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Compilation and Installation

Procedure

  1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
  2. Install the dependencies.
    yum install -y python3 python3-pip
  3. Go to the /path/to/Cactus directory.
    cd /path/to/Cactus
  4. Decompress the installation package.
    tar -xvf cactus-v2.1.0.tar.gz
  5. Go to the directory generated after the decompression.
    cd cactus-v2.1.0
  6. Perform the compilation and installation.
    python3 -m pip install setuptools
    python3 -m pip install -U -r ./toil-requirement.txt
    python3 -m pip install -U .

    If the installation with pip fails due to network problems, you can try the Tsinghua source in China and add --trusted-host pypi.python.org --trusted-host pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn -i https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple to the end of the command.

  7. Check whether a binary file is generated.
    ll /usr/local/bin/cactus

    If the following information is displayed, the installation is successful: