.. _WELCOme:
-***********************************************
- Welcome to the Debian Neuroscience Repository
-***********************************************
+*************
+ NeuroDebian
+*************
-.. quotes::
- :random: 1
-
-This repository provides mostly neuroscience-related packages to be used on
-Debian_ systems (or Debian-derivatives like Ubuntu_). It contains both unofficial
-or prospective packages which are not (yet) available from the main Debian_
-archive, as well as backported or simply rebuilt packages also available
-elsewhere. Please see the :ref:`faq` for more information about the goals of
-this project.
+NeuroDebian provides a large collection of popular neuroscience research
+software for the Debian_ operating system as well as Ubuntu_ and other
+derivatives. Popular packages include FSL, Freesurfer, AFNI, PyMVPA and
+:ref:`many others <pkglists>`. While we do strive to maintain a high level of
+quality, we make no guarantee that a given package works as expected, so use
+them at your own risk. If you do encounter problems or would just like to thank
+us, simply `send us an email <#contacts>`_.
-This service is provided "as is". There is no guarantee that a package
-works as expected, so use them at your own risk. If you encounter problems,
-please `report <#contacts>`_ them.
+Learn more about NeuroDebian, the goals of this project, and help us |spread|!
-Please |spread|, if you like it.
+ Halchenko, Y. O. & Hanke, M. (2012). `Open is not enough. Let’s take the
+ next step: An integrated, community-driven computing platform for neuroscience
+ <http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2012.00022/full>`_.
+ *Frontiers in Neuroinformatics*, 6:22.
.. raw:: html
- <p>
- <a href="pkgs.html"><img border="0" src="_static/package.png" title="Software package list" /></a>
- <a href="datasets.html"><img border="0" src="_static/datasets.png" title="Dataset package list" /></a>
- <a href="vm.html"><img border="0" src="_static/machine.png" title="Get NeuroDebian for your non-Debian computer" /></a>
- <a href="debian/pool"><img border="0" src="_static/pool.png" title="Go to the package pool (deep and cold, only for experts)" /></a>
- </p>
+ <!-- for dynamic quote update via javascript -->
+ <hr />
+ <div id="randomquote" title="Feedback from the community">
-.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com
-
-News
-====
+.. quotes::
+ :random: 1
.. raw:: html
- <script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js"></script>
- <script>
- new TWTR.Widget({
- version: 2,
- type: 'profile',
- rpp: 15,
- interval: 6000,
- width: 'auto',
- height: 150,
- theme: {
- shell: {
- background: '#898989',
- color: '#ffffff'
- },
- tweets: {
- background: '#ffffff',
- color: '#000000',
- links: '#82032f'
- }
- },
- features: {
- scrollbar: true,
- loop: false,
- live: false,
- hashtags: true,
- timestamp: true,
- avatars: false,
- behavior: 'all'
- }
- }).render().setUser('NeuroDebian').start();
- </script>
-
-Follow us on twitter_ to subscribe to the NeuroDebian news.
+ </div><!-- randomquote -->
-.. _twitter: http://twitter.com/NeuroDebian
+.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com
.. _repository_howto:
+.. _chap_installation:
+Get NeuroDebian
+===============
-
-How to use this repository
-==========================
-
-The easiest way to use this repository is to download an APT-configuration file
-(`sources.list`). Simply choose your target distribution/release and download
-the configuration for a mirror close to you (depending on your browser, you
-might have to right-click and choose 'save as'). Once downloaded, put the file
-in the `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/` directory on your system. Moving files in
-this directory will require superuser privileges, therefore you should probably
-download the file into a temporary directory and subsequently move it into
-`/etc/apt/sources.list.d/`. APT-configurations are available for the following
-releases and repository mirrors:
+Make your selection to enable NeuroDebian on your computer:
.. include:: sources_lists
-.. note::
- Thanks to the following institutions and individuals for hosting a mirror:
-
- * `Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College`_
- *[us-nh]* (primary mirror)
- * `Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg`_
- *[de]*
- * `Neurobot at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece`_ *[gr]*
- * `Paul Ivanov`_ *[us-ca]*
- * `Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt`_
- *[us-tn]*
-
- If your are interested in mirroring the repository, please see the :ref:`faq`.
