases, use the appropriate commands to install 32-bit libraries etc. as needed -- the details will depend on your version of Linux, and might be something like one of the following:

    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
    yum install glibc
    yum install glibc.i686

Installing NMRPipe on Mac OS X

Important Note for Mac Users:The nmrDraw graphical interface will not work directly on Mac OS X. Instead, try a Linux Virtual Machine via VMware Fusion (See section: How to Install a Virtual Machine)

There are currently two Mac OS X versions of NMRPipe: mac11_64 for Intel systems, and mac11_arm64 for M1 hardware.

The various NMRPipe graphical tools will require that an X11 graphics server (XQuartz) and libraries have been installed. Also, the graphical tools expect the use of a three-button scroll-wheel mouse or its equivalent.

Generally, NMRPipe facilities are operated from the command-line of an xterm terminal window. In some cases, some NMRPipe components will not work when used from a Mac xterm terminal window. If problems arise using a Mac OS X xterm window, try using the Mac OS X terminal application instead. The terminal application can be found in the Mac OS X Applications/Utilities folder.

Some Mac web browsers, especially Safari, may change the extensions of downloaded files, or attempt to decompress any downloaded files which have been previously compressed. Therefore, when downloading NMRPipe files, take care to retain the exact original file names, and disable any automatic decompression or adjustment of downloaded files. A better choice is to use the curl command-line utility to download files, for example:

   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/install.com
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/binval.com
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipeX.tZ
   curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/s.tZ

Installation and use of NMRPipe on the Mac requires the following:

• An X11 graphics server must be installed, properly configured, and running. Current versions of Mac OS X require that you download and install a recent version of the XQuartz X11 graphics server, which can be found at https://www.xquartz.org/.
  
  Once an X11 graphics server is running, adjust its settings: on the X11 Preferences class="plain"Windows tab, set checkmarks ON beside "Click-Through Inactive Windows" "Focus Follows Mouse" and "Focus on New Windows":
  
  
  
  
• Since the X11 graphics server should be started in order to install or use NMRPipe, it will be helpful to drag a copy of this application to the Mac OS X command Dock so that you can start and control the X11 graphics server easily at any time.
• Once X11 is running, use "Applications/Terminal" to create xterm terminal windows. Use these windows for all NMRPipe installation and command execution. If problems arise using an xterm window, try using the Mac OS X terminalapplication instead. If you use the Mac OS X terminal application, be sure to configure the Preferences so that the terminal window uses the C-shell.
• As noted presviously, NMRPipe requires use of the c-shell (or t C-shell) not bash or bourne shell. On the Mac, depending on the specific version of the operating system, there are several places places where a default shell is set.
  1. Under System Preferences, open Accounts Preferences.
  2. Unlock preference settings by clicking on the lock icon in the lower left.
  3. Right-click on a User entry and select the Advanced Options menu.
  4. Select /bin/csh (or /bin/tcsh) from the login shell pull-down menu, then click on OK.
  As noted in the Overview, the NMRPipe install procedure performs several software and graphics tests to check the status of the installation. If these tests fail in a way that interrupts the installation, you can suppress the post-installation checks using the +nopost install option.

  So, the typical steps for installing NMRPipe on a Mac system will be:

     (Install a three-button scroll-wheel mouse)
     (If possible, use the methods above to set the default shell to C-shell)
     (Update X11 from https://www.xquartz.org/)
     (Configure X11 window focus settings)
     (Drag X11 from Applications/Utilities to the Apple command dock)
     (Execute the X11 application to start the graphics server)
     (Create a new "xterm" window, run csh if the C-shell is not the default shell)
  
     cd (go to home directory)
     mkdir nmr
     cd nmr
  
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/install.com
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/binval.com
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipeX.tZ
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/s.tZ
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/dyn.tZ
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/talos_nmrPipe.tZ 
     curl -O https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/plugin.smile.tZ
  
     chmod a+r  *.tZ *.Z *.tar
     chmod a+rx *.com
  
     ./install.com   (Use +nopost if graphics problems interrupt the install) 
  
     cd (go back to home directory)
     (Edit .cshrc to insert NMRPipe initialize commands)
     (Log out, log in again, test the software)
     (Try Mac "terminal" app if running nmrDraw from "xterm" fails)
     (Adjust the software settings if needed)
  

  The *.tZ files can be deleted after installation if desired.

