Version 1.0

About this release

This is the first release version of BackSPIN. Follow the instructions for your platform below to get started.

A sample dataset, oligos.cef, is provided below.

Mac OS X

• Download backspin-mac-64-bit (below) to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Go to the Downloads folder: cd ~/Downloads
• Rename the file: mv backspin-mac-64-bit backspin
• Make the file executable: chmod uga+x backspin
• Get help: backspin -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere: mv backspin /usr/local/bin/

Windows

• Download backspin-windows-32-bit.exe (below).
• Rename the file: backspin.exe
• Open cmd
• Get help: backspin.exe -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere add it to the system path

Linux

• Download the source code
• Make sure to have numpy and scipy installed: do pip install numpy, scipy
• Make the file backSPIN.py executable: chmod uga+x backSPIN.py
• Get help: ./backSPIN.py -h

Third beta release

Mac OS X

• Download backspin-mac-64-bit (below) to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Go to the Downloads folder: cd ~/Downloads
• Rename the file: mv backspin-mac-64-bit backspin
• Make the file executable: chmod uga+x backspin
• Get help: backspin -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere: mv backspin /usr/local/bin/

Windows

• Download backspin-windows-32-bit.exe (below).
• Rename the file: backspin.exe
• Open cmd
• Get help: backspin.exe -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere add it to the system path

Second beta release

Mac OS X

• Download backspin-mac-64-bit (below) to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Go to the Downloads folder: cd ~/Downloads
• Rename the file: mv backspin-mac-64-bit backspin
• Make the file executable: chmod uga+x backspin
• Get help: backspin -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere: mv backspin /usr/local/bin/

Getting started

• Make sure you have ceftools installed
• Download oligos.cef (below) to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Perform BackSPIN: backspin -f 500 -v -i oligos.cef -o oligos_clustered.cef -d 4
• Verify the output: < oligos_clustered.cef cef view

Other platforms

Sorry, no binaries for Linux or Windows in this release

Beta release

Mac OS X

• Download backspin-mac-64-bit (below) to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Go to the Downloads folder: cd ~/Downloads
• Rename the file: mv backspin-mac-64-bit backspin
• Make the file executable: chmod uga+x backspin
• Get help: backspin -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere: mv backspin /usr/local/bin/

Getting started

• Make sure you have ceftools installed
• Download oligos.cef (below) to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Perform BackSPIN: backspin -f 500 -v -i oligos.cef -o oligos_clustered.cef -d 4
• Verify the output: cef info < oligos_clustered.cef

Other platforms

Sorry, no binaries for Linux or Windows in this release

Initial public release (alpha)

Mac OS X

• Download backspin-mac-64-bit to your Downloads folder
• Open Terminal.app
• Go to the Downloads folder: cd ~/Downloads
• Rename the file: mv backspin-mac-64-bit backspin
• Make the file executable: chmod uga+x backspin
• Get help: backspin -h
• To make backspin available from everywhere: mv backspin /usr/local/bin/

Other platforms

Sorry, no binaries for Linux or Windows in this release