-
-.. _Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~psych
-.. _Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg: http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de
-.. _Neurobot at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece: http://neurobot.bio.auth.gr
-.. _Paul Ivanov: http://www.pirsquared.org
-.. _Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt: https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu
+.. raw:: html
-Once this is done, you have to update the package index. Use your favorite
-package manager, e.g. synaptic, adept, or whatever you like. In the terminal
-you can use :command:`aptitude` to achieve the same::
+ <div id="reposetup" style="display:none">
- sudo aptitude update
+ <p>Copy and paste the following command into a terminal window:</p>
+ <pre id="code">
+ After selecting a release the setup code will be shown here.
+ </pre>
-Now, you can proceed to install packages, e.g.::
+Once this is done, you have to update the package index and you are ready to
+install packages. Use your favorite package manager, e.g. synaptic, adept. In
+the terminal you can use :command:`apt-get`::
- sudo aptitude install lipsia
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install mricron
.. note::
+
Not every package is available for all distributions/releases. For information
about which package version is available for which release and architecture,
please have a look at the corresponding package pages.
-After this initial setup you probably also want to configure your package
-manager to recognize the NeuroDebian archive key. With this key the package
-manager can verify that packages haven't been modified and are identical with
-the ones in the main NeuroDebian archive, regardless of which mirror you
-downloaded them from. The NeuroDebian key id is **2649A5A9**. If you need further
-help setting up package authentication, please take a look at
-:ref:`corresponding FAQ <sec_pkg_authentication>`.
-
-
-.. _chap_installation:
+.. raw:: html
-Ways to use NeuroDebian
-=======================
+ </div> <!-- end reposetup -->
-Virtual machine
----------------
+ <div id="vmsetup" style="display:none">
If you are not running Debian_ on a particular machine a :ref:`chap_vm` is
provided as a convenient testing and evaluation environment. After a few
<http://www.debian.org/distrib/>`_ to obtain the images for your
hardware architecture and then simply add |repos|.
+.. raw:: html
-.. _chap_team:
+ </div> <!-- end vmsetup -->
+.. _news:
-The team
-========
+News
+====
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <script src="_static/jquery.livetwitter.min.js"></script>
+ <div id="identica_widget"></div>
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+ $("#identica_widget").liveTwitter('neurodebian',
+ {service: 'identi.ca',
+ mode: 'user_timeline',
+ limit: 10,
+ rate: 300000});
+ </script>
-Our main goal is to provide neuroscience FOSS_ for Debian_. Thus the
-whole project would not be possible without the work of over 3,000
-Debian_ developers and contributors who are as enthusiastically pursuing
-a similar goal. To add our share -- Debian_ packages of FOSS_ for
-neuroscience research -- the `Experimental Psychology Debian packaging
-project <http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-exppsy>`_ was created
-to formally join the forces of
+For more news and information see our :ref:`blog <blog>`. Older news items are
+available on identi.ca_. Follow us on identi.ca_ (preferred) or twitter_ to
+subscribe to the NeuroDebian news.
+
+.. _identi.ca: http://identi.ca/neurodebian
+.. _twitter: http://twitter.com/NeuroDebian
-* `Michael Hanke <http://mih.voxindeserto.de>`_
-* `Yaroslav Halchenko <http://www.onerussian.com>`_
-A number of packages that are now available from the NeuroDebian repository
-were not packaged by our team, but similar Debian teams. Therefore we want to
-express particular gratitude to the `Debian Med`_ and `Debian Science`_ teams
-for all their work.