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  Installing NMRPipe on Linux

  There are versions of NMRPipe built on CentOS 6.5 (linux212_64), Ubuntu 20 (linux231_64), Ubuntu 22 (linux235_64), and Ubuntu 24 (linux239_64). The install procedure will attempt to automatically select the best version, but you can explicitly choose a version when running the install script, for example:

     ./install.com +type linux231_64
  

  Most Linux systems will require additional libraries and fonts in order to use NMRPipe. Some versions of NMRPipe, such as linux212_64, have only 32-bit versions of nmrDraw that will require 32-bit libraries. If the correct libraries are not installed, NMRPipe components will generate error messages or possibly not run at all, or generate Command not found error messages.

  If the required fonts are not installed, the nmrDraw program might fail with a message like the following:

      XView warning: Cannot load font
      XView error: Cannot open connection to window server
  

  Lately, many Linux systems do not include the C-shell by default; in these cases, you will have to install a C-shell on your system before being able to install or use NMRPipe. On some linux systems, the C-shell (or T C-Shell) can be installed with a command such as:

      yum install csh
      yum install tcsh
  

  When using NMRPipe for the first time, if an error message indicates that a required library is missing, you can try using the library name directly to find a suitable update. The specific details will depend on your version of Linux, and which commands are needed to install updates, usually yum (Red Hat, CentOS, older versions of Fedora), apt-get (Ubuntu), or dnf (latest versions of Fedora). For example, for the error message Error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6 try:

      yum install libstdc++.so.6
  

  As an example, on Ubuntu 22 64-bit systems, the following commands were required in order to use NMRPipe:

      apt-get install tcsh
      apt-get install xterm
      apt-get install libx11-6:i386
      apt-get install libxext6:i386
      apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
      apt-get install msttcorefonts
  

  For Ubuntu 24 64-bit systems, the nmrDraw graphical interface might not work with the Ubuntu 24 default gnome desktop environment. In case of problems, try installing the MATE X11 desktop and select it at login:

      apt-get install tcsh
      apt-get install xterm
      apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
      apt-get install xfonts-100dpi
      apt-get install msttcorefonts
      apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
  

  If Ubuntu 20 or higher is being installed as a virtual machine in VMware, this command might be required to allow mounting of directories shared between Ubuntu and the host operating system:

      sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000
  

  On CentOS 6 and 7 64-bit systems, first edit the file /etc/yum.conf and add the following line so that 32-bit versions of libraries will be installed:

      multilib_policy=all
  

  After adjusting the yum configuration file above, install the required libraries:

      yum install -y libgcc
      yum install -y glibc
      yum install -y libX11.so.6
      yum install -y libXext
      yum install -y libstdc++
      yum install -y xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi
      yum install -y xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi
  

  In other respects, installation of NMRPipe on a Linux system can be performed via the "general" steps, for example:

      (If possible, use the command chsh or other method to set the default shell to C-shell)
      (Create an "xterm" terminal window; run csh if the C-Shell is not the default shell)
  
      cd (go to home directory)
      mkdir nmr
      cd nmr
  
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/install.com
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/binval.com
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/NMRPipeX.tZ
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/s.tZ
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/dyn.tZ
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/talos_nmrPipe.tZ
      wget https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/nmrpipe/plugin.smile.tZ
  
      chmod a+r  *.tZ *.Z *.tar
      chmod a+rx *.com
  
      ./install.com
  
      cd (go to home directory)
      (Edit .cshrc to insert NMRPipe initialize commands)
      (Log out, log in again, test the software)
      (Adjust the software settings if needed)
  

  The *.tZ files can be deleted after installation if desired.