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Installing coot on linux is rather more straightforward than on OS X, because most linux systems are based on gnome and/or kde, and tend to have many of the required components already installed. Most of the other dependencies are also readily available.
Installing coot on linux is rather more straightforward than on OS X, because most linux systems are based on gnome and/or kde, and tend to have many of the required components already installed. Most of the other dependencies are also readily available.


=== Installation from a binary package ===
=== Installation from a distributed binary tarball package ===
This is the recommended way for those who do not want to delve into the mysteries of compiling and linking a great but complex piece of software. Read the (somewhat outdated, it seems) [http://www.ysbl.york.ac.uk/%7Eemsley/coot/coot-faq.html Coot FAQ] to find "Additional Notes" for your operating system.
This is the recommended way for those who do not want to delve into the mysteries of compiling and linking a great but complex piece of software. Read the (somewhat outdated, it seems) [http://www.ysbl.york.ac.uk/%7Eemsley/coot/coot-faq.html Coot FAQ] to find "Additional Notes" for your operating system.


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  yum whatprovides <thatlibrary>
  yum whatprovides <thatlibrary>
and install the library, again using yum (assuming yum is available in your distribution, otherwise use apt or whatever is there for this purpose).
and install the library, again using yum (assuming yum is available in your distribution, otherwise use apt or whatever is there for this purpose).
=== Instalation on Debian/Ubuntu from debian archive files ===
As an alternative, you might wish to exploit the debain dpkg/apt/synaptic package management system on Ubuntu and other Debian linux distributions using (unofficial)
[http://diablo.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/debian/coot_hardy/  pre-compiled debian packages for coot and its dependencies]. (These will be discontinued when official packages become available.)
To do so, simply download the deb files and install with the command
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg will complain if a dependency is missing rather than install a broken program.
=== Converting to rpm packages ===
You can convert any debian package file into an rpm file using the program ''alien''.  I have done this and have made the [http://diablo.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/debian/rpm/coot/ resulting packages] available.


=== Installation from source code ===
=== Installation from source code ===
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