Installing tMAVEN

There are two ways to install tMAVEN. If you aren’t going to call tMAVEN functions from within your own scripts, then you should install the standalone binary. Note: the first time you launch tMAVEN, it might take a while to load as it finds your system’s fonts; it’s much quicker after that.

Install a Standalone Binary

  1. Go to the latest binary release on Github.
  2. Download
    1. The .dmg file (Mac).
    2. The .msi file (Windows).
  3. Double click on the file and follow the directions to install tMAVEN.

Mac security issue.

If you try to install on a Mac, you may encounter a security issue that won’t allow you to launch tMAVEN because the OS cannot verify that it isn’t malware. You need to do the following:

  1. Go to the Apple menu item
  2. Open System Settings
  3. Go to the Privacy & Security tab on the side.
  4. Scroll down past the Privacy section, and into the Security section
  5. Find the section that says tMAVEN was blocked from use becasue it is not from an identified developer.
  6. Click Open Anyway

Install the Python Package

To install tMAVEN from GitHub:

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Run the command:
pip install git+https://github.com/GonzalezBiophysicsLab/tmaven.git
  1. Once installed, you can launch tMAVEN from your termainal by running the command:
tmaven

Optional: Make Separate Python Environment

First, create a new conda environment: conda create -n tmaven python==3.9. Then, everytime you want to run tMAVEN:

  1. Activate your new conda environment:conda activate tmaven.
  2. Then launch tMAVEN: tmaven

Also make sure to activate the environment before you install tmaven using pip!