-.. _FOSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
+.. _support:
Contacts
========
* neurodebian-users_: Discussions and support of NeuroDebian users
* neurodebian-upstream_: General discussions and knowledge sharing
- among developers of the neuroscience software. We will also use it
+ among developers of neuroscience software. We also use it
to update you with summaries of recent relevant developments in
Debian project
* neurodebian-devel_: Technical mailing list for discussions on
NeuroDebian development
-.. _neurodebian-users: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-users
-.. _neurodebian-devel: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-devel
-.. _neurodebian-upstream: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-upstream
+You are welcome also to join #neurodebian IRC room on OFTC network if
+you have quick questions or want to join a live discussion.
+
+.. _chap_team:
+
+The team
+========
+
+`Michael Hanke <http://mih.voxindeserto.de>`_ and `Yaroslav Halchenko
+<http://www.onerussian.com>`_ originally started NeuroDebian (formerly the
+`Experimental Psychology Debian packaging project
+<http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-exppsy>`_) and are the current project
+leaders. However, the whole project would not be possible without the work of
+over 3,000 Debian_ developers and contributors who are as enthusiastically
+building the Debian operating system.
+A number of packages that are available from the NeuroDebian repository have
+been contributed by various individuals and other teams in Debian, such as
+`Debian Med`_ and `Debian Science`_. We want to express our gratitude to all
+maintainers_ that help to make Debian_ the ultimate software platform for
+neuroscience.
+
+.. _maintainers: pkgs.html#by-maintainer
Acknowledgements
================
-We are grateful to Jim Haxby for his continued support and :ref:`endless supply of
+We are grateful to `Jim Haxby`_ for his continued support and :ref:`endless supply of
Italian espresso <coffeeart>`.
+.. _Jim Haxby: http://haxbylab.dartmouth.edu/ppl/jim.html
+
+Thanks to the following institutions and individuals for hosting a mirror:
+
+* `Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College`_
+ *[us-nh]* (primary mirror)
+* `Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg`_
+ *[de-md]*
+* `Neurobot at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece`_ *[gr]*
+* `Paul Ivanov`_ *[us-ca]*
+* `Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt`_
+ *[us-tn]*
+* `Australia's research and education network (AARNET)
+ <http://www.aarnet.edu.au>`_ *[au]*
+* Kiyotaka Nemoto (AKA Mr. Lin4Neuro_) *[jp]*
+* Iaroslav Iurchenko *[ua]*
+* `Nikolaus Valentin Haenel`_ *[de-v]*
+
+If your are interested in mirroring the repository, please see the :ref:`faq`.
+
+.. _Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~psych
+.. _Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Magdeburg: http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de
+.. _Neurobot at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece: http://neurobot.bio.auth.gr
+.. _Paul Ivanov: http://www.pirsquared.org
+.. _Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation lab at Vanderbilt: https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu
+.. _Nikolaus Valentin Haenel: http://haenel.co
+
+
+Publications
+============
+
+Hanke, M. (2012). `Share your tools! But fear the wombat! Seriously.
+<http://neuro.debian.net/_files/Hanke_FearTheWombat_Brainhack2012.pdf>`_ *Talk
+given at* `Brainhack <http://brainhack.org/2012/04/06/brainhack-2012-unconference>`_ 2012 at the
+Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences*, Leipzig, Germany.
+[`video <http://youtu.be/8t6znEOEDVo>`_]
+
+Hanke, M. (2012). `Computational and cognitive neuroscience boosted by Debian
+OR Just using Debian is not enough
+<http://neuro.debian.net/_files/Hanke_UsingDebianIsNotEnough_ESRF2012.pdf>`_.
+Talk given at the workshop "Debian for Scientific Facilities Days" at the
+European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France.
+
+Halchenko, Y. O. & Hanke, M. (2012). `Open is not enough. Let’s take the
+next step: An integrated, community-driven computing platform for neuroscience
+<http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2012.00022/full>`_. *Frontiers in Neuroinformatics*,
+6:22.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <span id="morepublicationsbutton" class="button" title="Click to toogle more"></span>
+ <div id="morepublications">
+
+Hanke, M. (2012). `The why and how of getting packaged
+<_files/Hanke_GetPackaged_CodeJam5_2012.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at BrainScaleS CodeJam 5, Convergence in Computational Neuroscience*,
+University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
+
+Halchenko, Y. O. & Hanke, M. (2012). `Environments for efficient
+contemporary research in neuroimaging: PyMVPA and NeuroDebian
+<_files/HalchenkoHanke_ContemporaryNeuroimaging_PENN2012.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine*,
+Philadelphia, PA, USA.
