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NixView

A Qt based viewer for nix datafiles

--- under development ---

Nix

The nix data model is a generic model for storing scientific data with attached metadata.

For more information on nix see https://github.com/G-Node/nix

Dependencies

Qt5
Boost > 1.49
cmake
Nix libraries (build from source or install with --Head option when using homebrew)

Installation

To build NixView from source you may follow these instructions. This software is under development and usually works with/requires the latest nix version. To install this, follow the instructions given there: https://github.com/G-Node/nix/blob/1.3/README.md

Ubuntu 14.04 and higher

sudo apt-get install qt5-default cmake libboost-regexp-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libcpptest
git clone https://github.com/bendalab/nixview.git
cd nixview
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j 4
./nix-view

Ubuntu 16.04

sudo apt-get install qt5-default cmake libboost-regex-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libcpptest-dev
git clone https://github.com/bendalab/nixview.git
cd nixview
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j 4
./nix-view

MacOS X

The easiest way to install the dependencies is via homebrew. The latest nix version can be installed using the --HEAD option.

brew update
brew tap homebrew/science
brew install --HEAD nixio

brew install qt5
brew install boost

git clone https://github.com/bendalab/nixview.git
cd nixview
mkdir build
cd build
export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/
cmake ..
make -j 4
./nixview

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