Installing Precompiled Binaries

Probably the most straightforward way to use the InteinFinder program is to download one of the precompiled binaries available on the GitHub releases page.

A couple different "flavors" are available:

• macOS
  • Use this if you have a Mac
  • Note that I have not tested it on the new Apple Silicon chips, but it should work with Rosetta.
  • You will (likely) need to deal with the "unidentified developer" prompts
    • This macOS user guide page has steps explaining how to open an app from an unidentified developer.
    • Alternatively, here is a Macworld article explaining the steps with pictures.
• Linux
  • This should work on most Linux systems with GLIBC version 2.31 or greater.
  • It does have some dynamically linked C/C++ libraries, so it may not work if you have an older system (e.g., one with GLIBC older than 2.31). See the release page for more info.

You can find them all on the releases page.

Don't forget that after downloading one of the binaries, you will need to adjust the permissions to make it executable (e.g., chmod +x InteinFinder).

Before running InteinFinder, you will need to install the external dependencies that InteinFinder relies on.

Additionally, you may want to add the InteinFinder executable to your path.

Example

Here is an example of getting one of the InteinFinder binaries working:

$ \curl -L https://github.com/mooreryan/InteinFinder/releases/download/1.0.0-alpha/InteinFinder-linux.tar.gz \
  | tar xz
$ cd InteinFinder-linux
$ chmod 755 InteinFinder
$ ./InteinFinder --help

Note that it is for InteinFinder version 1.0.0-alpha and using the binary compiled for a Linux system. You can find other versions on the release page. Replace that with the version you want, or click the links directly on the releases page.