+
+Hanke, M. (2012). `Rock solid, brand new, everyday, for free, not a joke:
+NeuroDebian <_files/Hanke_NeuroDebian_MPI2012.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain
+Sciences*, Leipzig, Germany.
+
+Hanke, M. (2011). `More than batteries included: NeuroDebian
+<_files/Hanke_NeuroDebian_EuroSciPy2011.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at the Python in Neuroscience satellite of EuroScipy 2011*,
+Paris, France.
+
+Halchenko, Y. O. (2011). `π's in Debian or Scientific Debian: NumPy, SciPy and beyond
+<_files/Halchenko_EuroScipy11_3_14s_in_Debian.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at* `EuroScipy 2011 <http://www.euroscipy.org/talk/4379>`_,
+Paris, France.
+
+Hanke, M. & Halchenko, Y. O. (2011). `Neuroscience runs on GNU/Linux
+<http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2011.00008/full>`_.
+*Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 5:8*.
+
+Hanke, M., Halchenko, Y. O. & Haxby, J. V. (2011). `NeuroDebian -- versatile
+platform for brain-imaging research <_files/NeuroDebian_HBM2011.png>`_
+*Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Organisation for Human Brain
+Mapping*, Quebec City, Canada.
+
+Hanke, M. (2011). `Integrating Condor into the Debian operating system
+<_files/Hanke_CondorDebianIntegration_CondorWeek2011.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at* `CondorWeek 2011
+<http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/CondorWeek2011/wednesday_condor.html>`_,
+Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
+
+Hanke, M. & Halchenko, Y. O. (2010). :ref:`Report from the Debian booth at
+SfN2010 <chap_debian_booth_sfn2010>`. *Annual meeting of the Society for
+Neuroscience*, San Diego, USA.
+
+Halchenko, Y. O., Hanke, M., Haxby, J. V., Pollmann, S. & Raizada, R. D.
+(2010). `Having trouble getting your Nature paper? Maybe you are not using the
+right tools? <_files/NeuroDebian_SfN2010.png>`_ *Poster presented at the
+annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience*, San Diego, USA.
+
+Hanke, M., Halchenko, Y. O. (2010). `Debian: The ultimate platform for
+neuroimaging research <_files/HankeHalchenko_NeuroDebianDebConf10.pdf>`_.
+*Talk given at* DebConf10_, New York City, USA. [video:
+`low resolution <http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2010/debconf10/low/1310_1310_Debian_The_ultimate_platform_for_neuroimaging_research.ogv>`_,
+`high resolution <http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2010/debconf10/high/1310_1310_Debian_The_ultimate_platform_for_neuroimaging_research.ogv>`_]
+
+Hanke, M., Halchenko, Y. O., Haxby, J. V. & Pollmann, S. (2010). `Improving
+efficiency in cognitive neuroscience research with NeuroDebian
+<_files/NeuroDebian_CNS2010.pdf>`_. *Poster presented at the annual
+meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society*, Montréal, Canada.
+
+Halchenko, Y. O., Hanke, M. (2009). `An ecosystem of neuroimaging,
+statistical learning, and open-source software to make research more
+efficient, more open, and more fun
+<_files/HalchenkoHanke_FossEcosystemDC09.pdf>`_. *Talk given at*
+`Dartmouth College`_, New Hampshire, USA.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ </div>
+
+.. _DebConf10: http://debconf10.debconf.org/
+.. _Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/
+
+Popularity
+==========
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <p><img border="0" src="_files/nd_subscriptionstats.png" title="Statistics of new repository subscriptions for all supported releases. Note: subscription is only done once per machine." /></p>
+
+Popularity Contest
+------------------
+
+We encourage you to participate in the `popularity
+contest <http://popcon.debian.org>`_ (popcon), which anonymously
+collects the list of packages you installed/use on your system.
