brocoli 0.2.0

Browse Collections for iRODS

Brocoli application allows users to browse iRODS catalog collections in a simple Tkinter GUI.

Install Brocoli

Pre-requisites

For now, Brocoli runs on Linux platforms. There may be Microsoft Windows support in a not-so-far future.

Brocoli needs a Python installation with Tkinter. Under Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com>, you may have to install a specific package to get Tkinter.

Python 2.7+ and 3.5+ are expected to work.

Dependencies

Brocoli depends on the following packages:

• six: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six

• python-irodsclient: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-irodsclient

Installing with pip

From a command shell, run:

pip install brocoli [--user]

If you don’t have administrative privileges, you may need to use the --user optional argument, in order to install Brocoli in your user account.

Installing from source

1. Download Brocoli from https://github.com/mesocentre-mcia/brocoli

2. from distribution directory, run python setup.py install [--user]

If you don’t have administrative privileges, you may need to use the --user optional argument, in order to install Brocoli in your user account.

Using Brocoli

Run brocoli from a command shell:

$ brocoli

Connections

At first run, Brocoli will use a default os connection that does nothing interesting except displaying a local directory. You will want to create a more useful connection with an iRODS catalog. Just configure it following the menus:

Settings -> New Connection

This will open a dialog where you can set the connection configuration.

Now, you should be able to switch to the newly created connections by following:

Settings -> Switch connection -> Your new connection name

Navigating

Sub-directories can be opened by clicking on the triangle icon before their name.

File operations

Operations on files and directories are accessible by right clicking on the target.