2. Installation

2.1. Requirements

• Python 2.7/3.5+
• a working OpenCL environment
• a sufficiently modern GPU (>2GB memory)

Mac

OpenCL should be provided by default :)

Linux

e.g. for nvidia cards, install the latest drivers and then the opencl lib/headers

sudo apt-get install opencl-header  nvidia-libopencl1-35 nvidia-opencl-icd-352
sudo modprobe nvidia-352-uvm

until clinfo shows your GPU as a valid OpenCL device:

sudo apt-get install clinfo
sudo clinfo

Windows

Install your the SDK of your GPU vendor.

2.2. Installing biobeam

A simple

pip(2|3) install biobeam

should be enough to get you the package.

To nicely render the 3d output just install the OpenCL accelerated renderer Spimagine

pip(2|3) install spimagine