Installing Biopython using Chimera's Python copy

Hello, In response to one of my older e-mails, I was instructed to install Biopython using the Python copy that comes with Chimera's installation, in order to be able to import Biopython libraries inside my Chimera plugin. Can you please explain briefly how to do that on Windows and on Ubuntu? Cheers, Mateusz

Hi Mateusz, How to install Python packages into Chimera is answered in the hard to find Programmer's FAQ, http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ProgrammersGuide/faq.html#q3b. On Windows, you could do it by creating a shortcut and editing its properties, but it would be easier to mimic Linux and use a shell, like the Command Prompt application or a cygwin terminal. I see that the FAQ entry is very terse, so I will expand it a bit. Please ask more questions if it doesn't make sense. HTH, Greg On 05/29/2013 04:37 AM, Mateusz Dobrychłop wrote:
Hello,
In response to one of my older e-mails, I was instructed to install Biopython using the Python copy that comes with Chimera's installation, in order to be able to import Biopython libraries inside my Chimera plugin. Can you please explain briefly how to do that on Windows and on Ubuntu?
Cheers, Mateusz
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