seedgerm's Introduction

SeedGerm

Joshua Colmer¹, Aaron Bostrom¹, Joshua Ball ¹, Daniel Reynolds¹, Ji Zhou^1,2,3*

¹Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich UK
²University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich UK
³Plant Phenomics Research Center, UK-China Plant Phenomics Centre, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China

Install Python, Anaconda and Libraries

If you wish to run SeedGerm from the code, you will need to set up Python on your system.

Install Python releases:

• Read the beginner’s guide to Python if you are new to the language: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

• For Windows users, Python 3 release can be downloaded via: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

• For Mac OS users, Python 3 release can be downloaded via: https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/

• SeedGerm only supports Python 3
Install Anaconda Python distribution:

• Read the install instruction using the URL: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install

• For Windows users, a detailed step-by-step installation guide can be found via: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/windows

• For Mac OS users, a detailed step-by-step installation guide can be found via: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/mac-os.html

• An Anaconda Graphical installer can be found via: https://www.continuum.io/downloads

• We recommend users install the latest Anaconda Python distribution
Install packages:

• SeedGerm uses a number of 3rd-party libraries that you may need to add to your conda environment. These include, but are not limited to:
```
 scikit-image <= 0.15.0
 scikit-learn
 Keras
 tinydb
 scipy
 seaborn
```
To install these in your environment, check out: https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-pkgs.html