FirstRunInstructions

Instructions for new users first running RNAStructViz

The following instructions and preference tips are intended as helpful documentation for new users first running and opening RNAStructViz.

Copy sample structures to your home directory

The sample CT files shipped with RNAStructViz are available in ${INSTALLATION-PREFIX-DIR}/RNAStructViz/sample_structures/. On Mac OSX (if you installed with our brew package), you can copy the structures into an easier to find location by running the following commands at your terminal:

$ cd ~
$ cp -R /usr/local/opt/rnastructviz/share/RNAStructViz ./
$ cd RNAStructViz/sample_structures
$ RNAStructViz

On Linux systems (for users who ran sudo make install), commands to copy the initial sample structures into a working directory inside of the user's home directory are as follows:

$ cd ~
$ cp -r /usr/local/share/RNAStructViz ./
$ cd RNAStructViz/sample_structures
$ RNAStructViz

After you copy these CT files, re-run RNAStructViz, click the "Load Files" button in the left-hand pane of the screen, and then navigate to this new local directory to select CT files to load and process with the application. Note that the dialog that appears is capable of selecting multiple files at once by holding down CTRL (on Linux / Unix) or SHIFT (on Mac) and selecting multiple files to load into RNAStructViz at once.

Finding user documentation

User documentation for the RNAStructViz application is available for users on this WIKI site. The navigational links on the right-hand-side of the screen are also descriptive and organized by help topic.