To install and update BioDynaMo execute the following command.
curl https://biodynamo.org/install | bash
This will also install all prerequisites, including ROOT, ParaView and Qt5.
By default the installation directory is set to $HOME/biodynamo-vX.Y.Z
, where X.Y.Z is the version number.
Important
In every new terminal execute source <installation-directory>/bin/thisbdm.sh
to use BioDynaMo, where <installation-directory>
is the BioDynaMo installation directory.
To do this automatically for every shell, put this in your .bashrc
or .zshrc
.
Supported platforms
- Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04
- CentOS 7
- macOS 10.15 and macOS 11.1
Note
If you are a developer please follow the build instructions in our Developer Guide.