To get started, download the latest version of CoviPredX from the Releases section on GitHub or from below.

CoviPredX-1.0.0.zip

1. For Ubuntu

First unzip and navigate to the CoviPredX directory

unzip CoviPredX-1.0.0.zip

cd CoviPredX-1.0.0

Create an environment using the provided environment.yml file....

conda env create -f environment.yml

Activate the environment

conda activate covipredx

Install the tool

pip install covipredx-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

Check if installation worked

covipredx --help

USAGE

usage: covipredx [-h] input_file output_file

2. For Windows

It is a portable windows application, which needs no installation. Simply unzip the CoviPredX.gz and click on the CoviPredX.bat batch file to run the application. Make sure you have installed the following prerequisites before running the application--

Python 3.10 or higher: Download from here.

Java Runtime Environment (JRE): Required for PaDEL descriptor calculations. Download from here.

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