Git install scripts

The Manual and easiest way

If you don't have the option or want't to install git on your system, then go to

https://github.com/Pymol-Scripts/Pymol-script-repo

Click the "ZIP" button, near the top left corner. Now unpack the files to a directory. For example:

C:/Users/YOURNAME/Documents/Pymol-script-repo
/home/YOURNAME/Software/pymol

Now go to

The Git way - For windows users

1. Install Git for Windows.

Use following settings in options, (You can read more here).

• Windows Explorer Integration -> Context Menu Entries -> Gut Bash Here + Git GUI here
• Run Git and included Unix tools from Windows Command prompts
• Checkout Windows style, commit Unix-style endings

1. Navigate to: C:/Users/YOURNAME/Documents (Note, always use forward slashes "/" for compatibility)
2. Right click in folder -> Select: Git Gui -> Clone Existing Repository
3. Source Location: git://github.com/Pymol-Scripts/Pymol-script-repo.git
4. Target Directory: C:/Users/YOURNAME/Documents/Pymol-script-repo

You now have all the scripts available in your directory.

You now have to add the "Pymol-script-repo" directory to the PyMOL search path.

1. Open notepad
2. Write (Remember forward slashes)

import sys
sys.path.append('C:/Users/YOURNAME/Documents/Pymol-script-repo')

Save under: C:/Users/YOURNAME/pymolrc.pym (Set: "Save as type" to "All files")

Now start PyMOL, and test in PyMOL.

print sys.path
import colorbydisplacement
help(colorbydisplacement)

Get latest changes to scripts

If new scripts are available or changes have been made, then:

1. Navigate to C:/Users/YOURNAME/Documents/Pymol-script-repo
2. Right click in folder -> Select: Git Bash
3. Write in terminal

git pull origin master

The Git way - For Ubuntu/Mint users

1. Install git

sudo apt-get install git

1. Navigate to desired folder: cd /home/YOURNAME/Software/pymol

git clone git://github.com/Pymol-Scripts/Pymol-script-repo.git

You now have all the scripts available in: /home/YOURNAME/Software/pymol/Pymol-script-repo

You now have to add the "Pymol-script-repo" directory to the PyMOL search path.

gedit ~/.pymolrc

Write

import sys
sys.path.append('/home/YOURNAME/Software/pymol/Pymol-script-repo')

Save and exit

Now start PyMOL, and test in PyMOL.

print sys.path
import colorbydisplacement
help(colorbydisplacement)

Get latest changes to scripts

If new scripts are available or changes have been made, then:

1. Navigate to /home/YOURNAME/Software/pymol/Pymol-script-repo
2. Write in terminal.

git pull origin master

Do you want to contribute with a script?

Information how to contribute scripts to the repository. It's easy!
http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/git_authors