NIMS is a scientific data management system, specifically designed for neuroimaging data. It is implemented in Python, based on TurboGears. NIMS is open-source software, released under the MIT license (see below for details).
Set up a virtual python environment:
sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-virtualenv libncurses5-dev python-numpy python-imaging
virtualenv --system-site-packages tg2
source tg2/bin/activate
Install the TurboGears development tools:
easy_install -i http://tg.gy/current tg.devtools
Clone NIMS from GitHub and install its dependencies:
git clone git@github.com:cni/nims.git
cd nims
python setup.py develop
Optionally, add PostgreSQL and LDAP support:
sudo apt-get install postgresql-client libpq-dev
easy_install psycopg2
sudo apt-get install libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev
easy_install python-ldap
Generate a development database and start the paste web server:
paster setup-app development.ini --name=nimsgears
paster serve --reload development.ini
Set up a virtual python environment:
portmaster devel/py-virtualenv
virtualenv --no-site-packages /usr/local/www/tg2env
source /usr/local/www/tg2env/bin/activate
Clone NIMS from GitHub and install its dependencies:
easy_install -i http://tg.gy/current tg.devtools
git clone git://github.com/cni/nims.git /usr/local/www/nims
cd !$
python setup.py develop
Add PostgreSQL and LDAP support:
portmaster databases/postgresql91-client net/py-ldap2
easy_install psycopg2
CPATH=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/include/sasl LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib easy_install python-ldap
Generate the production database:
# first, obtain or create production.ini
paster setup-app production.ini
Configure and restart Apache:
ln -s $PWD/apache.conf /usr/local/etc/apache22/Includes/nimsgears.conf
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 restart
Copyright (c) 2012 Robert Dougherty
Copyright (c) 2012 Gunnar Schaefer
Copyright (c) 2012 Reno Bowen
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