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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 `Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at
92 Dartmouth College`_ `[us-nh]` (primary mirror), the `Department of
93 Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg`_ `[de]`, and
94 the `Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at
95 Vanderbilt`_ `[us-tn]` for hosting a mirror.
97 If your are interested in mirroring the repository, please see the :ref:`faq`.
99 .. _Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg: http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de
100 .. _Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~psych
101 .. _Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt: https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu
103 Once this is done, you have to update the package index. Use your favorite
104 package manager, e.g. synaptic, adept, or whatever you like. In the terminal
105 you can use :command:`aptitude` to achieve the same::
109 Now, you can proceed to install packages, e.g.::
111 sudo aptitude install lipsia
114 Not every package is available for all distributions/releases. For information
115 about which package version is available for which release and architecture,
116 please have a look at the corresponding package pages.
119 Package authentication
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122 When you start using this repository, you probably get warning messages
125 The following signatures couldn't be verified because
126 the public key is not available.
128 Or you will be asked questions like this over and over::
130 WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
132 Install these packages without verification [y/N]?
134 This is because your APT installation initially does not know the GPG
135 key that is used to sign the release files of this repository. It is easy to
136 make APT happy again:
138 1. Get the key. Either download the `repository key from here
139 <_static/neuro.debian.net.asc>`_
140 or fetch it from http://wwwkeys.pgp.net (2649A5A9).
142 2. Now feed the key into APT by invoking::
146 Where `#file#` has to be replaced with the location of the key file you just
147 downloaded. You need to have superuser-privileges to do this (either do it
148 as root or use sudo).
151 .. _chap_installation:
159 If you are not running Debian_ on a particular machine a :ref:`chap_vm` is
160 provided as a convenient testing and evaluation environment. After a few
161 simple steps to setup the virtual machine, you will be able to use NeuroDebian_
162 as an integral part of your existing working environment without any sacrifice.
163 The virtual machine is also a suitable environment to temporarily deploy
164 neuroscience software on machines running other operating systems, e.g. for the
165 purpose of teaching a neuroimaging data analysis course in a multipurpose
172 Having been exposed to the wonders of NeuroDebian_ you are no longer
173 satisfied with your previous choice of operating system? We would
174 recommend installing Debian_ to replace or complement (dual-boot) your
175 existing OS. Please visit `"Getting Debian"
176 <http://www.debian.org/distrib/>`_ to obtain the images for your
177 hardware architecture and then simply add |repos|.
186 Our main goal is to provide neuroscience FOSS_ for Debian_. Thus the
187 whole project would not be possible without the work of over 3,000
188 Debian_ developers and contributors who are as enthusiastically pursuing
189 a similar goal. To add our share -- Debian_ packages of FOSS_ for
190 neuroscience research -- the `Experimental Psychology Debian packaging
191 project <http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-exppsy>`_ was created
192 to formally join the forces of
194 * `Michael Hanke <http://mih.voxindeserto.de>`_
195 * `Yaroslav Halchenko <http://www.onerussian.com>`_
197 A number of packages that are now available from the NeuroDebian repository
198 were not packaged by our team, but similar Debian teams. Therefore we want to
199 express particular gratitude to the `Debian Med`_ and `Debian Science`_ teams
202 .. _FOSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
208 `Email us <team@neuro.debian.net>`_ if you have any suggestions or want to
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