+Collecting such statistics is of particular importance for research
+software projects as a prove of an existing user-base. If upon
+installation of the system you rejected the invitation to participate
+you can always change your decision by running::
+
+ sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
+
+.. note::
+
+ If you are deploying multiple systems through cloning, to not have
+ all systems considered as one, it would be necessary to re-generate
+ the random MY_HOSTID. Following commands ran as root should do it
+ (as root) without any interactive dialog::
+
+ sed -i -e 's,PARTICIPATE *= *.no.,PARTICIPATE="yes",g' -e '/^ *MY_HOSTID/d' /etc/popularity-contest.conf
+ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
+
+In addition to popcon pages for your "core" distribution (e.g. `Debian
+<http://popcon.debian.org/>`__ or `Ubuntu
+<http://popcon.ubuntu.com/>`__) you can see/get statistics for
+submissions to `NeuroDebian <http://neuro.debian.net/popcon/>`__ and
+know that you are already contributing back to the community.
+
.. toctree::
:hidden:
+ blog/index
faq
pkgs
spread
vm
coffeeart
+ photoalbum
+ projects
testimonials
+ testimonials-topics
.. probably should be purged altogether
.. toctree::
:hidden:
+ booth_sfn2010
+ datasets
livecd
- gpg
- setup
- links_names
- substitutions
quotes-nihr01
quotes-nitrc
+ sources_lists
+ vm_welcome
+
+.. include:: link_names.txt
+.. include:: substitutions.txt
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+ $(document).ready(function($) {
+ setInterval(function(){
+ $.get('testimonials.html', function(data) {
+ var quotes = $("blockquote", data);
+ var idx = Math.floor(quotes.length * Math.random());
+ $('#randomquote').html(quotes[idx]);
+ }); // update callback
+ }, 60000); // set interval
+ }); // doc ready
+ //$("h1").html("NeuroDebian <span style=\"font-size:14px\">— the ultimate neuroscience software platform</span>")
+
+ function foldbuttontoggle(foldname) {
+ var foldid = '#' + foldname;
+ var buttonid = foldid + 'button';
+ $(buttonid).on('click', function() {
+ $('#' + foldname).slideToggle();
+ if ($(buttonid).html() == "↓↓↓") {
+ $(buttonid).html("↑↑↑");
+ }
+ else {
+ $(buttonid).html("↓↓↓");
+ }
+ });
+ $(foldid).slideUp();
+ $(buttonid).html("↓↓↓");
+ };
+
+ function createrepourl(rel, mir) {
+ if(rel in rel2name && mir in mirrors) {
+
+ var retrepo = "wget -O- http://neuro.debian.net/lists/" + rel2name[rel] + "."
+ + mir + " | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neurodebian.sources.list\n"
+ + "sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 2649A5A9\n";
+ return retrepo;
+ }
+
+ };
+ function updateout(rel, mir) {
+ if (rel != '' && mir != '') {
+ $('#code').text(createrepourl(rel, mir));
+ if (rel in {'win':'', 'rel':''}) {
+ $('#vmsetup').slideDown();
+ $('#reposetup').slideUp();
+ } else {
+ $('#reposetup').slideDown();
+ $('#vmsetup').slideUp();
+ };
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $('#reposetup').slideUp();
+ $('#vmsetup').slideUp();
+ };
+ };
+ $('#release').change(function() {
+ var singleValues = $("#release").val();
+ var mirrorVal = $("#mirror").val();
+ updateout(singleValues, mirrorVal);
+ });
+ $('#mirror').change(function() {
+ var singleValues = $("#release").val();
+ var mirrorVal = $("#mirror").val();
+ updateout(singleValues, mirrorVal);
+ });
+
+
+ foldbuttontoggle('morepublications');
+
+
+ </script>
+
-.. include:: links_names.rst
-.. include:: substitutions.rst