Cadnano2 for PyQt6
Project description
Cadnano2 DNA Origami Design Software
Overview
Cadnano is computer-aided design software for DNA origami nanostructures. The original citation is here.
Installation
macOS
- Install homebrew
- Install python3:
brew install python3
- Create a virtualenv:
python3 -m venv ~/virtualenvs/cn24x
- Activate virtualenv:
source ~/virtualenvs/cn24x/bin/activate
- Install via pip:
pip3 install cadnano2
Windows (not tested)
- Download and install latest python3
- Create a virtualenv:
python -m venv c:\virtualenvs\cn24x
- Activate virtualenv:
c:\virtualenvs\cn24x\Scripts\activate.bat
- Install via pip:
pip3 install cadnano2
Linux
- Create a virtual env:
python3 -m venv ~/virtualenvs/cn24x
- Activate the venv:
source ~/virtualenvs/cn24x/bin/activate
- Install from PyPI:
pip3 install cadnano2
Running
- Open the Terminal
- Activate virtual env:
source ~/virtualenvs/cn24x/bin/activate
(macOS or Linux)c:\virtualenvs\cn24x\Scripts\activate.bat
(Windows)
- Run the app:
cadnano2
macOS alias
- Add to
~/.zprofile
:alias cn2="source ~/virtualenvs/cn24x/bin/activate && cadnano2"
- Open new Terminal and run:
cn2
Upgrading
- Open the Terminal
- Activate virtual env:
source ~/virtualenvs/cn24x/bin/activate
- Upgrade via pip:
pip install --upgrade cadnano2
Development
Setup a dev environment
- Create a virtualenv:
python3 -m venv ~/virtualenvs/cn24dev
- Activate virtualenv:
source ~/virtualenvs/cn24dev/bin/activate
- Install PyQt6:
pip install pyqt6
- Clone repo:
git clone git@github.com:douglaslab/cadnano2.git
- Change directory:
cd cadnano2
- Make desired code edits
- Build and install:
python setup.py install
- Test:
cadnano2
- Repeat previous 3 steps as needed
Build new dist and upload to PyPi
pip install build twine
<- install build and twinecd /path/to/cadnano2/
python3 -m build
creates dist/cadnano2-x.y.z.tar.gz and cadnano2-x.y.z-py3-none-any.whlpython3 -m twine upload dist/cadnano2-x.y.z*
Version notes
This version of Cadnano2 is maintained by the Douglas Lab. It is derived from cadnano/cadnano2.
If you wish to use the Cadnano Python API for scripting, see cadnano2.5.
License
This version of Cadnano2 is available under the MIT License. GUI code that uses PyQt6 is GPLv3 as required by Riverbank Computing.
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