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chimerax-base-1.12.1

About

UCSF ChimeraX is a next-generation interactive software program used by researchers for the 3D visualization, analysis, and rendering of complex molecular structures, density maps, and biological data.

Note

Custom extensibility of the program via plugins (ISOLDE, ArtiaX, and others) can be downloaded directly by users using the built-in ChimeraX toolshed via the graphical menu. Additional customizations installed this way can be found under the $HOME/.vibe directory.

Please refer to the VIBE documentation for more information.

Requirements

  • Apptainer

Build Instructions

To build the container, run the following command in the terminal:

apptainer build chimerax-base-1.12.1.sif build.def

Run Instructions

This container runs by default chimerax with:

apptainer run --nv chimerax-base-1.12.1.sif