Hello Molly--
I apologize- the installation instructions linked from the download page are
woefully out of date. I will fix them (here:
https://bit.niddk.nih.gov/xplor-nih/INSTALL.txt) to read:
XPLOR-NIH Installation
[ a sample set of command instructions are shown following the % symbol. ]
Easiest Way
- download the appropriate installer script (e.g. installer-mac-3.4.sh) from
https://bit.niddk.nih.gov/xplor-nih/
- change to the directory where you want Xplor-NIH to be installed,
and then execute the file:
% sh ~/Downloads/installer-mac-3.4.sh
This will download and install two .tar.gz files, and configure the
executable scripts.
Manual Installation
- obtain a copy of the platform independent -db distribution file in
addition to one or more platform specific binary file.
- unpack these files wherever you plan on installing xplor.
% cd /opt
% gzcat xplor-nih-VERSION-IRIX64_6.5.tar.gz |tar xf -
% gzcat xplor-nih-VERSION-Linux_2.2_i686.tar.gz |tar xf -
% gzcat xplor-nih-VERSION-db.tar.gz |tar xf -
- generate the xplor command and helper commands.
% cd xplor-nih-VERSION
% ./configure
- you can also test the distribution by running the testDist script.
% bin/testDist
For Convenience
To have all Xplor-NIH programs in your path
- create directory ~/bin and place it in your path
% mkdir $HOME/bin
% export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH #(bash) Place this line in your ~/.bashrc
% setenv PATH $HOME/bin:$PATH #(tcsh) Place this line in your ~/.cshrc
- rerun the configure command specifying this path:
% xplor-nih-*/configure -symlinks ~/bin
[Instead of ~/bin you can specify any directory you have write
privileges to.]
best regards--
Charles
On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:37:59 -0500,
Molly Weber wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I hope you are doing well. I am new to computational work and I am having
> difficulties downloading the XPLOR-NIH on my Mac. Could you explain how I can
> open the .sh file in terminal and work on XPLOR-NIH? Thank you!
>
> All the best,
> Molly W.
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