Software - NCMI - Baylor College of Medicine

EMAN - Complete suite of programs for single particle analysis

EMAN is a powerful image processing library as well as a complete software suite for single particle reconstruction. This is a process for converting randomly oriented 2D projection images into a 3D model, and is typically used in conjunction with electron cryomicroscopy.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS USERS: EMAN1 does not offer full Windows support. The GUI tools (boxer, ctfit, etc.) should work fine, but refinements (refine2d.py, refine, multirefine) work only on Linux/Mac. EMAN2 offers full Windows support.

For details, please click here for the EMAN home page.

Installation quickstart (binary):

Download the appropriate binary

rm -rf EMAN (remove old version)

tar -xvzf file.tgz

EMAN/eman-installer
(then follow instructions on screen)

Run 'qtconfig' (not part of EMAN) and select 'Motif' GUI style (others may work too)

Note that the Daily Release is a 'snapshot' release and has not undergone rigorous testing, but will include the latest features and bugfixes.

Author: Steve Ludtke

Download Daily Release

This is a nightly snapshot of EMAN from the development code, automatically recompiled early every morning. While not formally tested, EMAN1 is not being modified very frequently. (The timestamp below is not relevant.)
Download Daily Release, released on 2003/12/15

Download 1.9

EMAN1.9 is a bugfix release.
Download 1.9, released on 2009/02/11

Download 1.8

The first new stable release in over a year
Download 1.8, released on 2007/01/19

Download 1.7

Version 1.7 is a major feature enhancement and bugfix release. Please remember to completely remove your old EMAN install before installing 1.7. Do not forget to run the 'EMAN/eman-installer' script after unpacking.

Download 1.7, released on 2005/05/16

Download 1.61

A bug-fix version of EMAN 1.60. It offers a new, simplified installation mechanism, and a single binary should function on most modern linux distributions.
Download 1.61, released on 2004/09/03

Download 1.60

Major feature enhancement and bugfix release.
Download 1.60, released on 2004/04/23

Download 1.50 (47)

A bugfix and minor feature enhancement release.
Download 1.50 (47), released on 2003/11/14

Download 1.40 (46)

Contains new refinement options, parallelism on clusters, better python scripting, qindex, fitctf, procpdb.py, foldhunter, multirefine.
Download 1.40 (46), released on 2003/06/21

Download 1.30 (45)

A post-workshop release of EMAN with Python scripting support, Athlon specific compiles, New 'v2' GUI app, vis5d binaries and better ducumentation.
Download 1.30 (45), released on 2003/01/07

Download 1.22(44)

New snapshot release of EMAN, with QT3 as default, helixboxer and improvements on Batchboxer and Boxer.
Download 1.22(44), released on 2002/10/11

Download 1.21(43)

Download 1.21(43), released on 2002/07/22

Download 1.2 (42)

EMAN snapshot release 42.

Download 1.2 (42), released on 2002/05/13

Download 1.1 beta (39a)

Download 1.1 beta (39a), released on 2002/02/23

Download 1.1 beta (38)

Download 1.1 beta (38), released on 2001/01/29

Download 1.1 beta (37)

Download 1.1 beta (37), released on 2001/12/04

Download Obsolete Packages

Packages used for old versions of EMAN. They are largely superceded by files in the 'Other Files' section, including FFTW, GSL, Boost Python, vis5d-1.2.1
Download Obsolete Packages, released on 2002/05/13

Download External Softwares and Libraries

External Softwares and Libraries
Download External Softwares and Libraries, released on 2005/05/17