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4 Welcome to the Debian Neuroscience Repository
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7 This repository provides mostly neuroscience-related packages to be used on
8 Debian_ systems (or Debian-derivatives like Ubuntu_). It contains both unofficial
9 or prospective packages which are not (yet) available from the main Debian_
10 archive, as well as backported or simply rebuilt packages also available
11 elsewhere. Please see the :ref:`faq` for more information about the goals of
14 This service is provided "as is". There is no guarantee that a package
15 works as expected, so use them at your own risk. If you encounter problems,
16 please `report <#contact>`_ them.
18 Please |spread|, if you like it.
23 <a href="pkgs.html"><img border="0" src="_static/package.png" title="List of available packages" /></a>
24 <a href="vm.html"><img border="0" src="_static/machine.png" title="Get NeuroDebian for your non-Debian computer" /></a>
25 <a href="debian/pool"><img border="0" src="_static/pool.png" title="Go to the package pool (deep and cold, only for experts)" /></a>
28 .. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com
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67 Follow us on twitter_ to subscribe to the NeuroDebian news.
69 .. _twitter: http://twitter.com/NeuroDebian
75 How to use this repository
76 ==========================
78 The easiest way to use this repository is to download an APT-configuration file
79 (`sources.list`). Simply choose your target distribution/release and download
80 the configuration for a mirror close to you (depending on your browser, you
81 might have to right-click and choose 'save as'). Once downloaded, put the file
82 in the `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/` directory on your system. Moving files in
83 this directory will require superuser privileges, therefore you should probably
84 download the file into a temporary directory and subsequently move it into
85 `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/`. APT-configurations are available for the following
86 releases and repository mirrors:
88 .. include:: sources_lists
91 Thanks to the following institutions and individuals for hosting a mirror:
93 * `Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College`_
94 `[us-nh]` (primary mirror)
95 * `Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg`_
97 * `Neurobot at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece`_ `[gr]`
98 * `Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt`_
99 `[us-tn]` for hosting a mirror.
101 If your are interested in mirroring the repository, please see the :ref:`faq`.
103 .. _Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~psych
104 .. _Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg: http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de
105 .. _Neurobot at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece: http://neurobot.bio.auth.gr
106 .. _Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt: https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu
108 Once this is done, you have to update the package index. Use your favorite
109 package manager, e.g. synaptic, adept, or whatever you like. In the terminal
110 you can use :command:`aptitude` to achieve the same::
114 Now, you can proceed to install packages, e.g.::
116 sudo aptitude install lipsia
119 Not every package is available for all distributions/releases. For information
120 about which package version is available for which release and architecture,
121 please have a look at the corresponding package pages.
124 Package authentication
125 ----------------------
127 When you start using this repository, you probably get warning messages
130 The following signatures couldn't be verified because
131 the public key is not available.
133 Or you will be asked questions like this over and over::
135 WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
137 Install these packages without verification [y/N]?
139 This is because your APT installation initially does not know the GPG
140 key that is used to sign the release files of this repository. It is easy to
141 make APT happy again:
143 1. Get the key. Either download the `repository key from here
144 <_static/neuro.debian.net.asc>`_
145 or fetch it from http://wwwkeys.pgp.net (2649A5A9).
147 2. Now feed the key into APT by invoking::
151 Where `#file#` has to be replaced with the location of the key file you just
152 downloaded. You need to have superuser-privileges to do this (either do it
153 as root or use sudo).
156 .. _chap_installation:
164 If you are not running Debian_ on a particular machine a :ref:`chap_vm` is
165 provided as a convenient testing and evaluation environment. After a few
166 simple steps to setup the virtual machine, you will be able to use NeuroDebian_
167 as an integral part of your existing working environment without any sacrifice.
168 The virtual machine is also a suitable environment to temporarily deploy
169 neuroscience software on machines running other operating systems, e.g. for the
170 purpose of teaching a neuroimaging data analysis course in a multipurpose
177 Having been exposed to the wonders of NeuroDebian_ you are no longer
178 satisfied with your previous choice of operating system? We would
179 recommend installing Debian_ to replace or complement (dual-boot) your
180 existing OS. Please visit `"Getting Debian"
181 <http://www.debian.org/distrib/>`_ to obtain the images for your
182 hardware architecture and then simply add |repos|.
191 Our main goal is to provide neuroscience FOSS_ for Debian_. Thus the
192 whole project would not be possible without the work of over 3,000
193 Debian_ developers and contributors who are as enthusiastically pursuing
194 a similar goal. To add our share -- Debian_ packages of FOSS_ for
195 neuroscience research -- the `Experimental Psychology Debian packaging
196 project <http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-exppsy>`_ was created
197 to formally join the forces of
199 * `Michael Hanke <http://mih.voxindeserto.de>`_
200 * `Yaroslav Halchenko <http://www.onerussian.com>`_
202 A number of packages that are now available from the NeuroDebian repository
203 were not packaged by our team, but similar Debian teams. Therefore we want to
204 express particular gratitude to the `Debian Med`_ and `Debian Science`_ teams
207 .. _FOSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
213 `Email us directly <team@neuro.debian.net>`_ with any "private"
214 communication. Otherwise please use our public mailing lists, which
215 exist not only to provide user-support but also to establish
216 communication channels within the NeuroDebian community
218 * neurodebian-users_: Discussions and support of NeuroDebian users
220 * neurodebian-upstream_: General discussions and knowledge sharing
221 among developers of the neuroscience software. We will also use it
222 to update you with summaries of recent relevant developments in
225 * neurodebian-devel_: Technical mailing list for discussions on
226 NeuroDebian development
228 .. _neurodebian-users: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-users
229 .. _neurodebian-devel: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-devel
230 .. _neurodebian-upstream: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-upstream
241 .. probably should be purged altogether
251 .. include:: links_names.rst
252 .. include:: substitutions.rst