Portable version for Coot-1.1.08

Introduction

This portable version of Coot-1.1.08 is designed to be easily used on different Linux distributions. It is based on the version of Coot provided by the pemsley.coot project and distributed by CCP4 project. This repositorie exist only due to the worst compatibility of the initial software install on Fedora 41. Add a wayland compositor compatibility by adding to the script:

export GDK_BACKEND=x11

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• git to clone the repositories.
• Python 3 and pip to manage Python dependencies.

To check if these are installed, you can use the following commands:

git --version
python3 --version
pip3 --version

Installation Steps

1. Clone the repository

   Open a terminal and run the following commands to clone the Coot repository and navigate to the coot_py3 directory:

   cd <your_install_directory>
   git clone https://github.com/EnceladusII/coot_py3.git 

   Replace <your_install_directory> with the actual directory where you've cloned the repository.

2. Configure the environment variable

   Add an alias to easily run Coot from the terminal. Run the following commands:

   cd coot_py3/bin
   pwd
   echo "alias coot_py3='./<your_install_directory>/coot_py3/bin/coot'" >> ~/.bashrc
   source ~/.bashrc

   Replace <your_install_directory> with the actual directory where you've cloned the repository.

3. Run the portable version of Coot-1.1.08

   After completing the steps above, you can start Coot by simply typing:

   coot_py3

   This will launch Coot with the x11 GDK backend.